Get the value of link text when clicked in a textview in android

Question

I have a TextView. I have added custom links like \"@abc\", \"#android\" by matching some regex pattern. The links are dis

Answer 1

Here is a pretty simple solution I found to get the value of the link inside the TextView when the user clicks on it. In this case I'm using phone numbers and it works like a charm.

myTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            if(myTextView.getSelectionStart()== -1 && 
                    myTextView.getSelectionEnd() == -1){
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "You clicked outside the link", 
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
            else {

                int start = myTextView.getSelectionStart();
                int end = myTextView.getSelectionEnd();
                String selected = myTextView.getText().toString().substring(start, end);

                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 
                        "Clicked: " + selected, 
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        }
    });

Hope it helps.