How to get rid of the underline in a Spannable String with a Clickable Object?

Question

I have a Spannable Object with a Clickable Object set to it. When the Spannable String is displayed in the TextView it has blue text and a blue underline (indicating to the user that this Text is Clickable). My problem is how can I prevent appearing the blue underline in TextView?

Answer 1

Use the below code and try

String mystring =" Hello";
SpannableString ss= new SpannableString(mystring);
ss.setSpan(new MyClickableSpan(mystring), 0, ss.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);  

class MyClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan{// extend ClickableSpan     

    String clicked;
    public MyClickableSpan(String string) {
        super();
        clicked = string;
    }
    @Override
    public void onClick(View tv) {
       Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,clicked , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {// override updateDrawState
        ds.setUnderlineText(false); // set to false to remove underline
    }
}