android - How to display bulleted list on a TextView

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="16dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#c7b8b0"     >     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="♦ First item\n♦ Second item\n♦ Third item"         android:background="#e68a88"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:padding="10dp"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_second"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="@string/bulleted_list"         android:background="#8dce92"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:padding="10dp"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/tv"         android:layout_toEndOf="@id/tv"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_third"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Click the button to programmatically display a bulleted list here."         android:background="#a3e4ea"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:padding="10dp"         android:layout_below="@id/tv"         />     <Button         android:id="@+id/btn"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Show a bulleted list in third TextView"         android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"         android:layout_alignParentRight="true"         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

res/values/strings.xml

 <resources>      <string name="app_name">Android Example</string>     <string name="title_activity_settings">Settings</string>     <string name="title_activity_main">Android Example - Bulleted List In A TextView</string>      <string name="bulleted_list">         <li>First item</li>\n         <li>Second item</li>\n         <li>Third item</li>     </string>  </resources> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.text.Html; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.RelativeLayout; import android.widget.TextView;   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      private Context mContext;     private Activity mActivity;      private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;     private TextView mTextView;     private TextView mTextViewSecond;     private TextView mTextViewThird;     private Button mButton;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the application context         mContext = getApplicationContext();          // Get the activity         mActivity = MainActivity.this;          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);         mTextViewSecond = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_second);         mTextViewThird = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_third);         mButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);          // Set a click listener for button         mButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View view) {                 // √ is the html entry, which we uses here as a bullet                 // Programmatically display the bulleted list on TextView                 String htmlString = "√ First item<br/>"+                         "√ Second item<br/>"+                         "√ Third item";                  mTextViewThird.setText(Html.fromHtml(htmlString));             }         });     } }