String from xml which is an anchor tag not showing list of browser when clicking it

Issue

I have a paragraph in the xml file. in that paragraph I have some string as a link like below:

which can be located at `<a href="https://www/tutorial.html">https://www.tutorial.com </a>.` this is 

When clicking on it, it should launch the URL in the browser.

Is the implementation correct?

Solution

There are two ways of doing it.

You need to call setMovementMethod:

textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

2nd

textView.setLinksClickable(true);

in XML should be

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:autoLink="web"
    android:linksClickable="true"
/>

Make sure you set your text using Html.fromHtml in this way it will read the html anchor tags as anchor and clicking on it will open the browser.

you can also create a WebView and pass the String of the link as a URL to open it in your Application not using external browser. I hope it helps.

Answered By - Sahil