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raginggoat
raginggoat

Reputation: 3600

Clicking Link HTML in TextView

I have a text view that is displaying some HTML and it displays correctly. If the HTML contains a link with just the URL text I can tap on the link to open it, but if the URL is attributed to other text, like this:

<a href="https://cdn.kyfb.com/KYFB/assets/File/Federation/Across%20Kentucky/2017/January/AK_Promo_Jan_23_2017_mixdown.mp3">Listen here</a></strong></p>

"Listen here" looks like a clickable link in my text view but it can't be selected.

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Html;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;

public class BenefitDetailActivity extends BaseActivity {

    static Context context;
    TextView detailTextView;
    String descriptionText;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_benefit_details);
        context = getApplicationContext();

        Intent detailIntent = getIntent();
        descriptionText = detailIntent.getStringExtra("description");

        detailTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.benefitText);

        Typeface kfb = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "FranklinGothicStd-ExtraCond.otf");
        detailTextView.setTypeface(kfb);
        detailTextView.setTextSize(20);

        System.out.println("DESCRIPTION: " + descriptionText);
        detailTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(descriptionText));
    }
}

Layout:

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/benefitText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingRight="10dp"
        android:paddingTop="20dp"
        android:paddingBottom="20dp"
        android:background="@color/transparent"
        android:textColor="@color/white_text"
        android:autoLink="all" />

Based on the suggestions of others, I've added 

detailTextView.setMovementMethod (LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

and 

android:linksClickable="true"

With that, the problem is that when I add setMovementMethod(), the linked text (Listen here) is no longer displayed as a link and still can't be selected.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 908

Answers (2)

raginggoat
raginggoat

Reputation: 3600

I fixed this by adding detailTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); and android:linksClickable="true". I also had to remove android:autoLink="all"

Upvotes: 1

WebSwami
WebSwami

Reputation: 218

add following attribute to textview in layout file 

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/benefitText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="10dp"
    android:paddingRight="10dp"
    android:paddingTop="20dp"
    android:paddingBottom="20dp"
    android:background="@color/transparent"
    android:textColor="@color/white_text"
    android:autoLink="all"
    android:linksClickable="true"
    />

and the add following line to on setMovementMethod.

    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
        detailTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(descriptionText,Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY));
    } else {
        detailTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(descriptionText));
    }
    detailTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Upvotes: 2

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