How get coordinate of a ClickableSpan inside a TextView?

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I have a TextView with many ClickableSpan.

On click on a ClickableSpan, I have to get the coordinate on screen of it (to show a custom View at his position).

The problem is that I have no idea of how I can do this. The onClick() method of the ClickableSpan gives me in parameter a View, the TextView which contains the ClickableSpan.

I have used the following to get characters position in the TextView, but I don't know how I can convert it to get x/y position on screen of the text.

@Override
public void onClick(View v){

    SpannableString completeText = (SpannableString)((TextView) v).getText();
    Log.v("characters position", completeText.getSpanStart(this) + " / " + completeText.getSpanEnd(this));

}

Thanks in advance for your help!

EDIT : I want to get the entire coordinate of the ClickableSpan and its size, the aim is to show my custom view at the bottom center of the text. The onTouch method will give me the finger position, not the entire text coordinates. So, with this method, I will not have the middle of the text.

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2 Answers

try this:

inside of CustomSpannableString class onClick function

@Override
public void onClick(View v){
    val textView = v as TextView
    val s = textView.text as Spanned
    val startCoordinates = s.getSpanStart(this)
    val endCoordinates = s.getSpanEnd(this)
    return  arrayOf(startCoordinates, endCoordinates)
}

not in spannableString class

val textView = findView...   // txtView which text is set to SpannableString
val s = textView.text as Spanned 
// CustomSpannableStringObj of type CustomSpannableString 
val startCoordinates = s.getSpanStart(CustomSpannableStringObj)
val endCoordinates = s.getSpanEnd(CustomSpannableStringObj)
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