How to Hide Text on Android

Lists:

You can create lists using the

and
• tags. The
  tag defines an unordered list, while the
  • tag represents each list item. Here’s an example:
    • List item 1
    • List item 2
    • List item 3

    This will be displayed as:

    Method 2: Using Android TextViews with Visibility Property

    Another method to hide text on Android is by using TextViews and modifying their visibility property programmatically.

    First, add a TextView element in your XML layout file:

    <TextView
    Android:id=”@+id/hiddenText”
    Android:text=”This is hidden text”
    Android:visibility=”invisible”
    .. />

    In your Java code, you can change the visibility of the TextView to either “visible”, “invisible”, or “gone”. Here’s an example:

    TextView hiddenText = findViewById(R.id.hiddenText);
    hiddenText.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

    The text will remain in the layout but won’t be visible to the user.

    Method 3: Using Android SpannableString

    Android provides a powerful class called SpannableString that allows you to modify portions of a text with different styles. You can use this class to hide specific sections of a string. Here’s an example:

    SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(“This is hidden text”);
    spannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.TRANSPARENT), 0, spannableString.length(), 0);

    By setting the foreground color to transparent, the text becomes invisible while preserving its space in the layout.

    Conclusion

    In this tutorial, we explored three different methods to hide text on Android. By using HTML styling elements like , ,

    , and
    • , we can modify the appearance of our text without altering its content.

      Additionally, we learned how to use TextViews with visibility property and SpannableString class for more advanced hiding techniques. Experiment with these methods and choose the one that suits your requirements best.