Subscript and Superscript a String in Android

Question

How can you print a string with a subscript or superscript? Can you do this without an external library? I want this to display in a TextView in Android.

Answer 1

Example:

equation = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
SpannableStringBuilder cs = new SpannableStringBuilder("X3 + X2");
cs.setSpan(new SuperscriptSpan(), 1, 2, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
cs.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.75f), 1, 2, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
cs.setSpan(new SuperscriptSpan(), 6, 7, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
cs.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.75f), 6, 7, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
equation.setText(cs);