Here is source code of the Program demonstrate a Match Filter in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.
To add additional conditions to Regular Expression pattern matches, implement acceptMatch method in a Match Filter. When a potential match is found, acceptMatch method is triggered, with the match start and end index (along with the full text being searched) passed in as parameters.
To simply when a match corresponding to a defined pattern is found in the corresponding sentence the acceptMatch method is triggered which specifies which word are to convert into a hyperlink.
Main Activity
package com.example.matchfilter; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.text.util.Linkify; import android.text.util.Linkify.MatchFilter; import android.view.Menu; import android.widget.TextView; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); MatchFilter myMatchFilter = new MatchFilter() { @Override public boolean acceptMatch(CharSequence cs, int start, int end) { return ((start == 0 || cs.charAt(start - 1) == '!') && !(cs .charAt(start) == 'p')); } }; TextView myCustomLink2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview1); Pattern pattern2 = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z]+"); myCustomLink2 .setText("press one of these words to search it on google:" + " !Google !Linkify !Sanfoundry"); Linkify.addLinks(myCustomLink2, pattern2, "http://www.google.ie/search?q=", myMatchFilter, null); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } }
Xml
Remember to add permission to acess internet by specifying so in the Andorid Manifest.
AndoridManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.matchfilter" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.matchfilter.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>
Activity_Main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/hello_world" android:id="@+id/textview1" /> </RelativeLayout>