README.md
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2Android TextLinkify Sample
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4
5This sample illustrates how links can be added to a TextView. This can be done either
6automatically by setting the "autoLink" property or explicitly.
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8Introduction
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10
11This sample demonstrates how clickable links can be added to a `TextView` in Android.
12
13This can be done in three ways:
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15- **Automatically:** Text added to a TextView can automatically be linkified by enabling
16autoLinking. In XML, use the `android:autoLink` property, programatically call
17[android.widget.TextView#setAutoLinkMask(int)][1] using an option from
18[android.text.util.Linkify][2].
19- **Parsing a String as HTML:** See [android.text.Html#fromHtml(String)][3].
20- **Manually by constructing a [android.text.SpannableString][4]:** Consisting of
21[android.text.style.StyleSpan][5] and [android.text.style.URLSpan][6] objects that
22are contained within a [android.text.SpannableString][7].
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24[1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setAutoLinkMask(int)
25[2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/util/Linkify.html
26[3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/Html.html#fromHtml(java.lang.String)
27[4]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpannableString.html
28[5]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/StyleSpan.html
29[6]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/URLSpan.html
30[7]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpannableString.html
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32Pre-requisites
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34
35- Android SDK v23
36- Android Build Tools v23.0.0
37- Android Support Repository
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39Screenshots
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42<img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
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44Getting Started
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46
47This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
48"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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50Support
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53- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
54- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
55
56If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
57https://github.com/googlesamples/android-TextLinkify
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59Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
60submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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62License
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64
65Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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67Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
68license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
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71use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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