diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index 6153c14..4f55088 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   <component name="GradleSettings">
     <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
       <GradleProjectSettings>
+        <compositeConfiguration>
+          <compositeBuild compositeDefinitionSource="SCRIPT" />
+        </compositeConfiguration>
         <option name="distributionType" value="DEFAULT_WRAPPED" />
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
         <option name="modules">
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@
           </set>
         </option>
         <option name="resolveModulePerSourceSet" value="false" />
+        <option name="testRunner" value="PLATFORM" />
       </GradleProjectSettings>
     </option>
   </component>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretext/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretext/MainActivity.java
index 1c75df1..d2ce105 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretext/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretext/MainActivity.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         //textView.setShowingChar(30);
 
         textView.addShowMoreText("Continue");
-        textView.addShowLessText("Less");
 
 
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
index 69b2233..5334991 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
     <color name="colorPrimary">#008577</color>
     <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#00574B</color>
     <color name="colorAccent">#D81B60</color>
+
+    <color name="black_50">#80000000</color>
 </resources>
diff --git a/showmoretextview/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretextview/ShowMoreTextView.java b/showmoretextview/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretextview/ShowMoreTextView.java
index 218e87a..5b1d201 100644
--- a/showmoretextview/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretextview/ShowMoreTextView.java
+++ b/showmoretextview/src/main/java/com/skyhope/showmoretextview/ShowMoreTextView.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
+import android.support.v4.content.res.ResourcesCompat;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.TextPaint;
@@ -57,7 +59,10 @@ public ShowMoreTextView(Context context) {
 
     public ShowMoreTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
-
+        showLess = context.getString(R.string.read_less);
+        showMore = context.getString(R.string.read_more);
+        showMoreTextColor = Color.parseColor("#80000000");
+        showLessTextColor = Color.parseColor("#80000000");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -168,14 +173,15 @@ public void onClick(@Nullable View view) {
         spannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(showMoreTextColor),
                 getText().length() - (dotdot.length() + showMore.length()),
                 getText().length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+        spannableString.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), getText().length() - (dotdot.length() + showMore.length()),
+                getText().length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 
         setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
         setText(spannableString, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
     }
 
     private void showLessButton() {
-
-        String text = getText() + dotdot + showLess;
+        String text = getText() + showLess;
         SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(text);
 
         spannableString.setSpan(new ClickableSpan() {
@@ -195,11 +201,13 @@ public void onClick(@Nullable View view) {
 
                                     }
                                 },
-                text.length() - (dotdot.length() + showLess.length()),
+                text.length() - showLess.length(),
                 text.length(), 0);
 
         spannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(showLessTextColor),
-                text.length() - (dotdot.length() + showLess.length()),
+                text.length() - showLess.length(),
+                text.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+        spannableString.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), text.length() - showLess.length(),
                 text.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 
         setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
diff --git a/showmoretextview/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/showmoretextview/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 0d5db9d..291bd15 100644
--- a/showmoretextview/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/showmoretextview/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 <resources>
     <string name="app_name">ShowMoreTextView</string>
+    <string name="read_less">&#160;&#160;read less</string>
+    <string name="read_more">read more</string>
 </resources>