Added in API level 1

Summary: Inherited Constants | Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

URLSpan

Kotlin |Java

public class URLSpan
extends ClickableSpan implements ParcelableSpan

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.style.CharacterStyle
	↳	android.text.style.ClickableSpan
		↳	android.text.style.URLSpan

Implementation of the ClickableSpan that allows setting a url string. When selecting and clicking on the text to which the span is attached, the URLSpan will try to open the url, by launching an an Activity with an Intent#ACTION_VIEW intent.

For example, a URLSpan can be used like this:

 SpannableString string = new SpannableString("Text with a url span");
 string.setSpan(new URLSpan("http://www.developer.android.com"), 12, 15, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

Text with URLSpan.

Summary

Inherited constants

From interface android.os.Parcelable

`int`	`CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR` Descriptor bit used with `describeContents()`: indicates that the Parcelable object's flattened representation includes a file descriptor.
`int`	`PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE` Flag for use with `writeToParcel(Parcel, int)`: the object being written is a return value, that is the result of a function such as "`Parcelable someFunction()`", "`void someFunction(out Parcelable)`", or "`void someFunction(inout Parcelable)`".

Public constructors
`URLSpan(String url)` Constructs a `URLSpan` from a url string.
`URLSpan(Parcel src)` Constructs a `URLSpan` from a parcel.

Public methods
`int`	`describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`int`	`getSpanTypeId()` Return a special type identifier for this span class.
`String`	`getURL()` Get the url string for this span.
`void`	`onClick(View widget)` Performs the click action associated with this span.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`void`	`writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          android.text.style.ClickableSpan

`abstract void`	`onClick(View widget)` Performs the click action associated with this span.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`void`	`updateDrawState(TextPaint ds)` Makes the text underlined and in the link color.

From class


        
          android.text.style.CharacterStyle

`CharacterStyle`	`getUnderlying()` Returns "this" for most CharacterStyles, but for CharacterStyles that were generated by `wrap(CharacterStyle)`, returns the underlying CharacterStyle.
`abstract void`	`updateDrawState(TextPaint tp)`
`static CharacterStyle`	`wrap(CharacterStyle cs)` A given CharacterStyle can only applied to a single region of a given Spanned.

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.ParcelableSpan


      getSpanTypeId()

Return a special type identifier for this span class.

From interface


        
          android.os.Parcelable

`abstract int`	`describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`abstract void`	`writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Public constructors

URLSpan

Added in API level 1

public URLSpan (String url)

Constructs a URLSpan from a url string.

Parameters
`url`	`String`: the url string

URLSpan

Added in API level 3

public URLSpan (Parcel src)

Constructs a URLSpan from a parcel.

Parameters
`src`	`Parcel`: This value cannot be `null`.

Public methods

describeContents

Added in API level 3

public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
`int`	a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either `0` or `CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR`

getSpanTypeId

Added in API level 3

public int getSpanTypeId ()

Return a special type identifier for this span class.

Returns
`int`

getURL

Added in API level 1

public String getURL ()

Get the url string for this span.

Returns
`String`	the url string.

onClick

Added in API level 1

public void onClick (View widget)

Performs the click action associated with this span.

Parameters
`widget`	`View`: This value cannot be `null`.

toString

Added in API level 1

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Returns
`String`	a string representation of the object.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 3

public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
`dest`	`Parcel`: This value cannot be `null`.
`flags`	`int`: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`. Value is either `0` or a combination of `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES