android - Why link does not work in the text view?

Question

I have the link in my TextView:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    ...

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:autoLink="all"
        android:linksClickable="true"
        android:text="@string/app_description" />
</RelativeLayout>

The link is a part of the resources:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    ...
    <string name="app_description">Some text with the <a href="http://www.example.com">link</a>.</string>
</resources>

Somehow the link doesn't work. What could be a reason? It is displayed like a link. But click doesn't open the browser.

Class code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

Answer 1

you can use http link this way:

   mLink = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.link);
      if (mLink != null) {
        mLink.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
     }

In XML:

android:autoLink="all"