How to remove underline and change color of span?

[saket]

The library doesn't add any underline span to links. Can you please add a screenshot? The highlight color can be changed by using android:textColorHighlight="@color/your_color" on your TextView. If you're trying to change the color on all TextViews across your app, you can add a textViewStyle in your theme.

[sandeshlasnapure]

Thanks, did that and removed underline.

[SureshSc]

@saket @sandeshlasnapure I am getting underline, attaching screen shot

here is my code <TextView android:id="@+id/tvComments" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/value_2" android:textColor="@color/medium_black" android:textSize="@dimen/value_sp_17" android:textColorHighlight="@color/transparent" android:lineSpacingExtra="2dp" />

[saket]

I think that's the default styling used by TextView. You'll have to manually replace those spans if you want.

val text: Spannable = ...

val urlSpans: Array<URLSpan> = text.getSpans(0, text.length, URLSpan::class.java)
for (urlSpan in urlSpans) {
  val startIndex = text.getSpanStart(urlSpan)
  val endIndex = text.getSpanEnd(urlSpan)
  text.removeSpan(urlSpan)
  text.setSpan(CustomUrlSpan(), startIndex, endIndex, 0)
}

[SureshSc]

@saket didnt work out, URLSpan count is 0

[saket]

That's not possible. You should check your data flow to ensure you're getting the right text.

[saket]

Actually, pass Any (or Object in Java) as the span type to debug what spans are present in your text.

text.getSpans(0, text.length, Any::class.java)

[SureshSc]

That's not possible. You should check your data flow to ensure you're getting the right text.

I am sure.

[saket]

URLs are only rendered when URLSpans are present in the text. If you're seeing linkified text then it means that there are URLSpans present in the text. It's contradictory otherwise.