android - Control onclicklistener in autolink enabled textview

Question

I am using a TextView for which I have set autolink="web" property in XML file. I have also implemented the onClickListener for this TextView. The problem is, when the text in TextView contains a hyperlink, and if I touch that link, the link opens in browser but simultaneously the onClickListener triggers too. I don't want that.

What I want is, if I touch the hyperlink the clickListener should not fire. It should only fire if I touch the part of the text that is not hyperlinked. Any suggestion?

Answer 1

You can achieve this using a work around in getSelectionStart() and getSelectionEnd() functions of the Textview class,

tv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        ClassroomLog.log(TAG, "Textview Click listener ");
        if (tv.getSelectionStart() == -1 && tv.getSelectionEnd() == -1) {
            //This condition will satisfy only when it is not an autolinked text
            //Fired only when you touch the part of the text that is not hyperlinked 
        }
    }
});

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