Text_Linkify

[Link.java]

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.link);

        TextView t2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2);
        t2.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

        TextView t3 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text3);
        t3.setText(
            Html.fromHtml(
                "<b>text3:</b>  Text with a " +
                "<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">link</a> " +
                "created in the Java source code using HTML."));
        t3.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

        SpannableString ss = new SpannableString(
            "text4: Click here to dial the phone.");

        ss.setSpan(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), 0, 6,
                   Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        ss.setSpan(new URLSpan("tel:4155551212"), 13, 17,
                   Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

        TextView t4 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text4);
        t4.setText(ss);
        t4.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
    }

[link.xml]

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content">

  <!-- Four TextView widgets, each one displaying text containing links. -->

  <!-- text1 automatically linkifies things like URLs and phone numbers. -->
  <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/text1"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:autoLink="all"
            android:text="@string/link_text_auto"
            />

  <!-- text2 uses a string resource containing explicit <a> tags to
       specify links. -->
  <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/text2"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:text="@string/link_text_manual"
            />

  <!-- text3 builds the text in the Java code using HTML. -->
  <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/text3"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            />

  <!-- text4 builds the text in the Java code without using HTML. -->
  <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/text4"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            />

</LinearLayout>

[strings.xml]

    <string name="link_text_auto"><b>text1:</b> This is some text.  In
      this text are some things that are actionable.  For instance,
      you can click on http://www.google.com and it will launch the
      web browser.  You can click on google.com too.  And, if you
      click on (415) 555-1212 it should dial the phone.
    </string>
    <string name="link_text_manual"><b>text2:</b> This is some other
      text, with a <a href="http://www.google.com">link</a> specified
      via an &lt;a&gt; tag.  Use a \"tel:\" URL
      to <a href="tel:4155551212">dial a phone number</a>.
    </string>