How to make links in a TextView clickable?

Question

I have the following TextView defined:

Answer 1

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>"));
    }

Answer 2

Add CDATA to your string resource

Strings.xml

<string name="txtCredits"><![CDATA[<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">Google</a>]]></string>

Answer 3

Buried in the API demos I found the solution to my problem:

Link.java:

    // text2 has links specified by putting <a> tags in the string
    // resource.  By default these links will appear but not
    // respond to user input.  To make them active, you need to
    // call setMovementMethod() on the TextView object.

    TextView t2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2);
    t2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

I removed most of the attributes on my TextView to match what was in the demo.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/txtCredits"/>

That solved it. Pretty difficult to uncover and fix.

Important: Don't forget to remove autoLink="web" if you are calling setMovementMethod().

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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"/>

Answer 6

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.