Android- How can I show text selection on textview?

Question

I am implementing a epub reading app where I am using textview for showing text of epub. I want to select text from textview when user long presses on textview and then do m

Answer 1

It depends on the minimum Android version that you'd like to support.

On 3.0+, you have the textIsSelectable attribute on the TextView, which enables this behavior. E.g.:

Below that, you best bet is to use an EditText that looks and behaves like a TextView (apart from the slection thing). Or you can implement this feature yourself using spans.