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Why link does not work in the text view?

I have the link in my TextView:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    ...

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:autoLink="all"
        android:linksClickable="true"
        android:text="@string/app_description" />
</RelativeLayout>

The link is a part of the resources:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    ...
    <string name="app_description">Some text with the <a href="http://www.example.com">link</a>.</string>
</resources>

Somehow the link doesn't work. What could be a reason? It is displayed like a link. But click doesn't open the browser.

Class code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
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LA_ Avatar asked Sep 02 '13 10:09

LA_


1 Answers

Important, if you are using:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
    textView.setText(Html.fromHtml("<a href=https://www.google.com/>Click</a>", Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY));
} else {
    textView.setText(Html.fromHtml("<a href=https://www.google.com/>Click</a>"));
}
textView.setClickable(true);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Do not set android:autoLink="all" or android:autoLink="web" in the xml, because with that it doesn't work!

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walkmn Avatar answered Oct 31 '22 22:10

walkmn