LinkMovementMethod

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

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

initialize

Added in API level 1
public void initialize (TextView widget, 
                Spannable text)

Parameters
widget TextView

text Spannable

onTakeFocus

Added in API level 1
public void onTakeFocus (TextView view, 
                Spannable text, 
                int dir)

Parameters
view TextView

text Spannable

dir int

onTouchEvent

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

down

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.

handleMovementKey

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.

left

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.

right

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.

up

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.