How to allow the user to select a text range in a TextView (Similar to EditText)

Question

I\'ve got a TextView that I would like to allow the user to select a range of text from within it. The TextView takes up the entire width and heigh

Answer 1

You could display the text in a WebView and enable text selection. If you want to only use a textview/edittext, here is an answer that might help you and here is information on the Spannable class that might help you accomplish what you want.