https://github.com/saket/better-link-movement-method

Attempts to improve how clickable links are detected, highlighted and handled in TextView
https://github.com/saket/better-link-movement-method

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Attempts to improve how clickable links are detected, highlighted and handled in TextView

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/saket/better-link-movement-method
• Owner: saket
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2016-09-17T09:34:55.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-17T15:50:38.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T06:12:33.810Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: android, link-movement, textview, url
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 950 KB
• Stars: 778
• Watchers: 25
• Forks: 78
• Open Issues: 9
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# BetterLinkMovementMethod

![Better-Link-Movement-Method](https://github.com/Saketme/Better-Link-Movement-Method/blob/master/EXAMPLE.gif)

When `android:autoLink` or `Linkify.addLinks` is used to add links to a TextView, Android uses a class known as `LinkMovementMethod` for highlighting links when they're focused and dispatching Intents when they're clicked.

BetterLinkMovementMethod improves over `LinkMovementMethod`, by fixing some of its flaws:

* No support for custom click listeners. For e.g., phone numbers always show up in the dialer when clicked and there's no way to change that.

* Incorrect calculation of touch areas for links, resulting in ghost touch areas ([video](http://saket.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incorrect-touch-areas.mp4)).

* Unreliable highlighting of links ([video](http://saket.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Unreliable-highlighting.mp4)).

A detailed explanation of why (and when) you should use `BetterLinkMovementMethod` can be read here: http://saket.me/better-url-handler-textview-android/

## Usage

`BetterLinkMovementMethod` is designed to be a drop-in replacement for `LinkMovementMethod`:

```gradle

dependencies {

  implementation 'me.saket:better-link-movement-method:2.2.0'

}

```

```kotlin

val textView = findViewById(...)

Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.ALL)

textView.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.getInstance()

```

Click listeners can be registered by creating a unique instance of `BetterLinkMovementMethod` for each `TextView`:

```kotlin

textView.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.newInstance().apply {

  setOnLinkClickListener { textView, url ->

    // Handle click or return false to let the framework handle this link.

    true

  }

  setOnLinkLongClickListener { textView, url ->

    // Handle long-click or return false to let the framework handle this link.

    true

  }

```

## License

```

Copyright 2018 Saket Narayan.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

limitations under the License.

```