For those of us who are looking for a solutiion. c is the context EditText et=new EditText(c);
et.setId(2); et.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(300,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)); //et.setEnabled(false); et.setFocusable(false); et.setMaxHeight(100); et.setClickable(true); et.setPadding(5, 5, 5, 5); et.setText("I just finished reading Michale Circhton novel"+ " The Time and I highly recommend this book to everyone and"+ "you can find a copy in our library"); // et.setTextColor(11000); //et.setTextColor(new ColorStateList(states., colors)) et.setTextColor(cl); et.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()); Spannable str = et.getText(); // Create our span sections, and assign a format to each. str.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC), 0, 7, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); str.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan(0xFFFFFF00), 8, 19, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); str.setSpan(new ClickableSpan() { @Override public void onClick(View widget) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //showDialog("hello"); Log.v("MyService", "SEN ===>>>>onClick sxcalled sdas"); c.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(" http://www.facebook.com"))); } }, 21, str.length() - 1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:43 PM, social hub <shubem...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did look at it What I like is basically as below > > I just finished reading book via RSS > > As above the first part of text is with different color and rest of the > text color is in blue > > also via RSS > is link to an internal application say RSS so in this case it will launch > the intent say RSS:// > is it possible to do that in Edittext. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Sorry if my question wasnt clear before. > > I know you can apply one color to the whole text. But I have to show > different color for part of text so essentially different colors to > emphasize parts of the text. and setting autolink only does phone/web/email > but i need a autolink to one of the installed apps inside the device. > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:40 PM, social hub <shubem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks >> >> I did look at it What I like is basically as below >> >> I just finished reading book via RSS >> >> As above the first part of text is with different color and rest of the >> text color is in blue >> >> also via RSS >> is link to an internal application say RSS so in this case it will launch >> the intent say RSS:// >> is it possible to do that in Edittext. >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. >> >> Sorry if my question wasnt clear before. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Diego Torres Milano <dtmil...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> This might be what you need: >>> http://developer.android.com/intl/de/reference/android/text/util/Linkify.html >>> >>> On Feb 16, 6:31 pm, Frank Weiss <fewe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > We see it. Since this is a volunteer mail list, you may not get an >>> answer >>> > for hours or days. Chances are if the answer is plainly in the docs, no >>> one >>> > may reply anyway... >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en