Android Webview select a word by tapping on it.

Question

I am using webview in one of my android projects(OS version 4.4+). Webview gives default functionality to select the text by "longpressing". But my project requirement is to select the text just by tapping on it and not by long pressing. I have tried methods mentioned in this link to achieve the functionality (Detect which word has been clicked on within a text). But it is not working for me. Can any one please guide how to achieve this task.

refer this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8034369/how-to-select-a-word-in-android-webview — Anjali Tripathi, May 27 '15 at 13:59
please provide the exact code you have tried and how it failed. — AKroell, May 27 '15 at 13:59
this is the code i tried. it is working fine in mozilla browswer but not on android tablet. It return empty string — Sumeet kumar, May 27 '15 at 14:10
@AnjaliTripathi the link you mentioned says that you cannot achieve it. can you suggest some word arounds — Sumeet kumar, May 27 '15 at 14:11
yes this right it is impossible. also refer another link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9076113/android-highlight-a-word-phrase-in-a-webview — Anjali Tripathi, May 27 '15 at 14:14
you can do one thing get data from server in string and show it in textview then select it. — Anjali Tripathi, May 27 '15 at 14:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '17 at 12:16

By this below method, you can select text by clicking on it after 1 second without needing to hold it:

webView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        Boolean tF;
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            tF = true;
            switch (event.getAction()) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                    tF = false;
            }
            return tF;
        }
});

Android Webview select a word by tapping on it.

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