HyperLink in a TextView inside a Scrollview not clickable in Android?..Whats the Solution?

Question

TextView is inside a Scroll View..

                       <TextView
                            android:id="@+id/meer_informative_content"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                            android:paddingBottom="15dp"
                            android:autoLink="all" 
                            android:clickable="true"
                            android:textColor="@color/text_color"
                            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size" />

Code in Main Activity::

final TextView meer_con = (TextView)  
findViewById(R.id.meer_informative_content);
meer_con.setText("http://www.google.com");

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) — Rahul Tiwari, Oct 07 '15 at 14:28

Rahul Tiwari · Answer 1 · 2015-10-08T07:28:26.133

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you have to add MoveMentMethod in your textview to make it clickable

like this:

meer_con.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Also put your url in anchor tag and treat URL as html:

meer_con.setText(Html.fromHtml("<a href="http://www.google.com">Google.com</a>"));

edited Oct 08 '15 at 07:28

answered Oct 07 '15 at 14:25

Rahul Tiwari

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yes ,,i have added setMovementMethod..But still it's not clickable. – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 07 '15 at 14:57
I noticed you didn't put anchors around your url. Check updated answer. – Rahul Tiwari Oct 07 '15 at 16:56
Thanks For Reply,,,,i also put anchors around the URL,,But Still its not clickable...Any improved suggestion,,,,,Thanks in advance.. – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 08 '15 at 07:21
have you used `Html.fromHtml`? I have updated the answer to use anchors correctly. – Rahul Tiwari Oct 08 '15 at 07:26
yep,,,i used Html.fromHtml(). – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 08 '15 at 07:47
Actually,the scrollview contains the Viewpager and LinearLayouts ,,and my textview is inside the linearlayout after the viewpager but inside the scrollview,,,,I tested with hardCoded string,,,textView.ClickListener is not working on this textview,it does not show me Toast on click even with simple text(without Link)...is there any solution suggested? Very Thanks – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 08 '15 at 09:04
post a separate question with your code and expected results. – Rahul Tiwari Oct 08 '15 at 09:06
Here is the new Question,, – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 08 '15 at 09:29
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33011774/scrollview-contains-viewpager-and-linearlayouts-with-textview-inside-the-linearl – Shoaib Mushtaq Oct 08 '15 at 09:29
can you try using – Ramya BA Apr 07 '17 at 10:30
private void touchListener(View view) { view.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { @Override public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) { if (event.getActionMasked() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){ //action to be done } return true; } }); } – Ramya BA Apr 07 '17 at 10:31

HyperLink in a TextView inside a Scrollview not clickable in Android?..Whats the Solution?

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