How do I make a portion of a Checkbox’s text clickable?

by

You may want only part of the text to be a clickable link, while the rest of the checkbox behaves as usual, i.e. you can click the other text to toggle the state.

You can set up your checkbox like so:

CheckBox checkBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.my_check_box);

ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View widget) {
        // Prevent CheckBox state from being toggled when link is clicked
        widget.cancelPendingInputEvents();
        // Do action for link text...
    }
    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
        super.updateDrawState(ds);
        // Show links with underlines (optional)
        ds.setUnderlineText(true);
    }
};

SpannableString linkText = new SpannableString("Link text");
linkText.setSpan(clickableSpan, 0, linkText.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
CharSequence cs = TextUtils.expandTemplate(
    "CheckBox text with link: ^1 , and after link", linkText);

checkBox.setText(cs);
// Finally, make links clickable
checkBox.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

More Related Contents:

  1. Android: how to make text (String type, method addCellText) as a hyperlink?
  2. How to make links in a TextView clickable
  3. How can I get clickable hyperlinks in AlertDialog from a string resource?
  4. Custom checkbox image android
  5. Android TextView with Clickable Links: how to capture clicks?
  6. Checkbox unchecked when I scroll listview on Android
  7. Android: Binding data from a database to a CheckBox in a ListView?
  8. Remove underline from links in TextView – Android
  9. Android Checkbox listview select all (disable/enable) [duplicate]
  10. Android: CursorAdapter, ListView and CheckBox
  11. How to get all checked items from a ListView?
  12. Android: How to change CheckBox size?
  13. Android – Spacing between CheckBox and text
  14. How to show android checkbox at right side?
  15. Android ListView with Checkbox and all clickable [duplicate]
  16. Change clickable TextView’s color on focus and click?
  17. How to show installed app list in a listview without Checkbox getting unchecked when listview is scrolled?
  18. Make a hyperlink textview in android
  19. Links in TextView
  20. Android checkbox style
  21. Android: textview hyperlink
  22. Android save Checkbox State in ListView with Cursor Adapter
  23. Change Checkbox value without triggering onCheckChanged
  24. OnItemClickListener was not work with the checkbox?
  25. Android how to identify item in listview with checkbox
  26. Saving Checkbox states
  27. Find package name for Android apps to use Intent to launch Market app from web
  28. Checkbox auto call onCheckedChange when listview scroll?
  29. How to get selected list items from a Listview with checkBox and Custom Adapter?
  30. Is there any way to have WebView auto-link URLs and phone numbers in Android?

Leave a Comment