How to use ClickableSpan, but ignore clicks from the TextView

Question

The following code shows how I'm applying a pressed state using a custom ClickableSpan and selector. However, the pressed state is applied whenever I press anywhere on the TextView, not just the ClickableSpan. How do I stop this?

Note: it does not call onClick, but does apply state_pressed from the selector. I want it to do neither.

MyView.java

SpannableString spanned = new SpannableString("click here");
spannable.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View widget) {
            doSomething();
        }
    }, start, end, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
textView.setText(spanned);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

MyClickableSpan.java

public abstract class MyClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan {

    @Override
    public abstract void onClick(View view);

    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
        super.updateDrawState(ds);
        ds.setUnderlineText(false);
    }
}

the TextView

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/my_text_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    android:textColorLink="@color/my_selector" />

my_selector.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/my_color_pressed" />
    <item android:color="@color/my_color" />
</selector>

Edit note: Added TextView code

show the code where you set your ClickableSpan into TextView — Alexander Tumanin, May 10 '16 at 19:34
@Fifer Sheep, may be u are searching for this solution. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20856105/change-the-text-color-of-a-single-clickablespan-when-pressed-without-affecting-o — Reprator, May 13 '16 at 11:12
Check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5184835/5392118) out. This may solve your issue. — Burak Cakir, May 16 '16 at 09:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '16 at 09:23

Next example works as you're expecting:

    Spannable span = SpannableStringBuilder.valueOf("Hello clickable span!");
    span.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan(), 6, 15, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    mTextView.setText(span);
    mTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Now span applied:

Here's MyClickableSpan() that's only show Snackbar to indicate that "click" is handled:

class MyClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View widget) {
        Snackbar.make(getWindow().findViewById(android.R.id.content), "Click on span!", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

We've got:

Click/tap outside the "spanned" text will do nothing
Click/tap on "spanned" part of text will show Snackbar

That's it. Please let me know if you need any additional info.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '16 at 09:31

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You have to set MovementMethod to the TextView which has the Span.

textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

answered May 11 '16 at 09:31

Bob

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Hi, sorry I should have added the TextView code I already have, as I already set a movement method. I have added this code now. – Fifer Sheep May 11 '16 at 09:40

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 16 '16 at 10:16

You can refer below code I have tested it.

 String s = "This is custom string click Here";
    SpannableString spanned = new SpannableString(s);
    spanned.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View widget) {
            Log.i("main", "Link clicked");
        }
    }, s.length() - 10, s.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    textView.setText(spanned);
    textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

TextView

 <TextView
    android:id="@+id/my_text_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textColor="@drawable/my_selector"
    android:textColorLink="@color/colorPrimary" />

You can use tutorial here

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '16 at 08:49

0

In your code you have define

 android:textColor="@android:color/white"

instead of this you have to define your selector like below

 android:textColor="@drawable/my_selector"

rest of code is as it is you have to changed only one line that android:textColor="@drawable/my_selector" that i explain above.

answered May 16 '16 at 08:49

Darshan Mistry

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The `textColor` attribute is overridden by the `textColorLink` attribute - so this doesn't help me. The non-link text color is fine. – Fifer Sheep May 17 '16 at 09:35

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 11 '16 at 10:07

-1

You can do this way:

TextView textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);
Spannable span = Spannable.Factory.getInstance().newSpannable("test link span");
span.setSpan(new ClickableSpan() {
   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
        Log.i("main", "Link clicked");
        Toast.makeText(HomeScreenActivity.this, "link clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      } }, 5, 9, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

   // set the "test " spannable.
      span.setSpan(cs, 0, 5, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

   // set the " span" spannable
      span.setSpan(cs, 6, span.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

textView.setText(span);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Hope this will help you.

answered May 11 '16 at 10:07

Hiren Patel

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In the line `span.setSpan(cs, 0, 5, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);`, what is `cs`? – Fifer Sheep May 13 '16 at 14:42
@Fifer Sheep, it is the character string. Means your string on which you want to set span. – Hiren Patel May 13 '16 at 17:20
Unfortunately, this did not work. I still see the pressed state on the link when I tap the other parts of the TextView. – Fifer Sheep May 16 '16 at 08:57

How to use ClickableSpan, but ignore clicks from the TextView

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