README.md
1Android TextLinkify Sample
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3
4This sample illustrates how links can be added to a TextView. This can be done either
5automatically by setting the "autoLink" property or explicitly.
6
7Introduction
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9
10This sample demonstrates how clickable links can be added to a `TextView` in Android.
11
12This can be done in three ways:
13
14- **Automatically:** Text added to a TextView can automatically be linkified by enabling
15autoLinking. 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
21are contained within a [android.text.SpannableString][7].
22
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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31Pre-requisites
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33
34- Android SDK v21
35- Android Build Tools v21.1.1
36- Android Support Repository
37
38Screenshots
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40
41<img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
42
43Getting Started
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45
46This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
47"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
48
49Support
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51
52- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
53- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
54
55If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
56https://github.com/googlesamples/android-TextLinkify
57
58Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
59submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
60
61License
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63
64Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
65
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