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Marco Masci
Marco Masci

Reputation: 818

Adding a web link to a TextView widget

I would like to know if and how it is possible to add a web link to a TextView widget. In my app, i show some text and adjacent to this text an image. I would like to insert a clickable internet link in the text. Is this possible?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 7404

Answers (3)

DevFlanagan
DevFlanagan

Reputation: 1

In case your web link is different from the text you are showing in the TextView:

The TextView in your layout file:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textview_with_hidden_clickable_link"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/string_with_text_and_link"/>

Your string in your resource file:

<string name="string_with_text_and_link">
    <a href="http://any_web_site">The text in your TextView</a>
</string>

And in your Java class:

((TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview_with_hidden_clickable_link))
    .setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

NOTE: http:// in the string resource is necessary.

Upvotes: 0

Dominic
Dominic

Reputation: 3473

This is how I did it 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>"));
    }

Upvotes: 0

The Real Baumann
The Real Baumann

Reputation: 1961

You just need to set the android:autolink property.

<TextView
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        
        android:text="http://www.google.com" />

Upvotes: 11

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