Here is a more generic solution based on @Arun answer
public abstract class TextViewLinkHandler extends LinkMovementMethod {
public boolean onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
return super.onTouchEvent(widget, buffer, event);
int x = (int) event.getX();
int y = (int) event.getY();
x -= widget.getTotalPaddingLeft();
y -= widget.getTotalPaddingTop();
x += widget.getScrollX();
y += widget.getScrollY();
Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
URLSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off, URLSpan.class);
if (link.length != 0) {
onLinkClick(link[0].getURL());
}
return true;
}
abstract public void onLinkClick(String url);
}
To use it just implement onLinkClick
of TextViewLinkHandler
class. For instance:
textView.setMovementMethod(new TextViewLinkHandler() {
@Override
public void onLinkClick(String url) {
Toast.makeText(textView.getContext(), url, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});