clickable word inside TextView in android

Question

I have TextView with text that changed dynamically. This text contain strings like <a href='myWord'>myWord</a>. I want that after click to this "link" myWord appear in the EditText in the same activity.

This is my code:

txt.setText(Html.fromHtml("...<a href='link'>link</a>..."));
txt.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

It's work well for URLs inside href attribute, but there is an error for another format.

I found a lot of similar questions on the StackOverflow but all of them were about url links. In my app I want create "link" inside activity. In general, I can change tag to some another if it's depend...

Please help me! Thank you!

-----SOLVED----- Thank you Jacob Phillips for idea!

May it will be interesting someone in future. This is a code:

//This is my string;
String str = "<b>Text</b> which contains one <a href='#'>link</a> and another <a href='#'>link</a>";
//TextView;
TextView txt = new TextView(this);
//Split string to parts:                                        
String[] devFull = data[v.getId()][1].split("<a href='#'>");
//Adding first part:
txt.append(Html.fromHtml(devFull[0]));
//Creating array for parts with links (they amount always will devFull.length-1):
SpannableString[] link = new SpannableString[devFull.length-1];
//local vars:
ClickableSpan[] cs = new ClickableSpan[devFull.length-1];
String linkWord;
String[] devDevFull = new String[2];

for(int i=1; i<devFull.length; i++){
    //obtaining 'clear' link
    devDevFull = devFull[i].split("</a>");
    link[i-1] = new SpannableString(devDevFull[0]);
    linkWord = devDevFull[0];
    cs[i-1] = new ClickableSpan(){
        private String w = linkWord;
        @Override
        public void onClick(View widget) {
            // here you can use w (linkWord)
        }
    };
    link[i-1].setSpan(cs[i-1], 0, linkWord.length(), 0);
    txt.append(link[i-1]);
    try{
        txt.append(Html.fromHtml(devDevFull[1]));
    }
    catch(Exception e){}
}

Answer 1

This should do the trick. Just change your edittext's text in the OnClickListener. It may be able to be reduced but this should work.

private void foo() {
    SpannableString link = makeLinkSpan("click here", new View.OnClickListener() {          
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // respond to click
        }
    });

    // We need a TextView instance.        
    TextView tv = new TextView(context);   

    // Set the TextView's text     
    tv.setText("To perform action, ");

    // Append the link we created above using a function defined below.
    tv.append(link);

    // Append a period (this will not be a link).
    tv.append(".");

    // This line makes the link clickable!
    makeLinksFocusable(tv);
}

/*
 * Methods used above.
 */

private SpannableString makeLinkSpan(CharSequence text, View.OnClickListener listener) {
    SpannableString link = new SpannableString(text);
    link.setSpan(new ClickableString(listener), 0, text.length(), 
        SpannableString.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    return link;
}

private void makeLinksFocusable(TextView tv) {
    MovementMethod m = tv.getMovementMethod();  
    if ((m == null) || !(m instanceof LinkMovementMethod)) {  
        if (tv.getLinksClickable()) {  
            tv.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());  
        }  
    }  
}

/*
 * ClickableString class 
 */

private static class ClickableString extends ClickableSpan {  
    private View.OnClickListener mListener;          
    public ClickableString(View.OnClickListener listener) {              
        mListener = listener;  
    }          
    @Override  
    public void onClick(View v) {  
        mListener.onClick(v);  
    }        
}