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Android Studio – I want a feature that when user long presses the text in the textView a pop up appear with the definition of that text

with android:textIsSelectable="true" i have only copy and share functionality by the system but i want to have a pop up with that word definition

In addition, it would be great if i can highlight that selected word

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  1. 0

    You can use the popup window with the context menu. That suits your requirement perfectly
    I could suggest you https://programmersought.com/article/5691145305/ or
    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/popup-menu-in-android-with-example/

    Change it according to your needs.

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  2. 0

    U CAN USE THIS CODE

     button.setOnLongClickListener {
 Snackbar.make(root_layout, "Long click", Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE).show()
true
}

    in addition to it u can give a custom dialog, toast msg as wellstrong text

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