How to get rid of the underline in a Spannable String with a Clickable Object?

Question

I have a Spannable Object with a Clickable Object set to it. When the Spannable String is displayed in the TextView it has bl

Answer 1

ANURAG RASTOGI's answer saved the day for me! I already have a formatted SpannableString on which I wanted to apply a ClickableSpan:

spannableString.setSpan(new ClickableSpan() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View widget) {
        // Do something...
    }
    // Prevent
    // ds.setColor(ds.linkColor);
    // ds.setUnderlineText(true);
    // in: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/core/java/android/text/style/ClickableSpan.java
    // from executing.
    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(@NonNull TextPaint ds) {
        // super.updateDrawState(ds);
    }
},0, spannableString.length(), SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

The updateDrawState overrides the updateDrawState in the ClickableSpan class in Android, and by not calling super.updateDrawState it will not get executed.

All text formatting already present in spannableString will be preserved.

Answer 2

Use the below code and try

String mystring =" Hello";
SpannableString ss= new SpannableString(mystring);
ss.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan(mystring), 0, ss.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);  

class MyClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan{// extend ClickableSpan     

    String clicked;
    public MyClickableSpan(String string) {
        super();
        clicked = string;
    }
    @Override
    public void onClick(View tv) {
       Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,clicked , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {// override updateDrawState
        ds.setUnderlineText(false); // set to false to remove underline
    }
}

Answer 3

If you do not want any pre-applied attributes do not call super.updateDrawState(). On overriding updateDrawState(object:Textpaint) with help of object you can apply or call different functions present in Text Paint.

Answer 4

Override updateDrawState method of ClickableSpan class

String mystring =" Hello";
SpannableString ss= new SpannableString(mystring);
ss.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan(mystring), 0, ss.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);  

class MyClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan{// extend ClickableSpan     

String clicked;
public MyClickableSpan(String string) {
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
super();
clicked =string;
}

public void onClick(View tv) {

   Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,clicked ,
        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {// override updateDrawState
   ds.setUnderlineText(false); // set to false to remove underline
}

For changing color of spannable String

  SpannableString    ss = new SpannableString("android Stack Overflow");

  ForegroundColorSpan fcs=newForegroundColorSpan(Color.parseColor("#01579B"));
  ss.setSpan(fcs, 8,13, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);