How to display fractions in android textview?

Question

I want to display 3½ on android text view. I tried doing it with unicode but no luck. Please see my code below. Can anyone please help.

additionalInfoString = additionalInfoString.replace("½",<sup><small>&frac12;</small></sup>);

look at this hope it's help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2920726/android-displaying-fractions-using-unicode — Farhan Shah, Apr 02 '14 at 07:06

SilentKiller · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-05T10:33:19.173

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You need to use HTML format to show fractions

tv.setText(Html.fromHtml("3<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub>"));

Verify your HTML Text here.

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As Html.fromHtml(String s) method has been depreciated. Take a look at this answer SO Answer

edited Jul 05 '17 at 10:33

answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:06

SilentKiller

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thank u Slientkiller...it worked...But my problem is not it is getting truncated on textview.Can you suggeset me anything for that – androidDeveloer Apr 02 '14 at 07:25
@androidDeveloer you need to set fixed height for this. – SilentKiller Apr 02 '14 at 07:26
Elegant solution! You could also use `⁄` instead of plain `/` for the fraction line: `tv.setText(Html.fromHtml("3¹⁄₂"));` – msal Apr 08 '17 at 14:23
@msal you should have edit. I always appreciate better answer from anyone. :) edit it yourself. – SilentKiller Apr 20 '17 at 13:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:07

You can use the html formatting of Android TextView. However you must add a extra space on the top and bottom to keep the fraction from being cut off.

  SpannableStringBuilder text = new SpannableStringBuilder();
  text.append("3");
  text.append("\n");
  text.append(Html.fromHtml("<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub>"));
  text.append("\n");

P.S. : The above code is not tested (just a hunch)

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:14

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you can use unicode character directly as

tv.setText("3\u00BD");

this worked for me.

answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:14

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:14

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Try this:

mTxtVw.setText(Html.fromHtml("3<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub>"));

answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:14

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 02 '14 at 07:16

I would suggest you to create two TextView in a RelativeLayout and manage it. because in Html.fromHtml superscript text not comes with proper alignment . use some thing like below

 <RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/maintext_sup"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:gravity="top"
        android:text="1/2"
        android:textSize="10sp"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/maintext"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="3"
        android:textSize="20sp" />
   </RelativeLayout>

How to display fractions in android textview?

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