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How do I set phone numbers to be LTR in a RTL TextView with RTL characters

As you can see here, the phone number here is starting from the right to the left.
However, I want it to display it like this (Image here is edited):
This is the TextView displaying this message:
<TextView
android:text="#string/smsSentTo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/smsSentTo"
android:textColor="#color/mdtp_white"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:layout_above="#+id/chooseUsernameAndPickProfilePicture"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"/>
#string/smsSentTo (Arabic locale): (looks like StackOverflow is displaying the {0} wrong, ignore that.)
<string name="smsSentTo">تم إرسال رسالة SMS إلى {0}</string>
#string/smsSentTo (English locale):
<string name="smsSentTo">An SMS has been sent to {0}</string>
As you can see, I'm formatting the text using MessageFormat:
String smsSentTo = MessageFormat.format(smsSentToTV.getText().toString(), phone);
smsSentToTV.setText(smsSentTo);
How can I get it to display these properly?

There is a solution with a downside
String html = "<p>تم إرسال رسالة SMS إلي</p>" + "+961 01 234 567";
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(html));
The downside is that the HTML p tag prints a line afterwards separating the number into the next line. I tried to remove it with some HTML attributes or using tags other than p tag, but that didn't work
Hope this satisfies your need, or can give you even a clue.

SimpleXML Parser android getting HTML TAG

I have a TAG getinng the whole description is getting difficult in SimpleXML what property should i give to get whole description.
SimpleXML is parssing the p tag also .
<description>
<p>
Bar In Inconel</p> <ul> <li>600</li> <li>601</li> <li>617</li> <li>625</li> <li>718/718 NACE MRO</li> <li>725</li> <li>800</li> <li>825</li> <li>925</li> <li>K500</li> <li>MP35N</li> <li>X750</li> <li>C276</li></ul> <p>Aluminum Tubing, Aluminum Pipe, Aluminum Sheet, Aluminum Bar, Aluminum Plate In Aluminum</p> <ul> <li>2219</li> <li>2024</li> <li>2124</li> <li>3003</li> <li>5052</li> <li>6061</li> <li>7075</li> <li>7050</li></ul> <p>Stainless Steel In Tube, Pipe, Plate, Sheet &
</p>
</description>

When getting final response just enclose the CDATA tag and make the data=true for that element
str = str.replaceAll("<description>","<description><![CDATA[");
str = str.replace("</description>", "]]></description>");
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asp.net child menu items dissappear on android devices

In 2 seperate web applications, one using asp.net 3.5 with vs2008 and 4.0 with vs2010, the child menu items of an asp.net menu dissappear only on android browser. When the main menu item is clicked the children flash for a split second then dissappear.
Edited version of menu is as follows:
<asp:Menu ID="MainMenuEmp" runat="server" CssClass="menuASP" Orientation="Horizontal" DynamicHorizontalOffset="0"
StaticDisplayLevels="1" StaticEnableDefaultPopOutImage="false" DynamicVerticalOffset="1" visible="false"
>
<StaticMenuitemStyle CssClass="menuitemASPStatic" />
<StaticHoverStyle CssClass="menuASPStaticHover" />
<StaticSelectedStyle CssClass="menuASPStaticHover" />
<DynamicMenuStyle CssClass="menuASPDynamicMenuStyle" />
<DynamicMenuitemStyle CssClass="menuitemASPDynamic" />
<DynamicHoverStyle CssClass="menuASPDynamicHover" />
<DynamicSelectedStyle CssClass="menuASPDynamicHover" />
<Items>
<asp:MenuItem Text="HISTORY" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/jobhistory.aspx" />
<asp:MenuItem Text="NEW ORDER" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/newjob.aspx" />
<asp:MenuItem Text="CLIENT INFO" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/clientinfo.aspx" />
<asp:MenuItem Text="MGMT" Value="#" Selectable="false" >
<asp:MenuItem Text="Inspections" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/MgrInspection.aspx" />
<asp:MenuItem Text="Tasks" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/MgrInspectionStatus.aspx"/>
<asp:MenuItem Text="Last Vehicle Inspection" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/MgrInspectionVehicle.aspx"/>
</asp:MenuItem >
<asp:MenuItem Text="JOB MGMT" Value="#" navigateurl="~/clientpages/jobdailyview.aspx"/>
</Items>
</asp:Menu>
partial css is as follows: (z-index is needed to get sub menu's to show on other browsers).
.menuASPDynamicMenuStyle
{
z-index: 999; /*padding: 4px 0 3px 0;*/
padding: 0;
margin-top: 1px;
background-color: #F8F8F8;
}
Menu is on master page with toolscriptmanager on page.
The following code is in init event of masterpage:
If Request.ServerVariables("http_user_agent").IndexOf("Safari", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) <> -1 Then
Page.ClientTarget = "uplevel"
End If
This was necessary to get child menu's to show on other browsers as well. I tried:
page.clienttarget = "uplevel"
without the condition, but, this did not work.
I have also tried adding an android browser file, but, this did not work.
I have scoured the web for a few days. There a few similar questions, but, no answers. Has anyone had same problem? The menu works fine in ie, chrome, ff, safari, ipad, but, not on android mobile devices and not on android tablets.

There is no hover on an Android but my asp menu works if I hold down on the parent menu. Sadly I also get the browser menu when I hold down on it. You will have to design a menu that opens the child items with a single click. This cannot be done with the asp menu.

menus are not disappearing but the page is posting back..
just set navigateUrl property to 'javascript:return false'

I found a way to fix this.
Either do
document.body.setAttribute('onclick', 'setTimeout(function () { }, 0);');
in a startup script
or let the body tag look like this
<body onclick="setTimeout(function () { }, 0);">
Then it works on Android. I haven't tested on other iPhone or so.
(I have also tried some more conventional ways of adding this dummy script, but it did not work.)

Add line break in Twitter (Android/Java)

I want to tweet some text to Twitter using line breaks.
I've tried \n or \r like in my code below, but Twitter is ignoring those.
tweet.setText(" Text1 " + "\n" + "Text2");
Thanks in advance!

try <br /> or [br /].
<br /> is the standard html tag, sometimes websites and forums use [br /].

Parsing issues while parsing xml response android

Xml response is like , but in one tag , the text is this:
<Description>
<center><strong><span>Warehouse / Building Maintenance</span></strong></center><br />
<br />
<strong><span>I</span></strong><span>mmediate openings available in the local Perris area for warehouse/building building maintenance positions. <br />
<br />
<strong>Job Description:</strong><br />
</span>
<ul>
<li><span>Associates will be responsible to define pieces of equipment that will paralyze operations if they fail, and plan whatever level of preventative maintenance necessary. <br />
</span></li>
<li><span&gt
......
similar text
......
</Description>
I can't able to parse it in proper way.
I tried using Jsoup.parse((nodeValue))
and Html.fromHtml(String) also URLEncoder.encode(String)
but its returning simple & symbol thats it.
How to parse this type of response?

A temporary solution could be applying replaceAll("<", "<").replaceAll(">", ">") if API methods aren't working, but arent you supposed to use Html.toHtml(string) when you have stuff encoded and want it to become real html ?

Actually its returning only & symbol , that's because the nodelist item returns only single value.
After using like this:
NodeList fstNm = fstNmElmnt.getChildNodes();
System.out.println("nodefstnm"+fstNm.getLength());
for(int j=0;j<fstNm.getLength();j++) {
String val = ((Node) fstNm.item(j)).getNodeValue();
nodeValue=nodeValue.concat(val);
}
and then parsing with Jsoup., returns what I want.