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@TextView that only responds to touch events of links
public class LinkifyTextView extends TextView {
public LinkifyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}
public LinkifyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}
public LinkifyTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}
private void init() {
this.setAutoLinkMask(Linkify.ALL);
}
/**
* @Linkify applies to a movementMethod to the textView @LinkMovementMethod. That movement method thought it
* implements a scrolling vertically method it overrides any other scrolling method the parent has.
*
* Although touchEvent can be dispached to the parent, the specific parent ScrollView needed the whole sequence
* ACTION_DOWN , ACTION_MOVE, ACTION_UP to perform (sweep detection). So the solution to this problem is after
* applying @Linkify we need to remove the textView's scrolling method and handle the @LinkMovementMethod link
* detection action in onTouchEvent of the textView.
*/
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
final TextView widget = (TextView)this;
final Object text = widget.getText();
if (text instanceof Spannable) {
final Spannable buffer = (Spannable)text;
final int action = event.getAction();
if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
int x = (int)event.getX();
int y = (int)event.getY();
x -= widget.getTotalPaddingLeft();
y -= widget.getTotalPaddingTop();
x += widget.getScrollX();
y += widget.getScrollY();
final Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
final int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
final int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
final ClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off, ClickableSpan.class);
if (link.length != 0) {
if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
link[0].onClick(widget);
} else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
Selection.setSelection(buffer, buffer.getSpanStart(link[0]), buffer.getSpanEnd(link[0]));
}
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
@Override
public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) {
super.setText(text, type);
this.setMovementMethod(null);
}
}
@ihuman15
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This works for most of the cases but disables the longpress on links. I am stuck in a same problem wherein I want to handle longpress on links and the TextView as well.
The long press on TextView is working but longpress on links is not working.

Have you tried the longpress?

@ihuman15
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And another side effect is when for a longpress is performed, it opens up the link i.e. treated as click event.

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