Sounds like you want to use a WebView.
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 10:13:46 PM UTC-6, TreKing wrote: > > I'm trying to display some text that I get from various web sources in > some TextViews. The data is out of my control and may contain links to > other sites. The links may be "raw" or "anchored". By this I mean: > > Raw link is like *http://www.google.com* > Anchored link is like *<a href="http://www.google.com";>Google</a>* > > I set the text on the TextView using Html.fromHtml(). > > I'd like to be able to click any of these links to go to the linked sites, > but apparently the TextView can only support one or the other but not both > of these at the same time .. ? > > I can use the autoLink=true property on the TextView to make raw links > clickable, but the anchor links are not affected. > > I can use the LinkMovementMethod to get the anchor link to be clickable, > but the raw links are not affected. > > But if I use both the autoLink and LinkMovementMethod, the autoLink > property seems to take precedence and makes the raw links clickable but the > anchor links do nothing. > > I'm finding discussion on StackOverflow and this group about enabling > linking in a TextView using each method, but nothing about this apparent > conflict when using both. Nor do I see a bug report about this issue. I > must be missing obvious ... surely I can have these two types of links work > in one TextView. > > My alternative would be to use a WebView, but that would complicate my > layout, and it really seems like this should work ... > > Can anyone confirm is this is a bug or feature or what I'm missing and > offer a solution or workaround? > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
