How to add clickable link in string xml file in Kotlin?

Question

How do I make a link within string resource to be clickable and open a web page when the user clicks it?

<string name="about" translatable="false">
  Click <annotation font="lato_bold">. 
  <a href="https://google.com/">here</a></annotation> 
  for more information
</string>

I could do this with TextView but I don't know how to do it with string resources.

Thank You.

Where r you showing the String resource ? – ADM Oct 08 '21 at 12:12 — ADM, Oct 08 '21 at 12:12
Please check https://stackoverflow.com/q/2734270/11754047 – Hardik Desai Oct 08 '21 at 12:13 — Hardik Desai, Oct 08 '21 at 12:13
@ADM I am showing them in TextView. – Mir Stephen Oct 08 '21 at 14:32 — Mir Stephen, Oct 08 '21 at 14:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 08 '21 at 13:13

You can do it from coding:

Kotlin:

var result:Textview = findViewById(R.id.myTextview)


result!!.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
            
            val text = "<a href='http://www.google.com'>Google.com</a>"
            result!!.text = Html.fromHtml(text)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '21 at 12:40

Change

<string name="about" translatable="false">
  Click <annotation font="lato_bold">. 
  <a href="https://google.com/">here</a></annotation> 
  for more information
</string>

to

<string name="about"> 
    <a href="https://google.com/">here</a>
</string>

You can directly use anchor tag inside string tag

How to add clickable link in string xml file in Kotlin?

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