How to implement a OnClick for a text/link which is in a TextView

Question

I have a TextView where it contains a text, link and emailID, as shown in the ScreenShot:

I want to implement it such that when a user clicks on the link, it should open the browser and EmailId opens SendMail.

I can not opening the browser and send email, but I want to implement a click functionality for only particular text, that is, Link and EmailID in that TextView, not for the entire TextView.

Is this possible?

possible duplicate of [Android active link of url in TextView](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6910703/android-active-link-of-url-in-textview) — baske, Jul 30 '14 at 11:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

You should use built-in linkify. Read this tutorial, easy to understand:

Linkify text link url in TextView text Android example

These post also may help you Android Linkify text - Spannable Text in Single Text View - As like Twitter tweet

and Android: ClickableSpan in clickable TextView

And here is complete code using Spannable :

final String webAddress = "www.123456.org";
final String emailAddress = "info@123456.com";
TextView text = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview);      

Spannable span = Spannable.Factory.getInstance().newSpannable("For more details on the app visit us at " + webAddress + " or write to us at " + emailAddress);   

ClickableSpan webClickSpan = new ClickableSpan() {  
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {  
         Uri uriUrl = Uri.parse("http://" + webAddress); 
         Intent launchBrowser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uriUrl);
         startActivity(launchBrowser);
    } };

ClickableSpan emailClickSpan = new ClickableSpan() {  
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {  
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            intent.setType("message/rfc822");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{emailAddress});
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "email body.");

            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send Email"));
        } };


 span.setSpan(webClickSpan, 40, 40 + webAddress.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

 span.setSpan(emailClickSpan, 73, span.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

 text.setText(span);

 text.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 10 '14 at 17:53

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It is achievable through a Spannable object. Spannable allows you to add markups to a portion of text and also, to attach a ClickableSpan, that will be fired when you press on the span.

edited Aug 10 '14 at 17:53

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answered Jul 30 '14 at 11:15

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '14 at 11:20

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Use the Class Linkify:

Linkify.addLinks(yourTextView, Linkify.ALL);

or just for URLs:

Linkify.addLinks(yourTextView, Linkify.WEB_URLS);

answered Jul 30 '14 at 11:20

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How to implement a OnClick for a text/link which is in a TextView

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