Setting Hyperlink Android in textview based on String.xml

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my string.xml string line

 <string name="companyLink">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abc.com&quot;&gt;abc Technology &lt;/a> </string>

and this is how i try to use the html

    TextView   companylink = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textViewCompanyLink);
    companylink.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.companyLink)));
    companylink.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

however android only display out the html without the hyperlink on the screen

<a href=http://abc.com>abc string </a>

Have you tried changing the all `&` to `&`? You don't need to escape the ampersand character when using it in a HTML entity. That might be causing issues. — Alex Curran, Aug 02 '12 at 14:17
see [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9852184/android-textview-hyperlink/9852280#9852280) — Andrei, Aug 02 '12 at 15:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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The quotes should also be escaped otherwise Java will remove them during getString(). Add backslashes before "

<string name="companyLink">&lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.abc.com\&quot;&gt;abc Technology &lt;/a> </string>

Or this solution that worked for me:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/9949264/1011746

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Aug 02 '12 at 23:51

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:29

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I believe the correct syntax is:

<a href="http://abc.com">abc string </a>

answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:29

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Setting Hyperlink Android in textview based on String.xml

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