Android:Click on URL from an activity

Question

I want to put a clickable URL in my activity so when the user click that url the device browser triggers and the url opens normally. Any help about that please....

possible duplicate of [How do I make links in a TextView clickable?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2734270/how-do-i-make-links-in-a-textview-clickable) — Ye Myat Thu, Jul 31 '15 at 23:35

ceph3us · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-01T01:37:40.897

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Simplest way is to use Linkify

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.yourTextView);
textView.setText(someContent);          
Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.ALL);

detailed example

Android Linkify api doc

error in findViewById I don't know why

Id of view is defined in yr XML

<TextView android:id="@+id/yourTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"       
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

cannot resolve method 'findViewById(int)' it is a fragment from a navigation drawer not an activity maybe the error in that point

In fragment use:

getView().findViewById(id) ;

or in case u need activity reference:

getActivity().

edited Aug 01 '15 at 01:37

answered Aug 01 '15 at 00:53

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error in findViewById I don't know why – Mero_vic280 Aug 01 '15 at 01:06
What error? U need define your text view Id in XML or create new via code – ceph3us Aug 01 '15 at 01:08
I did that and no error at all with the id but there is an error in "findViewById" itself there is a red line under it – Mero_vic280 Aug 01 '15 at 01:11
@Mero_Android message text of error when u hover over it – ceph3us Aug 01 '15 at 01:13
cannot resolve method 'findViewById(int)' it is a fragment from a navigation drawer not an activity maybe the error in that point – Mero_vic280 Aug 01 '15 at 01:16
When in fragment u call it Ive update my answer – ceph3us Aug 01 '15 at 01:25
thank you very much I finally did it only add (getActivity) before findViewById and everything solved – Mero_vic280 Aug 01 '15 at 01:29
@Mero_Android u welcome – ceph3us Aug 01 '15 at 01:37

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '15 at 23:50

Create a textView with id "clickableUrl", with the text of your choice (in exemple "Click here to open in browser")

Then in the onCreate method of your Activity, put this code :

TextView clickableText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.clickableUrl)
clickableText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
               String url = "http://www.google.com";
               Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
               i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
               startActivity(i);
        }
    });

It should start the google.com webpage on the device browser when you click on the TextViex.

Please ask me if you need any help.

Android:Click on URL from an activity

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