Using Linkify in ListView's ArrayAdapter causes RuntimeException

Question

I have a TextView in my ArrayAdapter that may contain some hyperlinks. For those links I use Linkify:

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Answer 1

Looking at the exception in the log, it seems that you used the application context when you allocate your ArrayAdapter. For example, if your code looks similar to the following:

    listView.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(context,
            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
            data) {
        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
            // ...
        }
    });

You must have initialized the context variable above with the application context, like this:

    Context context = getApplicationContext();

To avoid the error, you should have initialized it with your Activity instance instead:

    Context context = this;

Or, if your code is in a Fragment:

    Context context = getActivity();