How can I make links in an EditText clickable?

Question

I have an EditText on Android I'd for which I'd like any embedded urls to be clickable. I used the Linkify class, which has turned them blue and underlined them. However, I can't figure out how to actually make them clickable.

Thanks!

I'd like to mention EditText links are already clickable by default - you just have to double-tap them to open a special menu. — Bip901, Apr 03 '21 at 17:18

Kamil Lelonek · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-14T06:19:20.313

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XML:

 android:linksClickable="true"
 android:autoLink="web|email"

JAVA:

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textViewId);
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(html));
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

edited Aug 14 '13 at 06:19

answered Aug 13 '13 at 21:36

Kamil Lelonek

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This does not work for me. I used the XML version with no luck. The text looks like a link, but is not clickable. – lowellk Aug 13 '13 at 22:37
Do u use `textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(html));`? – Kamil Lelonek Aug 14 '13 at 06:20
You don' need to use `Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.ALL);` then. – Kamil Lelonek Aug 14 '13 at 06:53
This actually works! I was missing the `setMovementMethod()` call. – lowellk Aug 29 '13 at 19:22
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This works for TextView but the question is for EditText – Omar HossamEldin Mar 20 '14 at 10:53
etNote.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance() etNote.setLinkTextColor(Color.parseColor("#077641")) – sandip Apr 30 '23 at 13:53

score 22 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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For edit text I managed to get links clickable on the following way. First i implemented a Custom MovementMethod as describe here

Java

(Create your edit text from xml or context)

editText.setLinksClickable(true);
editText.setAutoLinkMask(Linkify.WEB_URLS);
editText.setMovementMethod(CustomMovementMethod.getInstance());
//If the edit text contains previous text with potential links
Linkify.addLinks(editText, Linkify.WEB_URLS);

Then to manage that the urls look like links while the user types

editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {


        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

                Linkify.addLinks(s, Linkify.WEB_URLS);

        }
    });

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jul 29 '14 at 12:07

pleonasmik

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This is perfect. Is there any way to implement this with the ability to detect phone numbers and highlight them as well? – Aug 22 '14 at 22:31
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Yes @Collinux the class [Linkify](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/util/Linkify.html) supports 4 types: Web links, Phone numbers, emails and map addresses – pleonasmik Aug 25 '14 at 13:57
Take note that, we should use `setLinksClickable(false);`, if we intent to have our own custom `CustomMovementMethod`. – Cheok Yan Cheng Sep 17 '18 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 26 '23 at 20:26

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XML - Write it in your EditText

android:autoLink="web"
android:inputType="textWebEditText"

edited Jun 26 '23 at 20:26

Vishal Yadav

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answered Mar 03 '20 at 05:46

Dawinder Singh

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You could dramatically improve your answer by (1) formatting code as `code`, i.e., enclosing code in backticks, (2) elaborating on the connection between your XML and Java/Kotlin code and steps to actually make this work, and, (3) explaining how your approach improves upon [Kamil's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18219651/3410474) from 2013. – Valentin Kuhn Mar 03 '20 at 07:50

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 24 '20 at 19:48

Hope this will help someone

val message: String = String.format(
        getString(R.string.message_content),
        firstNameEditText.text,
        lastNameEditText.text,
        dateTextView.text,
        timeTextView.text
    )

    val gMapURL = getString(R.string.google_map_location)

    // Setup my Spannable with clickable URLs
    val spannable: Spannable = SpannableString(gMapURL)
    Linkify.addLinks(spannable, Linkify.WEB_URLS)

    // Append a zero-width space to the Spannable
    val gText = TextUtils.concat(spannable, "\u200B")

    val finalText = TextUtils.concat(message, gText)
    messageContentEditText.setText(finalText)

How can I make links in an EditText clickable?

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