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LinkMovementMethod subclass that does not override ALL TextView touch events and only notifies for actual link clicks.
import android.text.Layout;
import android.text.Selection;
import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
import android.text.style.ClickableSpan;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.TextView;
/**
* Created on 2/17/2017
*
* @author Pkmmte Xeleon
*/
public class PkMovementMethod extends LinkMovementMethod {
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event) {
int action = event.getAction();
if (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();
Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
ClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off + 1, ClickableSpan.class);
if (link.length != 0) {
link[0].onClick(widget);
return true;
} else {
Selection.removeSelection(buffer);
}
}
return false;
}
}
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XJIOP commented Jul 9, 2018

Thanks for solution!

But better to consider click when ACTION_UP

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event) {
        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();

            Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
            int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
            int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);

            ClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off + 1, ClickableSpan.class);

            if (link.length != 0) {

                if(action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
                    link[0].onClick(widget);

                return true;
            } else {
                Selection.removeSelection(buffer);
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

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