If I have a RelativeLayout nested within a ScrollView how can I create a link in TextView

Question

I am struggling to make my links clickable within an Android application. I have tried the following:

<ScrollView
<RelativeLayout
<TextView
    ...
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:text="@string/stringName"
    android:linksClickable="true"
    android:autoLink="web"

with either

<string name="stringName"><a href="http://www.example.com">String</a></string>

or

<string name="stringName">&lt;a href="http://www.example.com">String&lt;/a></string>

while also incorporating

((TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView)).setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
((TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView)).setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.stringName)));

in my .java

EDIT: I can make my string appear as clickable using the former method in my string.xml file, however, when I click on it nothing happens. I believe it is because I am clicking on either the relativeLayout or even more likely the ScrollView as opposed to the TextView

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '14 at 00:22

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This works for me:

TextView text1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);

Spanned spanned = Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.stringName));
text1.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
text1.setText(spanned);

And my strings.xml, it changes at the end replacing > for >

<string name="stringName">&lt;a href="http://www.example.com"&gt;>String&lt;/a&gt;</string>

answered Dec 03 '14 at 00:22

DavidGSola

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When I do this, stringName is being displayed as "." and is still not clickable. Is it because I have a textview within a relativeview within a scrollview? – USER_8675309 Dec 03 '14 at 00:38
Searching on internet it seems that elements inside a scrollview are not clickable. But look here, maybe it could help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16299145/textview-is-not-clickable-inside-scrollview-in-listview – DavidGSola Dec 03 '14 at 00:43

JDenais · Answer 2 · 2014-12-03T02:12:01.557

I am not too sure about nesting a TextView in a scrollView making it not clickable, but you can always make your TextView clickable in your code. You set an OnClickListener on your TextView, and inside start a new Intent like this :

First inflate the ScrollView and get your textView in the code like this :

ScrollView layout = (ScrollView) ScrollView.inflate(this, R.layout.campaign_info_layout, null);
TextView textView = (TextView) layout.findViewById(R.id.textView);

Then set the OnClickListener like this ;

textView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener (){
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.example.com"));
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

whenever I do this my textView is redlined and says it can't be resolved to a type...What am I missing here? — USER_8675309, Dec 03 '14 at 01:54
You probably didn't inflate the ScrollView and the TextView in the code. I edited my answer to add the way to inflate it. — JDenais, Dec 03 '14 at 02:15

Deepak Singh · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-03T05:02:32.487

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this work for me:

<string name="stringName"><a href="http://www.example.com">String</a></string>


TextView TextView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);
TextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

In Xml file:

Remove this two lines from TextView
android:linksClickable="true"
android:autoLink="web"

edited Dec 03 '14 at 05:02

answered Dec 03 '14 at 04:34

Deepak Singh

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This worked for me. The only way I could get it to work. It seems that having the lines in text view 'android:linksClickable' and 'android:autoLink' will prevent it from working correctly – USER_8675309 Dec 04 '14 at 18:02

If I have a RelativeLayout nested within a ScrollView how can I create a link in TextView

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