Added in API level 1

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Html

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Kotlin |Java

public class Html
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.Html

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This class processes HTML strings into displayable styled text. Not all HTML tags are supported.

Summary

Nested classes
interface	Html.ImageGetter Retrieves images for HTML <img> tags.
interface	Html.TagHandler Is notified when HTML tags are encountered that the parser does not know how to interpret.

Constants
int	FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT Flags for fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler): Separate block-level elements with line breaks (single newline character) in between.
int	FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY Flags for fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler): Separate block-level elements with blank lines (two newline characters) in between.
int	FROM_HTML_OPTION_USE_CSS_COLORS Flag indicating that CSS color values should be used instead of those defined in Color.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_BLOCKQUOTE Flag indicating that texts inside <blockquote> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_DIV Flag indicating that texts inside <div> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_HEADING Flag indicating that texts inside <h1>~<h6> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST Flag indicating that texts inside <ul> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST_ITEM Flag indicating that texts inside <li> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_PARAGRAPH Flag indicating that texts inside <p> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.
int	TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_CONSECUTIVE Option for toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int): Wrap consecutive lines of text delimited by '\n' inside <p> elements.
int	TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_INDIVIDUAL Option for toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int): Wrap each line of text delimited by '\n' inside a <p> or a <li> element.

Public methods
static String	escapeHtml(CharSequence text) Returns an HTML escaped representation of the given plain text.
static Spanned	fromHtml(String source, int flags) Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string.
static Spanned	fromHtml(String source, Html.ImageGetter imageGetter, Html.TagHandler tagHandler) This method was deprecated in API level 24. use fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler) instead.
static Spanned	fromHtml(String source, int flags, Html.ImageGetter imageGetter, Html.TagHandler tagHandler) Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string.
static Spanned	fromHtml(String source) This method was deprecated in API level 24. use fromHtml(java.lang.String, int) instead.
static String	toHtml(Spanned text, int option) Returns an HTML representation of the provided Spanned text.
static String	toHtml(Spanned text) This method was deprecated in API level 24. use toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int) instead.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeoutMillis) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Constants

FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT

Flags for fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler): Separate block-level elements with line breaks (single newline character) in between. This inverts the Spanned to HTML string conversion done with the option TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_INDIVIDUAL.

Constant Value: 63 (0x0000003f)

FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY

Flags for fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler): Separate block-level elements with blank lines (two newline characters) in between. This is the legacy behavior prior to N.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

FROM_HTML_OPTION_USE_CSS_COLORS

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_OPTION_USE_CSS_COLORS

Flag indicating that CSS color values should be used instead of those defined in Color.

Constant Value: 256 (0x00000100)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_BLOCKQUOTE

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_BLOCKQUOTE

Flag indicating that texts inside <blockquote> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_DIV

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_DIV

Flag indicating that texts inside <div> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_HEADING

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_HEADING

Flag indicating that texts inside <h1>~<h6> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST

Flag indicating that texts inside <ul> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST_ITEM

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_LIST_ITEM

Flag indicating that texts inside <li> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_PARAGRAPH

Added in API level 24

public static final int FROM_HTML_SEPARATOR_LINE_BREAK_PARAGRAPH

Flag indicating that texts inside <p> elements will be separated from other texts with one newline character by default.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_CONSECUTIVE

Added in API level 24

public static final int TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_CONSECUTIVE

Option for toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int): Wrap consecutive lines of text delimited by '\n' inside <p> elements. BulletSpans are ignored.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_INDIVIDUAL

Added in API level 24

public static final int TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_INDIVIDUAL

Option for toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int): Wrap each line of text delimited by '\n' inside a <p> or a <li> element. This allows ParagraphStyles attached to be encoded as CSS styles within the corresponding <p> or <li> element.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

Public methods

escapeHtml

Added in API level 16

public static String escapeHtml (CharSequence text)

Returns an HTML escaped representation of the given plain text.

Parameters
text	CharSequence

Returns
String

fromHtml

Added in API level 24

public static Spanned fromHtml (String source, 
                int flags)

Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string. Any <img> tags in the HTML will display as a generic replacement image which your program can then go through and replace with real images.

This uses TagSoup to handle real HTML, including all of the brokenness found in the wild.

Parameters
source	String
flags	int

Returns
Spanned

fromHtml

Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 24

public static Spanned fromHtml (String source, 
                Html.ImageGetter imageGetter, 
                Html.TagHandler tagHandler)

This method was deprecated in API level 24.
use fromHtml(java.lang.String, int, android.text.Html.ImageGetter, android.text.Html.TagHandler) instead.

Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string with the legacy flags FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY.

Parameters
source	String
imageGetter	Html.ImageGetter
tagHandler	Html.TagHandler

Returns
Spanned

fromHtml

Added in API level 24

public static Spanned fromHtml (String source, 
                int flags, 
                Html.ImageGetter imageGetter, 
                Html.TagHandler tagHandler)

Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string. Any <img> tags in the HTML will use the specified ImageGetter to request a representation of the image (use null if you don't want this) and the specified TagHandler to handle unknown tags (specify null if you don't want this).

This uses TagSoup to handle real HTML, including all of the brokenness found in the wild.

Parameters
source	String
flags	int
imageGetter	Html.ImageGetter
tagHandler	Html.TagHandler

Returns
Spanned

fromHtml

Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 24

public static Spanned fromHtml (String source)

This method was deprecated in API level 24.
use fromHtml(java.lang.String, int) instead.

Returns displayable styled text from the provided HTML string with the legacy flags FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY.

Parameters
source	String

Returns
Spanned

toHtml

Added in API level 24

public static String toHtml (Spanned text, 
                int option)

Returns an HTML representation of the provided Spanned text. A best effort is made to add HTML tags corresponding to spans. Also note that HTML metacharacters (such as "<" and "&") within the input text are escaped.

Parameters
text	Spanned: input text to convert
option	int: one of TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_CONSECUTIVE or TO_HTML_PARAGRAPH_LINES_INDIVIDUAL

Returns
String	string containing input converted to HTML

toHtml

Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 24

public static String toHtml (Spanned text)

This method was deprecated in API level 24.
use toHtml(android.text.Spanned, int) instead.

Parameters
text	Spanned

Returns
String