How to handle click events on a drawable within an TextView?

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I have the same problem as discussed on Handling click events on a drawable within an EditText, but I use TextView instead of EditText. When I click on the TextView, the method onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) is called. Is it possible to handle a click only on the icon?

@AnandTiwari, I found [this code](https://github.com/cyrilmottier/ListViewTipsAndTricks) — Maksim Dmitriev, Nov 08 '13 at 08:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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I think the idea is pretty much the same as described here: use the event coordinates and determine if they are within the drawable's bounds. If they are, perform your action. I don't think there are any major differences between TextView and EditText in this respect.

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answered Nov 30 '12 at 08:29

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Thank you for the link, but I have another [solution](http://stackoverflow.com/a/19834049/1065835) – Maksim Dmitriev Nov 07 '13 at 10:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

I think that it would be a better idea to use a TextView and an ImageView. Of course, it leads to a more complex layout structure, but I'd prefer two widgets in an XML file rather than too much Java code dealing with the widgets.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/iv"
    android:text="@string/long_text"
    android:textSize="22sp" />

<ImageView
    android:id="@id/iv"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
    android:src="@drawable/btn_go" />

How to handle click events on a drawable within an TextView?

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