Android TextView Hyperlink

Question

I'm implementing a TextView with a string containing two hyperlinks as below but the links are not opening a new browser window:

<TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:paddingLeft="50dp"
        android:paddingRight="50dp"
        android:textSize="14sp"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:linksClickable="true"
        android:textColorLink="@color/colorPrimary"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="@string/agree_terms_privacy"/>

In string.xml

<string name="agree_terms_privacy">By continuing, you agree to our <a href="http://link1/terms">Terms of Use</a> and read the <a href="http://link1/privacy">Privacy Policy</a></string>

have you checked http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2734270/how-do-i-make-links-in-a-textview-clickable ? — Siarhei, Aug 07 '16 at 10:04
I suggest to get familiar with Spannable. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10696986/how-to-set-the-part-of-the-text-view-is-clickable. — piotrpo, Aug 07 '16 at 11:37
If it's helpful to you would you mind marking my answer as accepted? — nymeria, Nov 03 '20 at 05:08

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '17 at 01:00

Here is the solution that worked for me, after looking through multiple Stack Overflow posts. I've tailored it to your implementation:

1. Remove autolink in favor of using LinkMovementMethod, and set linksClickable to true

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/termsOfUse"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:textColor="#ffffff"
    android:paddingLeft="50dp"
    android:paddingRight="50dp"
    android:textSize="14sp"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:linksClickable="true"
    android:textColorLink="@color/colorPrimary"
    android:text="@string/agree_terms_privacy"/>

If you use the android:autoLink="web" property then you'll have to override it with textView.setAutoLinkMask(0); before calling setText() on your TextView. You can also set the link to be clickable in your activity instead like in Harshal's answer if you prefer, but I left it since you already had it in the layout. I also added an id to your TextView called termsOfUse which we'll use later.

2. Replace < with < in strings.xml and remove double quotes around the url

This is because when you retrieve the string resource, it won't parse the embedded html correctly, and for some reason it doesn't escape the double quotes. So instead of:

<string name="agree_terms_privacy">By continuing, you agree to our <a href="http://link1/terms">Terms of Use</a> and read the <a href="http://link1/privacy">Privacy Policy</a></string>

you'll want to do:

<string name="agree_terms_privacy">By continuing, you agree to our &lt;a href=http://link1/terms>Terms of Use&lt;/a> and read the &lt;a href=http://link1/privacy>Privacy Policy&lt;/a></string>

3. Parsing the string resource and binding it to our TextView

Spanned policy = Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.agree_terms_privacy));
TextView termsOfUse = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.termsOfUse);
termsOfUse.setText(policy);
termsOfUse.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Note: Html.fromHtml has been deprecated in API 24 (see this post for more information on how to handle this if needed). We use this method to get the expected HTML formatting from our string.

Thanks, i tried multiple solutions for the same use-case(two links in a single textview) and this one indeed works! — passatgt, May 01 '18 at 21:00
This solution works for a few links. Important note - links should start from http:// or https:// — ViT-Vetal-, Apr 23 '19 at 18:38
after searching for half-hour finally got the solution. Thanks +1 — amit pandya, Oct 07 '20 at 12:00
I was missing this bit: textView.setAutoLinkMask(0); This post saved the day, thank you! — dev2505, Nov 15 '20 at 13:36

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '16 at 11:30

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Have a look on below code snippet, hope it helps,

TextView textView =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setClickable(true);
textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
String text = "<a href='http://www.google.com'> Google </a>";
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(text));

answered Aug 07 '16 at 11:30

Harshal Benake

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How to make that link open in webview? – Sindhu Arju May 26 '20 at 19:01

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 31 '19 at 08:04

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This works for me

Add this in your textview:

android:autoLink="all"
android:clickable="true"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJxyfyDyHU

I hope this help you.

edited Dec 31 '19 at 08:04

Bruno Bieri

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answered Jan 19 '18 at 19:25

Rebe

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '16 at 11:42

I would recommend you to have two TextViews since ou want two different actions:

TextView yourTermsOfUseTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.your_id);
yourTermsOfUseTextView.setOnclickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View view) {
                    Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(your_download_link));
                    startActivity(myIntent);
                }
            });

Repeat to the privacy policy.

How to fetch only the link from textview in OnClick method? – Sindhu Arju May 26 '20 at 19:02 — Sindhu Arju, May 26 '20 at 19:02

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 13:14

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Just add below code in your Textview

android:autoLink="email"

answered Jan 04 '19 at 13:14

Soumen Das

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 03:17

You can use like bellow..

textview xml

<TextView
 android:id="@+id/tv_welcome_message"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"            
 android:textSize="16sp"/>

In activity

 TextView   tv_welcome_message=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_welcome_message); 
 tv_welcome_message.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
 String text = " <a href='http://www.google.com'> Google </a>";
 tv_welcome_message.setText(Html.fromHtml(text));

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 15:59

MainActivity.java

 TextView t2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2);
    t2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

I removed most of the attributes on my TextView to match what was in the demo

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/txtCredits"/>

Don't forget to remove autoLink="web" if you are calling setMovementMethod()

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 31 '20 at 10:03

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Just use Linkify

textView.text = text
Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.WEB_URLS)

answered Jul 31 '20 at 10:03

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 16 '22 at 09:34

This worked for me Add this in your textview

android:linksClickable="true"
android:autoLink="all"

AutoLink Values: all, email, map, none, phone, web Controls whether links such as urls and email addresses are automatically found and converted to clickable links. The default value is "none", disabling this feature.

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