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make Android Textview or EditText selectable


I want to make EditText or Textview selectable in my android project . project is for android 4.0+ . I add this : txtView.setTextIsSelectable(true) and also : txtView.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new myCallback()); to make my custom selection menu . but this error happend when i want to select the text .

W/TextView﹕ TextView does not support text selection. Action mode cancelled.

i searched about the error but didn't find the solution .what should i do ?


Solution

  • <TextView
        android:id="@+id/id"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textIsSelectable="true"
        android:text="" />
    

    *API Level 11 and up only