Attempts to improve how clickable links are detected, highlighted and handled in TextView
Attempts to improve how clickable links are detected, highlighted and handled in TextView
When android:autoLink or Linkify.addLinks is used to add links to a TextView, Android uses a class known as LinkMovementMethod for highlighting links when they're focused and dispatching Intents when they're clicked.
BetterLinkMovementMethod improves over LinkMovementMethod, by fixing some of its flaws:
A detailed explanation of why (and when) you should use BetterLinkMovementMethod can be read here: http://saket.me/better-url-handler-textview-android/
BetterLinkMovementMethod is designed to be a drop-in replacement for LinkMovementMethod:
dependencies {
implementation 'me.saket:better-link-movement-method:2.2.0'
}val textView = findViewById(...)
Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.ALL)
textView.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.getInstance()Click listeners can be registered by creating a unique instance of BetterLinkMovementMethod for each TextView:
textView.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.newInstance().apply {
setOnLinkClickListener { textView, url ->
// Handle click or return false to let the framework handle this link.
true
}
setOnLinkLongClickListener { textView, url ->
// Handle long-click or return false to let the framework handle this link.
true
}Copyright 2018 Saket Narayan.
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