How to convert part of a string to italics?

Question

I want to make animal.getScientificName as Italics(code below). I\'m using a List View and setting the text in the listview. I wan\'t only part of the Text view to

Answer 1

use Html.fromHtml:

listNames[ i ] = animal.getName().toUpperCase().replaceAll( "_" , " " ) + " \n\n" + "+animal.getScientificName()+"; 


array_sort = new ArrayList( Arrays.asList( listNames) ); 
tv.setText(Html.fromHtml(array_sort.get( position ) ));

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