How to use getSelectionStart and getSelectionEnd of TextViewwhen user touches?

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I want get text like phone number inside a textView by parcing, and i want use this getSelectionStart(), but it dosen't work?? can someone give me an example please.

You probably need to explain what you have tried, and post the code you use with getSelectionStart to understand why this not work. — NitroG42, Aug 05 '11 at 09:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 09:58

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I made a bad first answer because I mixed getselection with the new text api of 2.3.

You will find some answer in those thread :

Android - get selection of text from EditText

How to use getSelectionStart and getSelectionEnd of EditText when user touches EditText?

edited May 23 '17 at 09:58

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