To draw an Underline below the TextView in Android

Question

I want to draw the underline below my TextView  I have searched a few content but couldn t find out anything fruitful   Can anyone please help me out here

User · Answer

You can use Kotlin Extension and type your own drawUnderLine method.

fun TextView.drawUnderLine() {
    val text = SpannableString(this.text.toString())
    text.setSpan(UnderlineSpan(), 0, text.length, 0)
    this.text = text
}

yourTextView.drawUnderLine()

User · Answer

In Kotlin you can create extension property  inline var TextView underline  Boolean     set visible            paintFlags   if  visible  paintFlags or Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG         else paintFlags and Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG inv             get     paintFlags and Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG    Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG  And use  textView underline   true

User · Answer

Its works for me   tv setPaintFlags Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG

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For anyone still looking at this querstion  This is for a hyperlink but you can modify it for just a plain underline   Create a drawable  hyperlink underline xml     lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt     lt item android top  -10dp          android left  -10dp          android right  -10dp  gt       lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt         lt solid android color   android color transparent   gt          lt stroke android width  2dp                android color   3498db   gt       lt  shape gt     lt  item gt   lt  layer-list gt    Create a new style    lt style name  Hyperlink  gt       lt item name  android textColor  gt  3498db lt  item gt       lt item name  android background  gt  drawable hyperlink underline lt  item gt     lt  style gt    Then use this style on your TextView    lt TextView     android layout height  wrap content      android layout width  wrap content      local MvxBind  Text Id  Click ShowJobInfoCommand      style   style HyperLink   gt

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There are three ways of underling the text in TextView    SpannableString setPaintFlags    of TextView Html fromHtml      Let me explain you all approaches    1st Approach  For underling the text in TextView you have to use SpannableString  String udata  Underlined Text   SpannableString content   new SpannableString udata   content setSpan new UnderlineSpan    0  udata length    0   mTextView setText content     2nd Approach  You can make use of setPaintFlags method of TextView to underline the text of TextView   For eg   mTextView setPaintFlags mTextView getPaintFlags     Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG   mTextView setText  This text will be underlined      You can refer constants of Paint class if you want to strike thru the text   3rd Approach   Make use of Html fromHtml htmlString    String htmlString   lt u gt This text will be underlined lt  u gt    mTextView setText Html fromHtml htmlString      OR  txtView setText Html fromHtml   lt u gt underlined lt  u gt  text

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5 Amazing Ways To Underline A TextView In Android - Kotlin Java  amp  XML   String html     lt u gt Underline using Html fromHtml   lt  u gt    textview setText Html fromHtml html      But Html fromHtml String resource  was deprecated in API 24   So you can use the latest android support library androidx core text HtmlCompat  Before that  you need to include the dependency in your project    implementation  androidx core core 1 0 1      String html     lt u gt  1 1 Underline using HtmlCompat fromHtml   lt  u gt              underline textview using HtmlCompat fromHtml   method         textview11 setText HtmlCompat fromHtml html  HtmlCompat FROM HTML MODE LEGACY      Using strings xml      lt string name  underline text  gt 1 3  amp lt u gt Underline using HtmlCompat fromHtml   and string resource amp lt  u gt  lt  string gt    textview13 setText HtmlCompat fromHtml getString R string underline text   HtmlCompat FROM HTML MODE LEGACY     using PaintFlags   textview2 setPaintFlags textview2 getPaintFlags     Paint UNDERLINE TEXT FLAG           textview2 setText  2  Underline using setPaintFlags        using SpannableString   String content1    3 1 Underline using SpannableString           SpannableString spannableString1   new SpannableString content1           spannableString1 setSpan new UnderlineSpan    0  content1 length    0           textview31 setText spannableString1

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A simple and sustainable solution is to create a layer-list and make it as the background of your TextView    lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt item         android left  -5dp          android right  -5dp          android top  -5dp  gt           lt shape gt               lt stroke                 android width  1 5dp                  android color   color colorAccent    gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt   lt  layer-list gt

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If your TextView has fixed width  alternative solution can be to create a View which will look like an underline and position it right below your TextView    lt RelativeLayout    android layout width  match parent     android layout height  match parent  gt            lt TextView             android id    id myTextView              android layout width  20dp              android layout height  wrap content   gt            lt View             android layout width  20dp              android layout height  1dp              android layout below    id myTextView              android background   CCCCCC   gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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just surround your text with  lt  u   tag in your string xml resource file   lt string name  your string  gt  lt u gt Underlined text lt  u gt  lt  string gt    and in your Activity Fragment  mTextView setText R string your string

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