How to create a Textview with underline text in android

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I want to create a TextView with underline text . Please suggest me how to create in layout file . Find the image bellow

https://i.stack.imgur.com/4kcTN.png

a lil bit searching led me to this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2394935/can-i-underline-text-in-an-android-layout — Adem İlhan, Sep 21 '16 at 13:01
checkout [Underlining text in TextView](http://www.androidgig.com/tip-underlining-text-in-textview/) — Ravi, Sep 21 '16 at 13:02
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2394935/can-i-underline-text-in-an-android-layout — Alex Chengalan, Sep 21 '16 at 13:02
[6 ways - Underline A TextView In Android](https://androidride.com/underline-a-textview-in-android/) — Thomas Daniel, Aug 17 '19 at 09:02

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '16 at 13:04

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add this line to your code

textView.setPaintFlags(textView.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

answered Sep 21 '16 at 13:04

Joshua

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This is does not make the underline the same color as text – sasha199568 Sep 05 '17 at 10:02
Yes, I think you wont be able to change the underline color. – Joshua Jan 12 '18 at 07:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '16 at 13:06

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SpannableString spanStr = new SpannableString("Your String");
    spanStr.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, spanStr.length(), 0);

yourTextView.setText(spanStr);

answered Sep 21 '16 at 13:06

Aneeb Khawar

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How to create a Textview with underline text in android

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