Buried in the API demos, I found the solution to my problem:
File Link.java:
// text2 has links specified by putting <a> tags in the string
// resource. By default these links will appear but not
// respond to user input. To make them active, you need to
// call setMovementMethod() on the TextView object.
TextView t2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2);
t2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
I removed most of the attributes on my TextView to match what was in the demo.
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/txtCredits"/>
That solved it. It is pretty difficult to uncover and fix.
Important: Don't forget to remove autoLink="web"
if you are calling setMovementMethod()
.
HTML
The plain HTML way is to put it in a <form>
wherein you specify the desired target URL in the action
attribute.
<form action="https://google.com">
<input type="submit" value="Go to Google" />
</form>
If necessary, set CSS display: inline;
on the form to keep it in the flow with the surrounding text. Instead of <input type="submit">
in above example, you can also use <button type="submit">
. The only difference is that the <button>
element allows children.
You'd intuitively expect to be able to use <button href="https://google.com">
analogous with the <a>
element, but unfortunately no, this attribute does not exist according to HTML specification.
CSS
If CSS is allowed, simply use an <a>
which you style to look like a button using among others the appearance
property (it's only not supported in Internet Explorer).
<a href="https://google.com" class="button">Go to Google</a>
a.button {
-webkit-appearance: button;
-moz-appearance: button;
appearance: button;
text-decoration: none;
color: initial;
}
Or pick one of those many CSS libraries like Bootstrap.
<a href="https://google.com" class="btn btn-primary">Go to Google</a>
JavaScript
If JavaScript is allowed, set the window.location.href
.
<input type="button" onclick="location.href='https://google.com';" value="Go to Google" />
Instead of <input type="button">
in above example, you can also use <button>
. The only difference is that the <button>
element allows children.
Best Answer
You can't link to
file:///
from an HTML document that is not itself afile:///
for security reasons.