UOFLMA-116: Fixed - Mandatory fields issue.

app/src/main/java/com/vsoft/uoflservicenow/ui/CatalogueVariableScreen.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
 import android.text.Html;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
+import android.util.StringBuilderPrinter;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -308,20 +309,18 @@ public class CatalogueVariableScreen extends AppCompatActivity {
                                 childLabelViewLayoutParams.topMargin = (int) getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.small_margin);
                                 mContainerLayout.addView(label, childLabelViewLayoutParams);
                             } else {
-                                /*Create label with mandatory value*/
-                                LinearLayout labelLayout = new LinearLayout(CatalogueVariableScreen.this);
-                                labelLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
-                                TextView label = new TextView(CatalogueVariableScreen.this);
-                                label.setText(catalogueVariable.getQuestionText());
-                                childLabelViewLayoutParams.topMargin = (int) getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.small_margin);
-                                labelLayout.addView(label, childLabelViewLayoutParams);
-
-                                TextView mandatory = new TextView(CatalogueVariableScreen.this);
-                                mandatory.setText("*");
-                                mandatory.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(CatalogueVariableScreen.this, R.color.error_color));
-                                labelLayout.addView(mandatory);
+                                /*Create labelWithMandatory with mandatory value*/
+                                StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+                                stringBuilder.append(catalogueVariable.getQuestionText());
+                                stringBuilder.append(getString(R.string.variable_form_view_mandatory_sign_string));
 
-                                mContainerLayout.addView(labelLayout);
+                                TextView labelWithMandatory = new TextView(CatalogueVariableScreen.this);
+                                if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
+                                    labelWithMandatory.setText(Html.fromHtml(stringBuilder.toString(), Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY));
+                                }  else {
+                                    labelWithMandatory.setText(Html.fromHtml(stringBuilder.toString()));
+                                }
+                                mContainerLayout.addView(labelWithMandatory, childLabelViewLayoutParams);
                             }
                         }
 
@@ -415,7 +414,8 @@ public class CatalogueVariableScreen extends AppCompatActivity {
                         jsonColumnValue = Util.getDateTime(Util.getDateTimeFromString(value));
                     }
 
-                    if(viewType != ViewType.SELECT_BOX && viewType != ViewType.UI_PAGE) {
+                    if(catalogueVariable.isMandatory()) {
+                        if (viewType != ViewType.SELECT_BOX && viewType != ViewType.UI_PAGE) {
                             if (TextUtils.isEmpty(jsonColumnValue)) {
                                 hasErrors = true;
                                 // show error view
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ public class CatalogueVariableScreen extends AppCompatActivity {
                                     errorView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                             }
                         }
+                    }
 
                     try {
                         jsonObject.put(catalogueVariable.getName(), jsonColumnValue);

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     <!--Variable Screen-->
     <string name="variable_form_misc_info_string">%1$s [add %2$s]</string>
     <string name="variable_form_header_string">Submit Order</string>
+    <string name="variable_form_view_mandatory_sign_string">&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt;</string>
     <string name="variable_form_reference_dialog_title_string">Search \'%s\'</string>
     <string name="variable_form_radio_text_string">%d</string>
     <string name="variable_form_ui_page_button_label_string">Add Attachment</string>