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j2emanue
j2emanue

Reputation: 62519

linkify on textview with domain in text not working, links not clickable

I'm not able to linkfy a string with a href when the string says the domain name with it. so string. let me show you.

Here is the string:

<string name="go_to_settings">Please go to "Settings" in <a href="https://www.mywebsite.com/settings">mywebsite.com</a> to change this status</string>

And it would say this to the user: "Please go to "Settings" in mywebsite.com to change this status. "

here is the textview I'm using:

  <TextView
      android:id="@+id/tv_instructions"
      android:layout_width="280dp"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
      android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
      android:textAlignment="center"
      android:textColor="#5c5c5c"
      android:textColorLink="@color/action_blue"
      android:linksClickable="true"
      android:text="@string/go_to_settings"/>

and here is how i am trying to make the link clickable:

 Linkify.addLinks(tv_instructions, Linkify.ALL)
 tv_instructions.movementMethod=LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()

But i am seeing happen on api 24 and 27 device and emulator is that the link is going to www.mywebsite.com instead of www.mywebsite/settings

but here is the strange thing, if i change the text the user sees and remove .com from that then it works fine. so if the user see this instead it works:

and it would say this to the user: "Please go to "Settings" in mywebsite to change this status. "

notice there is no .com being mentioned. How can i get this displayed. i also tried this way:

tv_instructions.text=(utils.fromHTML(resources.getString(R.string.go_to_settings),null))
tv_instructions.movementMethod=LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()

and textview like this:

    <TextView
                       android:id="@+id/tv_instructions"
                       android:layout_width="280dp"
                       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                       android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
                       android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
                       android:textAlignment="center"
                       android:textColor="#5c5c5c"

                       android:text="@string/go_to_settings"
               />

you guys have any idea what I'm doing wrong ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1906

Answers (2)

j2emanue
j2emanue

Reputation: 62519

Figured this out. for some reason i needed to wrap my text as character data using tag cData in my strings file. this works:

<string name="go_to_settings"><![CDATA[Please go to "Settings" in <a href="https://www.mywebsite.com/settings">mywebsite.com</a> to change this status :]]></string>

then the textview looks like this:

 <TextView
      android:id="@+id/tv_instructions"
      android:layout_width="280dp"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
      android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
      android:text="@string/go_to_settings"
      android:textAlignment="center"
      android:textColor="#5c5c5c"
      android:textColorLink="@color/action_blue"/>

Java Code

tv_instructions.text=(utils.fromHTML(resources.getString(R.string.go_to_settings),null))
tv_instructions.movementMethod=LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()

Upvotes: 2

AskNilesh
AskNilesh

Reputation: 69681

linkify on textview with domain in text not working, links not clickable

You can also use ClickableSpan

If an object of this type is attached to the text of a TextView with a movement method of LinkMovementMethod, the affected spans of text can be selected. If selected and clicked, the onClick(View) method will be called.

Check below SAMPLE CODE

Try this

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    TextView myTextView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTextview);

        setSpan();
    }

    private void setSpan() {

        SpannableStringBuilder spannableStringBuilder = new SpannableStringBuilder("Please go to \"Settings\" in");
        SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(" mywebsite.com ");

        ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View textView) {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Click", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                // you can open your link here as per your requiremnt
            }
        };

        spannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan, 0, spannableString.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        spannableString.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, spannableString.length(), 0);

        spannableStringBuilder.append(spannableString);
        spannableStringBuilder.append("to change this status");

        myTextView.setText(spannableStringBuilder);
        myTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
    }


}

Upvotes: 1

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