make parts of a string resource to hyperlink

Question

I have a String resource containing my disclaimer Text. I use it in a Dialog:

    private void showDisclaimer() {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    builder.setTitle("Disclaimer")
            .setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
            .setMessage(getString(R.string.disclaimer)).setCancelable(true)
            .setNegativeButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    dialog.cancel();


                }
            });

    AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
    alert.show();

}

I want to make certain parts clickable and use them as http links. I tried the following but HTML markup seems to have no effect:

  <string name="disclaimer"> ...some things are trademarks of <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> ................. </string>

Any suggestions?

Possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2116162/how-to-display-html-in-textview — navjotk, Sep 04 '13 at 19:29

M-Wajeeh · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-04T19:39:54.897

1

Do it like this:

<string name="disclaimer"><![CDATA[some things are trademarks of <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a>]]> </string>

and call

getResources().getText(R.string.disclaimer);

or

Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.disclaimer));

edited Sep 04 '13 at 19:39

answered Sep 04 '13 at 19:31

M-Wajeeh

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Now the text is highlighted and underlined as a link, though clicking on it has no effect. Any way to get it working? – Droidman Sep 04 '13 at 20:37
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Try adding this: .setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); – MattMatt Sep 04 '13 at 21:11

make parts of a string resource to hyperlink

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