Android : Why onClick method is not working?

Question

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

onClick method defined in xml

 <TextView
    android:id="@+id/titlemainpage"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"       
    android:text="Social To Dos"   
    android:onClick="testing" />

testing method used in java class is

public void testing(View v){

    Toast.makeText(this, "Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    textview.setTextColor(Color.CYAN);
}

Answer 1

Add one more attribute to the textview in xml:

android:clickable="true"

Answer 2

Buttons are by default clickable but TextViews are not. Unless you explicitly setup the onClick listener at runtime textViews won't be clickable on pre-Lollipop devices.

So if you want to make a TextView clickable which is hooked with a listener in XML layout file you should use

android:clickable="true"

Answer 3

Dont forget to remove the on click listener (if you have set that programmatically inside the containing activity).