Place a hyperlink in the text of a checkbox?

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I have a checkbox that has this text: "I agree to the terms and conditions". I need "terms and conditions" to be blue, underlined, and open a webpage when touched.

I did find the Linkify class (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/util/Linkify.html), but this seems to turn URLs already in text into to links.

How can I do this?

JustAnotherCoder · Answer 1 · 2012-07-02T14:54:55.860

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Just use the string like

"I agree to the <a href="...">terms and conditions</a>"

and set movement method:

mCheckBoxTermsOfUse = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.checkBoxTermsOfUse);
mCheckBoxTermsOfUse.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

See api demos for details

edited Jul 02 '12 at 14:54

answered Jul 02 '12 at 14:24

JustAnotherCoder

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If I add the function `setMovementMethod()`, I do not see the text immediately, but only after I clicked once. Is there a solution? – offset Nov 18 '14 at 10:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Color the text blue and add an onClick Listener to it that launches the intent to view the URL. You can markup your text using HTML like syntax via Html.fromHtml(). See this answer for better explanation and example.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:46

Andrew White

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Ok, but how do I do this only for the sub-string "terms and conditions"? – Neil Goodman Apr 08 '11 at 18:47

Place a hyperlink in the text of a checkbox?

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