I have the following TextView defined:
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/txtCredits"
android:autoLink="web" android:id="@+id/infoTxtCredits"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:linksClickable="true"></TextView>
where @string/txtCredits is a string resource that contains <a href="some site">Link text</a>.
Android is highlighting the links in the TextView, but they do not respond to clicks. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Do I have to set an onClickListener for the TextView in my activity for something as simple as this?
Looks like it has to do with the way I define my string resource. This does not work:
<string name="txtCredits"><a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a></string>
But this does:
<string name="txtCredits">www.google.com</string>
Which is a bummer because I would much rather show a text link than show the full URL.
The answer is
I hope this will help you;
String value = "<html>Visit my blog <a href=\"http://www.maxartists.com\">mysite</a> View <a href=\"sherif-activity://myactivity?author=sherif&nick=king\">myactivity</a> callback</html>";
TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);
text.setText(Html.fromHtml(value));
text.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
Only what do you need to add this in text view in xml
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:autoLink="web"/>
As the databinding is out I'd like to share my solution for databinding TextViews supporting html tags with clickable links.
To avoid retrieving every textview and giving them html support using From.html we extend the TextView and put the logic in setText()
public class HtmlTextView extends TextView {
public HtmlTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public HtmlTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public HtmlTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
}
@Override
public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) {
super.setText(Html.fromHtml(text.toString()), type);
this.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
}
}
I've made a gist which also shows example entity and view for using this.
The easiest thing that worked for me is to use Linkify
TextView txt_Message = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.txt_message);
txt_Message.setText("This is link https://www.google.co.in/");
Linkify.addLinks(txt_Message, Linkify.WEB_URLS);
and it will automatically detect the web urls from the text in the textview.
Create an extension method on SpannableString:
private fun SpannableString.setLinkSpan(text: String, url: String) {
val textIndex = this.indexOf(text)
setSpan(
object : ClickableSpan() {
override fun onClick(widget: View) {
Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply { data = Uri.parse(url) }.also { startActivity(it) }
}
},
textIndex,
textIndex + text.length,
Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
)
}
Use it to make string in your TextView clickable:
myTextView.apply {
movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
val googleUrl = "http://www.google.com"
val microsoftUrl = "http://www.microsoft.com"
val google = "Google"
val microsoft = "Microsoft"
val message = SpannableString("$google & $microsoft").apply {
setLinkSpan(google, googleUrl)
setLinkSpan(microsoft, microsoftUrl)
}
text = message
}
Enjoy!
Autolink phone does not worked for me. The following worked like a charm,
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.emergencynos);
String html2="<br><br>Fire - <b><a href=tel:997>997</a> </b></br></br>";
tv.append(Html.fromHtml(html2));
tv.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
If you want to add HTML-like link, all you need to do is:
add a resource HTML-like string:
<string name="link"><a href="https://www.google.pl/">Google</a></string>add your view to the layout with NO link-specific configuration at all:
<TextView android:id="@+id/link" android:text="@string/link" />`add appropriate MovementMethod programmatically to your TextView:
mLink = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.link); if (mLink != null) { mLink.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); }
That's it! And yes, having options like "autoLink" and "linksClickable" working on explicit links only (not wrapped into html tags) is very misleading to me too...
The accepted answer is correct, BUT it will mean that phone numbers, maps, email addresses, and regular links e.g. http://google.com without href tags will NO LONGER be clickable since you can't have autolink in the xml.
The only complete solution to have EVERYTHING clickable that I have found is the following:
Spanned text = Html.fromHtml(myString);
URLSpan[] currentSpans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), URLSpan.class);
SpannableString buffer = new SpannableString(text);
Linkify.addLinks(buffer, Linkify.ALL);
for (URLSpan span : currentSpans) {
int end = text.getSpanEnd(span);
int start = text.getSpanStart(span);
buffer.setSpan(span, start, end, 0);
}
textView.setText(buffer);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
And the TextView should NOT have android:autolink. There's no need for android:linksClickable="true" either; it's true by default.
I use the autolink to "auto underline" the text, but just made an "onClick" that manages it. (I ran into this problem myself)
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:autoLink="all"
android:text="@string/twitter"
android:onClick="twitter"/>
public void twitter (View view)
{
try
{
Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://twitter.com/onaclovtech"));
startActivity(browserIntent);
}
finally
{
}
}
Doesn't require any permissions, as you are passing the intent off to apps that manage those resources, (I.E. browser).
This was what worked for me. Good luck.
by using linkify: Linkify take a piece of text and a regular expression and turns all of the regex matches in the text into clickable links
TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setText("http://www.domain.com");
Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.WEB_URLS);
Don't forget to
import android.widget.TextView;
This is how I solved clickable and Visible links in a TextView (by code)
private void setAsLink(TextView view, String url){
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(url);
Linkify.addLinks(view, pattern, "http://");
view.setText(Html.fromHtml("<a href='http://"+url+"'>http://"+url+"</a>"));
}
Here is very one line android code to make phone and url selectable from textView no matter what is string and what is data. You dont need to use any HTML tags for this.
TextView textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
textView.setText("some url is www.google.com phone 7504567890 another url lkgndflg.com ");
// Makes the textView's Phone and URL (hyperlink) select and go.
Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.WEB_URLS | Linkify.PHONE_NUMBERS);
Use below code:
String html = "<a href=\"http://yourdomain.com\">Your Domain Name</a>"
TextView textview = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.your_textview_id);
textview.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
textview.setText(Html.fromHtml(html));
If using XML based TextView, for your requirement you need to do just two things:
Identify your link in the string, such as "this is my WebPage." You can add it in xml or in the code.
In the xml that has the TextView, add these:
android:linksClickable="true"
android:autoLink="web"
The above solutions didn't work for me, but the following did (and it seems a bit cleaner).
First, in the string resource, define your tag opening chevrons using the HTML entity encoding, i.e.:
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
and NOT:
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
In general, encode all the chevrons in the string like that. BTW, the link must start with http://
Then (as suggested here) set this option on your TextView:
android:linksClickable="true"
Finally, in code, do:
((TextView) findViewById(R.id.your_text_view)).setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
((TextView) findViewById(R.id.your_text_view)).setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.string_with_links)));
That's it, no regexes or other manual hacks required.
Manage Linkify text Color Also
tv_customer_care_no.setLinkTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));
tv_customer_care_no.setText("For us to reach out to you, please fill the details below or contact our customer care at 18004190899 or visit our website http://www.dupont.co.in/corporate-links/contact-dupont.html ");
Linkify.addLinks(tv_customer_care_no, Linkify.WEB_URLS | Linkify.PHONE_NUMBERS);
Linkify.addLinks(tv_customer_care_no, Linkify.ALL );
[Tested in Pre-lollipop as well as in Lollipop and above]
You can get your HTML string from the backend or from your resources files.
If you put your text as an resource string, make sure to add the CDATA tag:
<string name="your_text">![CDATA[...<a href="your_link">Link Title</a> ...]]</string>
Then in code you need to get the string and assign it as HTML and set a link movement method:
String yourText = getString(R.string.your_text);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(yourText, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT));
} else {
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(yourText));
}
try {
subtext.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
} catch (Exception e) {
//This code seems to crash in some Samsung devices.
//You can handle this edge case base on your needs.
}
The following should work for anyone who is looking for a combination of text and hyperlink within an Android app.
In string.xml:
<string name="applink">Looking for Digital Visiting card?
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.themarkwebs.govcard">Get it here</a>
</string>
Now you can utilise this string in any given View like this:
<TextView
android:id="@+id/getapp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="@color/main_color_grey_600"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:text="@string/applink"/>
Now, in your Activity or Fragment, do the following:
TextView getapp =(TextView) findViewById(R.id.getapp);
getapp.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
By now, you don't require to set android:autoLink="web" or android:linksClickable="true" using this approach.
I hope you will find this helpful.
This question is very old but none answered the obvious one. This code is taken from one of my hobby projects:
package com.stackoverflow.java.android;
import android.content.Context;
import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
import android.text.method.MovementMethod;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView;
public class HyperlinkTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
public HyperlinkTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public HyperlinkTextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public HyperlinkTextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
}
/**
* Set default movement method to {@link LinkMovementMethod}
* @return Link movement method as the default movement method
*/
@Override
protected MovementMethod getDefaultMovementMethod() {
return LinkMovementMethod.getInstance();
}
}
Now, simply using com.stackoverflow.java.android.HyperlinkTextView instead of TextView in your layout files will solve your problem.
Use this...
TextView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent in=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("http://www.twitter.com/"));
startActivity(in);
}
});
and add permission in manifest file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
For those who are having issues with strings reading from xml and assigning dynamically.
In case you are using text from strings.xml resource, it seems that the html tags gets stripped out.
So you have to use <![CDATA[**your string with click links**]]> in the strings.xml to convert it to html using Html.fromHtml(string)
Richard, next time, you should add this code under TextView at the layout XML instead.
android:autoLink="all"
This should be like this.
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/txtCredits"
android:id="@+id/infoTxtCredits"
android:autoLink="all"
android:linksClickable="true">
</TextView>
You don't need to use this code (t2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());) in order to make the link clickable.
Also, here's the truth: as long as you set the autoLink and the linksClickable, don't forget to add this at String.xml file so that the clickable link will work.
<string name="txtCredits"><a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a></string>
The reason you're having the problem is that it only tries to match "naked" addresses. things like "www.google.com" or "http://www.google.com".
Running your text through Html.fromHtml() should do the trick. You have to do it programatically, but it works.
I'm using only android:autoLink="web" and it works fine. A click on the link opens the browser and shows the correct page.
One thing I could guess is that some other view is above the link. Something that is transparent fills the whole parent but don't displays anything above the link. In this case the click goes to this view instead of the link.
I added this line to the TextView: android:autoLink="web"
Below is an example of usage in a layout file.
layout.xml sample
<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtLostpassword"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:autoLink="email"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="20px"
android:text="@string/lostpassword"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtDefaultpassword"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:autoLink="web"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="20px"
android:text="@string/defaultpassword"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
string.xml
<string name="lostpassword">If you lost your password please contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Lost%20Password" target="_top">[email protected]</a></string>
<string name="defaultpassword">User Guide <a href="http://www.cleverfinger.com.au/user-guide/">http://www.cleverfinger.com.au/user-guide/</a></string>
Add CDATA to your string resource
Strings.xml
<string name="txtCredits"><![CDATA[<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">Google</a>]]></string>
I noticed that using android:autoLink="web" thus
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:autoLink="web"/>
worked OK for URLs but since I had an e-mail address and phone number that I wanted to link as well, I ended up using this line android:autoLink="all" like this
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:autoLink="all"/>
and it worked like a charm.
Be sure to not use setAutoLinkMask(Linkify.ALL) when using setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()) and Html.fromHTML() on properly formatted HTML links (for example, <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>).
You need only this:
android:autoLink="web"
Insert this line to TextView, that can be clickable with reference to the web. URL address set as a text of this TextView.
Example:
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textViewWikiURL"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:text="http://www.wikipedia.org/"
android:autoLink="web" />
Just wasted so much time to figure out you have to use getText(R.string.whatever) instead of getString(R.string.whatever)...
Anyways, here is how I got mine working. With multiple hyperlinks in the same text view too.
TextView termsTextView = (TextView) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.termsTextView);
termsTextView.append("By registering your account, you agree to our ");
termsTextView.append(getText(R.string.terms_of_service));
termsTextView.append(", ");
termsTextView.append(getText(R.string.fees));
termsTextView.append(", and the ");
termsTextView.append(getText(R.string.stripe_connected_account_agreement));
termsTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/termsTextView"/>
string example
<string name="stripe_connected_account_agreement"><a href="https://stripe.com/connect/account-terms">Stripe Connected Account Agreement</a></string>
After spending some time with this, I have found that:
android:autoLink="web"works if you have full links in your HTML. The following will be highlighted in blue and clickable:
- Some text
<a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a>- Some text
http://www.google.com
view.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());will work with the following (will be highlighted and clickable):
- Some text
<a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a>- Some text
http://www.google.com- Some text
<a href="http://www.google.com">Go to Google</a>
Note that the third option has a hyperlink, but the description of the link (the part between the tags) itself is not a link. android:autoLink="web" does NOT work with such links.
android:autoLink="web"if set in XML will overrideview.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());(i.e.; links of the third kind will be highlighted, but not clickable).
The moral of the story is use view.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); in your code and make sure you don't have android:autoLink="web" in your XML layout if you want all links to be clickable.
My code was like this:
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/link"
android:text="@string/forgot"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:linksClickable="true"/>
My Java code was like this:
/*TextView action*/
TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.link);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
textView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
startActivity(new Intent(LoginActivity.this,forgot.class));
}
});
This just points the link to another activity. But that link is clickable and works smoothly. Tested in Android Studio 1.5 (Preview)
Don't know if it's worth adding another answer, but just in case...
I had to hunt this down in a couple places but finally got this version of the code to work.
strings.xml:
<string name="name1"><a href="http://www.google.com">link text1</a></string>
<string name="name2"><a href="http://www.google.com">link text2</a></string>
myactivity.xml:
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textview1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textview2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp" />
myactivty.java (in onCreate()):
TextView tv1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview1);
TextView tv2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview2);
tv1.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.name1)));
tv2.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.name2)));
tv1.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
tv2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
This will create two clickable hyperlinks with the text link text1 and link text2 which redirect the user to google.
Source: Stackoverflow.com