Android Html.fromHtml(span) is not working for mark tag

Question

• Method

   public Spanned fromHtml(String html) { Spanned result; if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) { result = Html.fromHtml(html, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY); } else { // This method is deprecated but need to use for old os devices return Html.fromHtml(html); } return result; } 

input

String description = "Normal text <mark style=\"font-weight:600;color:#000;\">highlight this text</mark> not working";

It is showing normal text on TextView .

It seems Html.Java doesn't contain mark tag. Is there any workaround for this?

Please don't suggest spannable string with start index and end index because string lengh is dynamic one.

Answer 1

Is there any workaround for this?

Option #1: Change the text to use a supported tag at its source, to avoid the use of <mark>

Option #2: Create your own parser that can handle this tag, identifying the start and end positions, and creating a Spanned using SpannableStringBuilder , the way that Html does

Option #3: Use a regex to try to replace the <mark> and </mark> with some supported tag, then parse that modified string with Html

Option #4: Use WebView to render this markup

Option #5: Use a regex to try to eliminate the <mark> and </mark> tags, so you can just use the plain string