How do I add a bullet symbol in TextView

Question

I have a TextView and I want to add a bullet symbol in my text through XML  Is it possible

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You may try BulletSpan as described in Android docs.

SpannableString string = new SpannableString("Text with\nBullet point");
string.setSpan(new BulletSpan(40, color, 20), 10, 22, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

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Since android doesnt support  lt ol gt    lt ul gt  or  lt li gt  html elements  I had to do it like this   lt string name  names  gt  lt   CDATA  lt p gt  lt h2 gt List of Names  lt  h2 gt  lt  p gt  lt p gt  amp  8226 name1 lt br   gt  amp  8226 name2 lt br   gt  lt  p gt    gt  lt  string gt    if you want to maintain custom space then use  lt  pre gt  tag

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This worked for me    lt string name  text with bullet  gt Text with a  u2022 lt  string gt

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You have to use the right character encoding to accomplish this effect  You could try with  amp  8226     Update  Just to clarify  use setText   u2022 Bullet    to add the bullet programmatically  0x2022   8226

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Another best way to add bullet in any text view is stated below two steps  First  create a drawable  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt shape     xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot      android shape  quot oval quot  gt        lt  --set color of the bullet-- gt      lt solid         android color  quot  666666 quot   gt    set color of bullet       lt  --set size of the bullet-- gt      lt size         android width  quot 120dp quot          android height  quot 120dp quot   gt   lt  shape gt   Then add this drawable in textview and set its pedding by using below properties android drawableStart  quot  drawable bullet quot  android drawablePadding  quot 10dp quot

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Prolly a better solution out there somewhere  but this is what I did    lt TableLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content           gt           lt TableRow gt                   lt TextView                 android layout column  1                  android text       gt  lt  TextView gt               lt TextView                 android layout column  2                  android layout width  wrap content                  android text  First line  gt  lt  TextView gt           lt  TableRow gt           lt TableRow gt                   lt TextView                 android layout column  1                  android text       gt  lt  TextView gt               lt TextView                 android layout column  2                  android layout width  wrap content                  android text  Second line  gt  lt  TextView gt           lt  TableRow gt     lt  TableLayout gt    It works like you want  but a workaround really

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This is how i ended up doing it      lt LinearLayout             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android orientation  horizontal  gt                lt View                 android layout width  20dp                  android layout height  20dp                  android background   drawable circle                  android drawableStart   drawable ic bullet point    gt                lt TextView                 android layout width  wrap content                  android layout height  wrap content                  android layout marginLeft  10dp                  android text  Your text                  android textColor   000000                  android textSize  14sp    gt           lt  LinearLayout gt    and the code for drawbale circle xml is   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    android innerRadius  0dp    android shape  ring    android thickness  5dp    android useLevel  false  gt     lt solid android color   color black1    gt    lt  shape gt

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With Unicode we can do it easily but if want to change color of bullet  I tried with colored bullet image and set it as drawable left and it worked   lt TextView          android text  Hello bullet      android drawableLeft   drawable bulleticon   gt   lt  TextView gt

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Copy paste       I ve done it with other weird characters  such as   and     Edit  here s an example  The two Buttons at the bottom have android text     and

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