How to open Google page on click on text view hyperlink in android?

Question

How to open a Google home page on click on hyperlink text view in android am trying out with following code but on click on the hyperlink it just changing to normal text how to resolve it

Here is the code:

MainActivity.java (in onCreate() )

instruction = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.example);

    instruction.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            instruction.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.Google_Instructions)));
            Linkify.addLinks(instruction, Linkify.ALL);
            instruction.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());                
        }
    });

strings.xml

<string name="Google_Instructions">opens <a href="https://www.google.co.in">Google</a> page </string>

layout_test.xml

 <TextView
        android:id="@+id/example"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10sp"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:text="@string/Google_Instructions"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:textSize="16sp" />

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7570239/android-linkify-text-spannable-text-in-single-text-view-as-like-twitter-twee. search on so you will many similar posts — Raghunandan, Jul 19 '13 at 15:11
Are you trying to embed a web browser in your app or launch the default browser on your device. The code required for each obviously varies greatly — Mike Baglio Jr., Jul 19 '13 at 15:19
@MikeBaglioJr. i want to launch a default browser in the device — pallavi, Jul 20 '13 at 06:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:58

Hi i got solution by using adding this small piece of code in java class and also little changes in layout xml file

instruction = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.example);

    instruction.setText(Html
            .fromHtml("<b> To open google console </b> "
                    + "<a href=\"https://code.google.com/apis/console\">Click here</a> "));
    instruction.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

layout_test.xml

 <TextView
        android:id="@+id/example"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

How to open Google page on click on text view hyperlink in android?

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