Support multiple links in a single string of text

You can support multiple links in a single string of text to perform different actions when clicking a subsection of text.

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Version compatibility

This implementation requires that your project minSDK be set to API level 21 or higher.

Dependencies

Display multiple links in a single string

This snippet embeds multiple clickable links into a single string of text:

@Composable
funAnnotatedStringWithLinkSample(){
// Display multiple links in the text
Text(
buildAnnotatedString{
append("Go to the ")
withLink(
LinkAnnotation.Url(
"https://developer.android.com/",
TextLinkStyles(style=SpanStyle(color=Color.Blue))
)
){
append("Android Developers ")
}
append("website, and check out the")
withLink(
LinkAnnotation.Url(
"https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose",
TextLinkStyles(style=SpanStyle(color=Color.Green))
)
){
append("Compose guidance")
}
append(".")
}
)
}
TextSnippets.kt 

Key points about the code

• Uses the buildAnnotatedString function to create an annotated string of text.
• Specifies the link and text styling by passing them as arguments of the LinkAnnotation.Url() function (itself passed as an argument of the withLink() function). A click listener is built into LinkAnnotation.Url().
• Adds text using append() in the body of the withLink function.
• Repeats this process to add another linked text segment.

Collections that contain this guide

This guide is part of these curated Quick Guide collections that cover broader Android development goals: