Added in API level 1

Summary: Ctors | Methods | Protected Methods | Inherited Methods

LinkMovementMethod

Kotlin |Java

public class LinkMovementMethod
extends ScrollingMovementMethod

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.method.BaseMovementMethod
	↳	android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
		↳	android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod

A movement method that traverses links in the text buffer and scrolls if necessary. Supports clicking on links with DPad Center or Enter.

Summary

Public constructors
`LinkMovementMethod()`

Public methods
`boolean`	`canSelectArbitrarily()` Returns true if this movement method allows arbitrary selection of any text; false if it has no selection (like a movement method that only scrolls) or a constrained selection (for example limited to links.
`static MovementMethod`	`getInstance()`
`void`	`initialize(TextView widget, Spannable text)`
`void`	`onTakeFocus(TextView view, Spannable text, int dir)`
`boolean`	`onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event)`

Protected methods
`boolean`	`down(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a down movement action.
`boolean`	`handleMovementKey(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, int keyCode, int movementMetaState, KeyEvent event)` Performs a movement key action.
`boolean`	`left(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a left movement action.
`boolean`	`right(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a right movement action.
`boolean`	`up(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs an up movement action.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod

`boolean`	`bottom(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a bottom movement action.
`boolean`	`down(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a down movement action.
`boolean`	`end(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs an end movement action.
`static MovementMethod`	`getInstance()`
`boolean`	`home(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a home movement action.
`boolean`	`left(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a left movement action.
`boolean`	`lineEnd(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a line-end movement action.
`boolean`	`lineStart(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a line-start movement action.
`void`	`onTakeFocus(TextView widget, Spannable text, int dir)`
`boolean`	`onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event)`
`boolean`	`pageDown(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a page-down movement action.
`boolean`	`pageUp(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a page-up movement action.
`boolean`	`right(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a right movement action.
`boolean`	`top(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a top movement action.
`boolean`	`up(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs an up movement action.

From class


        
          android.text.method.BaseMovementMethod

`boolean`	`bottom(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a bottom movement action.
`boolean`	`canSelectArbitrarily()` Returns true if this movement method allows arbitrary selection of any text; false if it has no selection (like a movement method that only scrolls) or a constrained selection (for example limited to links.
`boolean`	`down(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a down movement action.
`boolean`	`end(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs an end movement action.
`int`	`getMovementMetaState(Spannable buffer, KeyEvent event)` Gets the meta state used for movement using the modifiers tracked by the text buffer as well as those present in the key event.
`boolean`	`handleMovementKey(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, int keyCode, int movementMetaState, KeyEvent event)` Performs a movement key action.
`boolean`	`home(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a home movement action.
`void`	`initialize(TextView widget, Spannable text)`
`boolean`	`left(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a left movement action.
`boolean`	`lineEnd(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a line-end movement action.
`boolean`	`lineStart(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a line-start movement action.
`boolean`	`nextParagraph(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a next paragraph movement action.
`boolean`	`onGenericMotionEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`
`boolean`	`onKeyDown(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)`
`boolean`	`onKeyOther(TextView widget, Spannable text, KeyEvent event)` If the key listener wants to other kinds of key events, return true, otherwise return false and the caller (i.e.
`boolean`	`onKeyUp(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)`
`void`	`onTakeFocus(TextView widget, Spannable text, int direction)`
`boolean`	`onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`
`boolean`	`onTrackballEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`
`boolean`	`pageDown(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a page-down movement action.
`boolean`	`pageUp(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a page-up movement action.
`boolean`	`previousParagraph(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a previous paragraph movement action.
`boolean`	`right(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a right movement action.
`boolean`	`top(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs a top movement action.
`boolean`	`up(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)` Performs an up movement action.

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

From interface


        
          android.text.method.MovementMethod

`abstract boolean`	`canSelectArbitrarily()` Returns true if this movement method allows arbitrary selection of any text; false if it has no selection (like a movement method that only scrolls) or a constrained selection (for example limited to links.
`abstract void`	`initialize(TextView widget, Spannable text)`
`abstract boolean`	`onGenericMotionEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`
`abstract boolean`	`onKeyDown(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)`
`abstract boolean`	`onKeyOther(TextView view, Spannable text, KeyEvent event)` If the key listener wants to other kinds of key events, return true, otherwise return false and the caller (i.e.
`abstract boolean`	`onKeyUp(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)`
`abstract void`	`onTakeFocus(TextView widget, Spannable text, int direction)`
`abstract boolean`	`onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`
`abstract boolean`	`onTrackballEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text, MotionEvent event)`

Public constructors

LinkMovementMethod

public LinkMovementMethod ()

Public methods

canSelectArbitrarily

Added in API level 1

public boolean canSelectArbitrarily ()

Returns true if this movement method allows arbitrary selection of any text; false if it has no selection (like a movement method that only scrolls) or a constrained selection (for example limited to links. The "Select All" menu item is disabled if arbitrary selection is not allowed.

Returns
`boolean`

getInstance

Added in API level 1

public static MovementMethod getInstance ()

Returns
`MovementMethod`

Added in API level 1

public void initialize (TextView widget, 
                Spannable text)

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`
`text`	`Spannable`

Added in API level 1

public void onTakeFocus (TextView view, 
                Spannable text, 
                int dir)

Parameters
`view`	`TextView`
`text`	`Spannable`
`dir`	`int`

Added in API level 1

public boolean onTouchEvent (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer, 
                MotionEvent event)

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`
`buffer`	`Spannable`
`event`	`MotionEvent`

Returns
`boolean`

Protected methods

Added in API level 1

protected boolean down (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Performs a down movement action. Moves the cursor or scrolls down by one line.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the event was handled.

Added in API level 11

protected boolean handleMovementKey (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer, 
                int keyCode, 
                int movementMetaState, 
                KeyEvent event)

Performs a movement key action. The default implementation decodes the key down and invokes movement actions such as down(TextView, Spannable) and up(TextView, Spannable). onKeyDown(android.widget.TextView, android.text.Spannable, int, android.view.KeyEvent) calls this method once to handle an KeyEvent#ACTION_DOWN. onKeyOther(android.widget.TextView, android.text.Spannable, android.view.KeyEvent) calls this method repeatedly to handle each repetition of an KeyEvent#ACTION_MULTIPLE.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.
`keyCode`	`int`: The key code.
`movementMetaState`	`int`: The keyboard meta states used for movement.
`event`	`KeyEvent`: The key event.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the event was handled.

Added in API level 1

protected boolean left (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Performs a left movement action. Moves the cursor or scrolls left by one character.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the event was handled.

Added in API level 1

protected boolean right (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Performs a right movement action. Moves the cursor or scrolls right by one character.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the event was handled.

Added in API level 1

protected boolean up (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Performs an up movement action. Moves the cursor or scrolls up by one line.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the event was handled.