My function for make multiple links inside TextView
Update 2020: Now this function able to support multiple same texts link inside 1 TextView
, but remember to put the link in the correct order
fun TextView.makeLinks(vararg links: Pair<String, View.OnClickListener>) {
val spannableString = SpannableString(this.text)
var startIndexOfLink = -1
for (link in links) {
val clickableSpan = object : ClickableSpan() {
override fun updateDrawState(textPaint: TextPaint) {
// use this to change the link color
textPaint.color = textPaint.linkColor
// toggle below value to enable/disable
// the underline shown below the clickable text
textPaint.isUnderlineText = true
}
override fun onClick(view: View) {
Selection.setSelection((view as TextView).text as Spannable, 0)
view.invalidate()
link.second.onClick(view)
}
}
startIndexOfLink = this.text.toString().indexOf(link.first, startIndexOfLink + 1)
// if(startIndexOfLink == -1) continue // todo if you want to verify your texts contains links text
spannableString.setSpan(
clickableSpan, startIndexOfLink, startIndexOfLink + link.first.length,
Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
)
}
this.movementMethod =
LinkMovementMethod.getInstance() // without LinkMovementMethod, link can not click
this.setText(spannableString, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE)
}
USING
my_text_view.makeLinks(
Pair("Terms of Service", View.OnClickListener {
Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Terms of Service Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}),
Pair("Privacy Policy", View.OnClickListener {
Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Privacy Policy Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}))
XML
<TextView
android:id="@+id/my_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Please accept Terms of Service and Privacy Policy"
android:textColorHighlight="#f00" // background color when pressed
android:textColorLink="#0f0"
android:textSize="20sp" />
DEMO
Reference
Solution for clear the link highlight selection follow https://stackoverflow.com/a/19445108/5381331