workaround for android bug 58192

gistfile1.java

    /**
     * Work around a bug in Android 4.3
     */
    public static CharSequence fixFontColor(CharSequence seq, int color) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 18 || !(seq instanceof Spanned))
            return seq;
        Spannable txt = (seq instanceof Spannable ? (Spannable)seq : new SpannableString(seq));
        for (ForegroundColorSpan ann : txt.getSpans(0, txt.length(), ForegroundColorSpan.class)) {
            if (ann.getForegroundColor() != color) {
                int start = txt.getSpanStart(ann), end = txt.getSpanEnd(ann), flags = txt.getSpanFlags(ann);
                txt.removeSpan(ann);
                txt.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(color), start, end, flags);
            }
        }
        return txt;
    }