Android Social UI is a library of android widgets that work well for social apps.
A SocialTextView is a standard android TextView with callbacks to handle the onClicks of #hashtags
@mentions
and https://weblinks.com/
.
You can use it in any XML file just as you would a normal TextView:
<com.carrotcreative.socialui.widget.SocialTextView
android:id="@+id/social_text_example"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This view handles #hashtags, @mentions, and https://weblinks.com/"
/>
Next you'll want to create a SocialActionHandler. This is the thing that defines how to handle the onClicks of each type.
SocialActionHandler mHandler = new SocialActionHandler() {
@Override
public void handleHashtag(String hashtag)
{
Toast.makeText(SignUpActivity.this, "Hashtag: " + hashtag, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
public void handleMention(String mention)
{
Toast.makeText(SignUpActivity.this, "Mention: " + mention, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
public void handleUrl(String url)
{
Toast.makeText(SignUpActivity.this, "URL: " + url, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
The last thing you have to do for the SocialTextView is to set it's SocialActionHandler to the one you've just created.
socialTextView = (SocialTextView) findViewById(R.id.social_text_example);
socialTextView.linkify(mHandler);
If you update the text in a SocialTextView, be sure to also call linkify()
to ensure all elements become clickable.
socialTextView.setText("Hello #World");
socialTextView.linkify();
After this is done, the SocialTextView will display highlighted/underlined hashtags, mentions, and weblinks that are clickable and will be handled by their appropriate method.
Android Social UI is licensed under MIT