- Trending Categories
Data Structure
Networking
RDBMS
Operating System
Java
iOS
HTML
CSS
Android
Python
C Programming
C++
C#
MongoDB
MySQL
Javascript
PHP
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
English
Economics
Psychology
Social Studies
Fashion Studies
Legal Studies
- Selected Reading
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
- Developer's Best Practices
- Questions and Answers
- Effective Resume Writing
- HR Interview Questions
- Computer Glossary
- Who is Who
How to set the part of the Android text view as clickable in Kotlin?
This example demonstrates how to set the part of the Android text view as clickable in Kotlin.
Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.
Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginTop="50dp" android:text="Tutorials Point" android:textAlignment="center" android:textColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark" android:textSize="32sp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:textSize="16sp" android:textStyle="bold|italic" /> </RelativeLayout>
Step 3 − Add the following code to MainActivity.kt
import android.os.Bundle import android.text.SpannableString import android.text.Spanned import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod import android.text.style.ClickableSpan import android.view.View import android.widget.TextView import android.widget.Toast import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { lateinit var textView: TextView override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) textView = findViewById(R.id.textView) val text = "I want THIS and THIS to be CLICKED" val spannableString = SpannableString(text) val clickableSpan1: ClickableSpan = object : ClickableSpan() { override fun onClick(widget: View?) { Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "THIS", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() } } val clickableSpan2: ClickableSpan = object : ClickableSpan() { override fun onClick(widget: View?) { Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "THIS", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() } } val clickableSpan3: ClickableSpan = object : ClickableSpan() { override fun onClick(widget: View?) { Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() } } spannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan1, 7, 11, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE) spannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan2, 16, 20, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE) spannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan3, 27, 34, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE) textView.setText(spannableString, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE) textView.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance() } }
Step 4 − Add the following code to androidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="app.com.kotlipapp"> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"> <activity android:name=".MainActivity"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>
Let's try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your computer. To run the app from android studio, open one of your project's activity files and click the Run icon from the toolbar. Select your mobile device as an option and then check your mobile device which will display your default screen −
Click here to download the project code.
- Related Articles
- How to set the part of the Android TextView as clickable?
- How to set the absolute position of a view in Android using Kotlin?
- How to create clickable links in a TextView on Android using Kotlin?
- How to set the absolute position of a view in Android?
- How to use concept () in Android text view?
- How to use contains () in Android text view?
- How to determine the size of an Android view at runtime using Kotlin?
- How to set the ringtone in Android from Android activity using Kotlin?
- How to set a particular font for a button text in Android using Kotlin?
- How to set the Android wallpaper image programmatically in Kotlin
- How to change the Text color of Menu item in Android using Kotlin?
- How to Set opacity for View in Android?
- How can I dynamically set the position of view in android?
- How to set the margin of ImageView programmatically in Android using Kotlin ?
- How to set the color of TextView span in Android using Kotlin?
