URLSpan in SpannableString

Question

I am following this example in using SpannableString: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/text/Link.html

I am trying to create a string which has 'R.string.text1' following by R.string.text2 but R.string.text2 (has 10 characters) in URL format:

SpannableString ss = new SpannableString(getString(R.string.text1));
ss.setSpan(new URLSpan(getString(R.string.text2)), 0, 10, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

But what I am getting is

1. I don't see the string R.string.text2 at all
2. and only the first 10 characters is in URL format

How can I fix my problem?

Answer 1

This is a more general answer to show just a basic working example of a URLSpan.

// set up spanned string with url
SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString("Click here for more.");
String url = "https://developer.android.com";
spannableString.setSpan(new URLSpan(url), 6, 10, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

// set to textview
textView.setText(spannableString);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); // enable clicking on url span