Added in API level 1

URLSpan

open class URLSpan : ClickableSpan, ParcelableSpan
kotlin.Any
   ↳ 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

Public constructors
URLSpan(url: String!)

Constructs a URLSpan from a url string.

Constructs a URLSpan from a parcel.

Public methods
open Int

open Int

open String!

Get the url string for this span.

open Unit
onClick(widget: View)

open String

open Unit
writeToParcel(dest: Parcel, flags: Int)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited functions

Public constructors

URLSpan

Added in API level 1
URLSpan(url: String!)

Constructs a URLSpan from a url string.

Parameters
url String!: the url string

URLSpan

Added in API level 1
URLSpan(src: Parcel)

Constructs a URLSpan from a parcel.

Parameters
src Parcel: This value cannot be null.

Public methods

describeContents

Added in API level 3
open fun describeContents(): Int
Return
Int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either 0 or android.os.Parcelable#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR

getSpanTypeId

Added in API level 3
open fun getSpanTypeId(): Int

getURL

Added in API level 1
open fun getURL(): String!

Get the url string for this span.

Return
String! the url string.

onClick

Added in API level 1
open fun onClick(widget: View): Unit
Parameters
widget View: This value cannot be null.

toString

Added in API level 1
open fun toString(): String
Return
String a string representation of the object.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 3
open fun writeToParcel(
    dest: Parcel,
    flags: Int
): Unit

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_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE. Value is either 0 or a combination of android.os.Parcelable#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES