Crash on Samsung devices for EditText containing links

Question

Okay, so this code works perfectly fine on any other device, but crashes on Samsung devices. I can't seem to figure out why really, but I do know that if I use a TextView it does not crash. Problem is though, that I need an EditText for this field and it can contain multiple links. I've spent the past one day looking for a solution to no avail, so I thought I'd post here:

Note: This seems to work on Nexus and Motorola devices I tested on: Is there some workaround that I may have missed as I'm going to guess samsung played around with how to handle links in EditText boxes?

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      EditText t3 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.text3);
      t3.setText(
              Html.fromHtml(
                      "<b>text3:</b>  Text with a " +
                              "<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">link</a> " +
                              "created in the Java source code using HTML."));
      t3.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

}

Here's a look at the stacktrace if that helps:

    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810): java.lang.NullPointerException
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.widget.Editor.onTouchUpEvent(Editor.java:1927)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.widget.TextView.onTouchEvent(TextView.java:8865)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:7817)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTransformedTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2441)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2174)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTransformedTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2441)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2174)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTransformedTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2441)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2174)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTransformedTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2441)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:2174)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:2326)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1612)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.app.Activity.dispatchTouchEvent(Activity.java:2494)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:2274)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.View.dispatchPointerEvent(View.java:8025)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewPostImeInputStage.processPointerEvent(ViewRootImpl.java:4668)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewPostImeInputStage.onProcess(ViewRootImpl.java:4556)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.deliver(ViewRootImpl.java:4150)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.onDeliverToNext(ViewRootImpl.java:4207)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4176)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$AsyncInputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4261)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:4184)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$AsyncInputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:4318)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.deliver(ViewRootImpl.java:4150)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.onDeliverToNext(ViewRootImpl.java:4207)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4176)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:4184)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.deliver(ViewRootImpl.java:4150)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.deliverInputEvent(ViewRootImpl.java:6302)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doProcessInputEvents(ViewRootImpl.java:6240)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.enqueueInputEvent(ViewRootImpl.java:6211)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$WindowInputEventReceiver.onInputEvent(ViewRootImpl.java:6382)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.view.InputEventReceiver.dispatchInputEvent(InputEventReceiver.java:188)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.os.MessageQueue.nativePollOnce(Native Method)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.os.MessageQueue.next(MessageQueue.java:132)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:124)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5455)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1187)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)
    03-21 11:17:34.897: E/AndroidRuntime(1810):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

Clickable links and copy/paste menu in EditView in android

This post helped me, if anyone is interested in the answer.