Is there a simple way to remove an underline from linked TextView text in Android Studio?

Question

After searching for an hour there doesn't seem to be a simple (without adding classes and many functions) of removing the underline of a link.

I have this code:

    newsTitle.setText(Html.fromHtml("<a href=\""+ currentNewsItem.getOriginUrl() + "\">" + currentNewsItem.getTitle() + "</a>"));
    newsTitle.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

It comes out like this:

Is there a simple XML tag or a line of code which will remove the underline from the text?

Answer 1

Try this solution. It should work for textview and editext

   android:background="@null"