README.md
1 Android TextLinkify Sample
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3
4 This sample illustrates how links can be added to a TextView. This can be done either
5 automatically by setting the "autoLink" property or explicitly.
6
7 Introduction
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9
10 This sample demonstrates how clickable links can be added to a `TextView` in Android.
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12 This can be done in three ways:
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14 - **Automatically:** Text added to a TextView can automatically be linkified by enabling
15 autoLinking. In XML, use the `android:autoLink` property, programatically call
16 [android.widget.TextView#setAutoLinkMask(int)][1] using an option from
17 [android.text.util.Linkify][2].
18 - **Parsing a String as HTML:** See [android.text.Html#fromHtml(String)][3].
19 - **Manually by constructing a [android.text.SpannableString][4]:** Consisting of
20 [android.text.style.StyleSpan][5] and [android.text.style.URLSpan][6] objects that
21 are contained within a [android.text.SpannableString][7].
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23 [1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setAutoLinkMask(int)
24 [2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/util/Linkify.html
25 [3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/Html.html#fromHtml(java.lang.String)
26 [4]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpannableString.html
27 [5]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/StyleSpan.html
28 [6]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/URLSpan.html
29 [7]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpannableString.html
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31 Pre-requisites
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33
34 - Android SDK v21
35 - Android Build Tools v21.1.1
36 - Android Support Repository
37
38 Screenshots
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40
41 <img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
42
43 Getting Started
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45
46 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
47 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
48
49 Support
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51
52 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
53 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
54
55 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
56 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-TextLinkify
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58 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
59 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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61 License
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63
64 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
65
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