fyi: there's a bug depending on the version you're using (works in 1.1 but isn't called in 1.5):
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2887 -- Urs On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Jason Proctor<jason.android.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i'm not sure whether this is possible in a TextView, but in a > WebView, you can override the handling of clicks on URLs and do > pretty much whatever you like. > > check out WebViewClient.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(). > > > >>Is it possible to use a hyperlink in android to do something other >>than open a web page? I want to use a hyperlink in a TextView to >>luanch a new activity, or something along those lines. I have a large >>document and I want to let the user jump to references within the doc >>(like a footnote or something). Can this be done? >> >>Ken >> >> > > -- > jason.vp.engineering.particle > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---