Merge pull request #7725 from AudricV/add-long-press-actions-on-hashtags-and-links-in-descriptions

Add long press action on hashtags and web links in descriptions

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/DescriptionFragment.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail;
 import static android.text.TextUtils.isEmpty;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamExtractor.NO_AGE_LIMIT;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.isBlank;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization.getAppLocale;
 
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.NavigationHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.TextLinkifier;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TextLinkifier;
 
 import icepick.State;
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ public class DescriptionFragment extends BaseFragment {
                 TextLinkifier.createLinksFromMarkdownText(binding.detailDescriptionView,
                         description.getContent(), streamInfo, descriptionDisposables);
                 break;
-            case Description.PLAIN_TEXT: default:
+            case Description.PLAIN_TEXT:
+            default:
                 TextLinkifier.createLinksFromPlainText(binding.detailDescriptionView,
                         description.getContent(), streamInfo, descriptionDisposables);
                 break;
@@ -144,30 +146,30 @@ public class DescriptionFragment extends BaseFragment {
 
     private void setupMetadata(final LayoutInflater inflater,
                                final LinearLayout layout) {
-        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false,
+        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_category,
-                R.string.metadata_category, streamInfo.getCategory());
+                streamInfo.getCategory());
 
-        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false,
+        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_licence,
-                R.string.metadata_licence, streamInfo.getLicence());
+                streamInfo.getLicence());
 
         addPrivacyMetadataItem(inflater, layout);
 
         if (streamInfo.getAgeLimit() != NO_AGE_LIMIT) {
-            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false,
+            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_age_limit,
-                    R.string.metadata_age_limit, String.valueOf(streamInfo.getAgeLimit()));
+                    String.valueOf(streamInfo.getAgeLimit()));
         }
 
         if (streamInfo.getLanguageInfo() != null) {
-            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false,
+            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_language,
-                    R.string.metadata_language, streamInfo.getLanguageInfo().getDisplayLanguage());
+                    streamInfo.getLanguageInfo().getDisplayLanguage(getAppLocale(getContext())));
         }
 
-        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true,
+        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true, R.string.metadata_support,
-                R.string.metadata_support, streamInfo.getSupportInfo());
+                streamInfo.getSupportInfo());
-        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true,
+        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true, R.string.metadata_host,
-                R.string.metadata_host, streamInfo.getHost());
+                streamInfo.getHost());
-        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true,
+        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true, R.string.metadata_thumbnail_url,
-                R.string.metadata_thumbnail_url, streamInfo.getThumbnailUrl());
+                streamInfo.getThumbnailUrl());
 
         addTagsMetadataItem(inflater, layout);
     }
@@ -191,12 +193,14 @@ public class DescriptionFragment extends BaseFragment {
         });
 
         if (linkifyContent) {
-            TextLinkifier.createLinksFromPlainText(itemBinding.metadataContentView, content, null,
+            TextLinkifier.createLinksFromPlainText(itemBinding.metadataContentView, content,
-                    descriptionDisposables);
+                    null, descriptionDisposables);
         } else {
             itemBinding.metadataContentView.setText(content);
         }
 
+        itemBinding.metadataContentView.setClickable(true);
+
         layout.addView(itemBinding.getRoot());
     }
 
@@ -245,14 +249,15 @@ public class DescriptionFragment extends BaseFragment {
                 case INTERNAL:
                     contentRes = R.string.metadata_privacy_internal;
                     break;
-                case OTHER: default:
+                case OTHER:
+                default:
                     contentRes = 0;
                     break;
             }
 
             if (contentRes != 0) {
-                addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false,
+                addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_privacy,
-                        R.string.metadata_privacy, getString(contentRes));
+                        getString(contentRes));
             }
         }
     }

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/info_list/holder/CommentsMiniInfoItemHolder.java

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.InfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.comments.CommentsInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.info_list.InfoItemBuilder;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.local.history.HistoryRecordManager;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.CommentTextOnTouchListener;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.CommentTextOnTouchListener;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.DeviceUtils;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.NavigationHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.PicassoHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.TimestampExtractor;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TimestampExtractor;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/ExtractorHelper.java

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.SearchInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.suggestion.SuggestionExtractor;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.TextLinkifier;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TextLinkifier;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/external_communication/ShareUtils.java

@@ -313,11 +313,16 @@ public final class ShareUtils {
             return;
         }
 
+        try {
             clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText(null, text));
             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 33) {
                 // Android 13 has its own "copied to clipboard" dialog
                 Toast.makeText(context, R.string.msg_copied, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
             }
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Error when trying to copy text to clipboard", e);
+            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.msg_failed_to_copy, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        }
     }
 
     /**

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/CommentTextOnTouchListener.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-package org.schabi.newpipe.util;
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TouchUtils.getOffsetForHorizontalLine;
 
-import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Selection;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.Spanned;
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.InternalUrlsHandler;
 
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
 
@@ -30,23 +30,9 @@ public class CommentTextOnTouchListener implements View.OnTouchListener {
 
             final int action = event.getAction();
 
-            if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP
+            if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
-                    || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
+                final int offset = getOffsetForHorizontalLine(widget, event);
-                int x = (int) event.getX();
+                final ClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(offset, offset, ClickableSpan.class);
-                int y = (int) event.getY();
-
-                x -= widget.getTotalPaddingLeft();
-                y -= widget.getTotalPaddingTop();
-
-                x += widget.getScrollX();
-                y += widget.getScrollY();
-
-                final Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
-                final int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
-                final int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
-
-                final ClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off,
-                        ClickableSpan.class);
 
                 if (link.length != 0) {
                     if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
@@ -58,8 +44,7 @@ public class CommentTextOnTouchListener implements View.OnTouchListener {
                             }
                         }
                     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
-                        Selection.setSelection(buffer,
+                        Selection.setSelection(buffer, buffer.getSpanStart(link[0]),
-                                buffer.getSpanStart(link[0]),
                                 buffer.getSpanEnd(link[0]));
                     }
                     return true;

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/HashtagLongPressClickableSpan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.view.View;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Info;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.NavigationHelper;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
+
+final class HashtagLongPressClickableSpan extends LongPressClickableSpan {
+
+    @NonNull
+    private final Context context;
+    @NonNull
+    private final String parsedHashtag;
+    @NonNull
+    private final Info relatedInfo;
+
+    HashtagLongPressClickableSpan(@NonNull final Context context,
+                                  @NonNull final String parsedHashtag,
+                                  @NonNull final Info relatedInfo) {
+        this.context = context;
+        this.parsedHashtag = parsedHashtag;
+        this.relatedInfo = relatedInfo;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        NavigationHelper.openSearch(context, relatedInfo.getServiceId(), parsedHashtag);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onLongClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        ShareUtils.copyToClipboard(context, parsedHashtag);
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/InternalUrlsHandler.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication;
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.Log;

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/LongPressClickableSpan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import android.text.style.ClickableSpan;
+import android.view.View;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+public abstract class LongPressClickableSpan extends ClickableSpan {
+
+    public abstract void onLongClick(@NonNull View view);
+
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/LongPressLinkMovementMethod.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TouchUtils.getOffsetForHorizontalLine;
+
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Looper;
+import android.text.Selection;
+import android.text.Spannable;
+import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
+import android.text.method.MovementMethod;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+// Class adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/31786969
+
+public class LongPressLinkMovementMethod extends LinkMovementMethod {
+
+    private static final int LONG_PRESS_TIME = ViewConfiguration.getLongPressTimeout();
+
+    private static LongPressLinkMovementMethod instance;
+
+    private Handler longClickHandler;
+    private boolean isLongPressed = false;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onTouchEvent(@NonNull final TextView widget,
+                                @NonNull final Spannable buffer,
+                                @NonNull final MotionEvent event) {
+        final int action = event.getAction();
+
+        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL && longClickHandler != null) {
+            longClickHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
+        }
+
+        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
+            final int offset = getOffsetForHorizontalLine(widget, event);
+            final LongPressClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(offset, offset,
+                    LongPressClickableSpan.class);
+
+            if (link.length != 0) {
+                if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
+                    if (longClickHandler != null) {
+                        longClickHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
+                    }
+                    if (!isLongPressed) {
+                        link[0].onClick(widget);
+                    }
+                    isLongPressed = false;
+                } else {
+                    Selection.setSelection(buffer, buffer.getSpanStart(link[0]),
+                            buffer.getSpanEnd(link[0]));
+                    if (longClickHandler != null) {
+                        longClickHandler.postDelayed(() -> {
+                            link[0].onLongClick(widget);
+                            isLongPressed = true;
+                        }, LONG_PRESS_TIME);
+                    }
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return super.onTouchEvent(widget, buffer, event);
+    }
+
+    public static MovementMethod getInstance() {
+        if (instance == null) {
+            instance = new LongPressLinkMovementMethod();
+            instance.longClickHandler = new Handler(Looper.myLooper());
+        }
+
+        return instance;
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/TextLinkifier.java

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-package org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication;
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
-import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
-import android.text.style.ClickableSpan;
 import android.text.style.URLSpan;
 import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@ import androidx.core.text.HtmlCompat;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Info;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.NavigationHelper;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
 
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -28,27 +27,26 @@ import io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single;
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.schedulers.Schedulers;
 
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.InternalUrlsHandler.playOnPopup;
-
 public final class TextLinkifier {
     public static final String TAG = TextLinkifier.class.getSimpleName();
 
     // Looks for hashtags with characters from any language (\p{L}), numbers, or underscores
-    private static final Pattern HASHTAGS_PATTERN =
+    private static final Pattern HASHTAGS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(#[\\p{L}0-9_]+)");
-            Pattern.compile("(#[\\p{L}0-9_]+)");
 
     private TextLinkifier() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create web links for contents with an HTML description.
+     * Create links for contents with an HTML description.
-     * <p>
-     * This will call {@link TextLinkifier#changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence,
-     * Info, CompositeDisposable)} after having linked the URLs with
-     * {@link HtmlCompat#fromHtml(String, int)}.
      *
-     * @param textView       the TextView to set the htmlBlock linked
+     * <p>
-     * @param htmlBlock      the htmlBlock to be linked
+     * This method will call {@link #changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence, Info,
+     * CompositeDisposable)} after having linked the URLs with
+     * {@link HtmlCompat#fromHtml(String, int)}.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param textView       the {@link TextView} to set the the HTML string block linked
+     * @param htmlBlock      the HTML string block to be linked
      * @param htmlCompatFlag the int flag to be set when {@link HtmlCompat#fromHtml(String, int)}
      *                       will be called
      * @param relatedInfo    if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player at
@@ -58,50 +56,54 @@ public final class TextLinkifier {
      *                       should be handled by the calling class
      */
     public static void createLinksFromHtmlBlock(@NonNull final TextView textView,
-                                                final String htmlBlock,
+                                                @NonNull final String htmlBlock,
                                                 final int htmlCompatFlag,
                                                 @Nullable final Info relatedInfo,
-                                                final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
+                                                @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
-        changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(
+        changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(textView, HtmlCompat.fromHtml(htmlBlock, htmlCompatFlag),
-                textView, HtmlCompat.fromHtml(htmlBlock, htmlCompatFlag), relatedInfo, disposables);
+                relatedInfo, disposables);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create web links for contents with a plain text description.
+     * Create links for contents with a plain text description.
-     * <p>
-     * This will call {@link TextLinkifier#changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence,
-     * Info, CompositeDisposable)} after having linked the URLs with
-     * {@link TextView#setAutoLinkMask(int)} and
-     * {@link TextView#setText(CharSequence, TextView.BufferType)}.
      *
-     * @param textView       the TextView to set the plain text block linked
+     * <p>
+     * This method will call {@link #changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence, Info,
+     * CompositeDisposable)} after having linked the URLs with {@link TextView#setAutoLinkMask(int)}
+     * and {@link TextView#setText(CharSequence, TextView.BufferType)}.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param textView       the {@link TextView} to set the plain text block linked
      * @param plainTextBlock the block of plain text to be linked
-     * @param relatedInfo    if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player at
+     * @param relatedInfo    if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player, at
-     *                       the specific time, and hashtags to search for the term in the correct
+     *                       the specified time, and hashtags to search for the term in the correct
      *                       service
      * @param disposables    disposables created by the method are added here and their lifecycle
      *                       should be handled by the calling class
      */
     public static void createLinksFromPlainText(@NonNull final TextView textView,
-                                                final String plainTextBlock,
+                                                @NonNull final String plainTextBlock,
                                                 @Nullable final Info relatedInfo,
-                                                final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
+                                                @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
         textView.setAutoLinkMask(Linkify.WEB_URLS);
         textView.setText(plainTextBlock, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
         changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(textView, textView.getText(), relatedInfo, disposables);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create web links for contents with a markdown description.
+     * Create links for contents with a markdown description.
-     * <p>
-     * This will call {@link TextLinkifier#changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence,
-     * Info, CompositeDisposable)} after creating an {@link Markwon} object and using
-     * {@link Markwon#setMarkdown(TextView, String)}.
      *
-     * @param textView      the TextView to set the plain text block linked
+     * <p>
+     * This method will call {@link #changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(TextView, CharSequence, Info,
+     * CompositeDisposable)} after creating a {@link Markwon} object and using
+     * {@link Markwon#setMarkdown(TextView, String)}.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param textView      the {@link TextView} to set the plain text block linked
      * @param markdownBlock the block of markdown text to be linked
      * @param relatedInfo   if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player at
      *                      the specific time, and hashtags to search for the term in the correct
+     *                      service
      * @param disposables   disposables created by the method are added here and their lifecycle
      *                      should be handled by the calling class
      */
@@ -115,156 +117,73 @@ public final class TextLinkifier {
                 disposables);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Add click listeners which opens a search on hashtags in a plain text.
-     * <p>
-     * This method finds all timestamps in the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} of the description
-     * using a regular expression, adds for each a {@link ClickableSpan} which opens
-     * {@link NavigationHelper#openSearch(Context, int, String)} and makes a search on the hashtag,
-     * in the service of the content.
-     *
-     * @param context              the context to use
-     * @param spannableDescription the SpannableStringBuilder with the text of the
-     *                             content description
-     * @param relatedInfo          used to search for the term in the correct service
-     */
-    private static void addClickListenersOnHashtags(final Context context,
-                                                    @NonNull final SpannableStringBuilder
-                                                            spannableDescription,
-                                                    final Info relatedInfo) {
-        final String descriptionText = spannableDescription.toString();
-        final Matcher hashtagsMatches = HASHTAGS_PATTERN.matcher(descriptionText);
-
-        while (hashtagsMatches.find()) {
-            final int hashtagStart = hashtagsMatches.start(1);
-            final int hashtagEnd = hashtagsMatches.end(1);
-            final String parsedHashtag = descriptionText.substring(hashtagStart, hashtagEnd);
-
-            // don't add a ClickableSpan if there is already one, which should be a part of an URL,
-            // already parsed before
-            if (spannableDescription.getSpans(hashtagStart, hashtagEnd,
-                    ClickableSpan.class).length == 0) {
-                spannableDescription.setSpan(new ClickableSpan() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
-                        NavigationHelper.openSearch(context, relatedInfo.getServiceId(),
-                                parsedHashtag);
-                    }
-                }, hashtagStart, hashtagEnd, 0);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Add click listeners which opens the popup player on timestamps in a plain text.
-     * <p>
-     * This method finds all timestamps in the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} of the description
-     * using a regular expression, adds for each a {@link ClickableSpan} which opens the popup
-     * player at the time indicated in the timestamps.
-     *
-     * @param context              the context to use
-     * @param spannableDescription the SpannableStringBuilder with the text of the
-     *                             content description
-     * @param relatedInfo          what to open in the popup player when timestamps are clicked
-     * @param disposables          disposables created by the method are added here and their
-     *                             lifecycle should be handled by the calling class
-     */
-    private static void addClickListenersOnTimestamps(final Context context,
-                                                      @NonNull final SpannableStringBuilder
-                                                              spannableDescription,
-                                                      final Info relatedInfo,
-                                                      final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
-        final String descriptionText = spannableDescription.toString();
-        final Matcher timestampsMatches =
-                TimestampExtractor.TIMESTAMPS_PATTERN.matcher(descriptionText);
-
-        while (timestampsMatches.find()) {
-            final TimestampExtractor.TimestampMatchDTO timestampMatchDTO =
-                    TimestampExtractor.getTimestampFromMatcher(
-                            timestampsMatches,
-                            descriptionText);
-
-            if (timestampMatchDTO == null) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            spannableDescription.setSpan(
-                    new ClickableSpan() {
-                        @Override
-                        public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
-                            playOnPopup(
-                                    context,
-                                    relatedInfo.getUrl(),
-                                    relatedInfo.getService(),
-                                    timestampMatchDTO.seconds(),
-                                    disposables);
-                        }
-                    },
-                    timestampMatchDTO.timestampStart(),
-                    timestampMatchDTO.timestampEnd(),
-                    0);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Change links generated by libraries in the description of a content to a custom link action
      * and add click listeners on timestamps in this description.
+     *
      * <p>
      * Instead of using an {@link android.content.Intent#ACTION_VIEW} intent in the description of
      * a content, this method will parse the {@link CharSequence} and replace all current web links
      * with {@link ShareUtils#openUrlInBrowser(Context, String, boolean)}.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * <p>
      * This method will also add click listeners on timestamps in this description, which will play
      * the content in the popup player at the time indicated in the timestamp, by using
-     * {@link TextLinkifier#addClickListenersOnTimestamps(Context, SpannableStringBuilder, Info,
+     * {@link TextLinkifier#addClickListenersOnTimestamps(Context, SpannableStringBuilder,
-     * CompositeDisposable)} method and click listeners on hashtags, by using
+     * StreamInfo, CompositeDisposable)} method and click listeners on hashtags, by using
-     * {@link TextLinkifier#addClickListenersOnHashtags(Context, SpannableStringBuilder, Info)},
+     * {@link TextLinkifier#addClickListenersOnHashtags(Context, SpannableStringBuilder, Info)})},
      * which will open a search on the current service with the hashtag.
+     * </p>
+     *
      * <p>
      * This method is required in order to intercept links and e.g. show a confirmation dialog
      * before opening a web link.
+     * </p>
      *
-     * @param textView    the TextView in which the converted CharSequence will be applied
+     * @param textView    the {@link TextView} in which the converted {@link CharSequence} will be
-     * @param chars       the CharSequence to be parsed
+     *                    applied
-     * @param relatedInfo if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player at
+     * @param chars       the {@link CharSequence} to be parsed
-     *                    the specific time, and hashtags to search for the term in the correct
+     * @param relatedInfo if given, handle timestamps to open the stream in the popup player at the
-     *                    service
+     *                    specific time, and hashtags to search for the term in the correct service
      * @param disposables disposables created by the method are added here and their lifecycle
      *                    should be handled by the calling class
      */
-    private static void changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(final TextView textView,
+    private static void changeIntentsOfDescriptionLinks(
-                                                        final CharSequence chars,
+            @NonNull final TextView textView,
+            @NonNull final CharSequence chars,
             @Nullable final Info relatedInfo,
-                                                        final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
+            @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
+        textView.setMovementMethod(LongPressLinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
         disposables.add(Single.fromCallable(() -> {
                     final Context context = textView.getContext();
 
                     // add custom click actions on web links
-            final SpannableStringBuilder textBlockLinked = new SpannableStringBuilder(chars);
+                    final SpannableStringBuilder textBlockLinked =
-            final URLSpan[] urls = textBlockLinked.getSpans(0, chars.length(), URLSpan.class);
+                            new SpannableStringBuilder(chars);
+                    final URLSpan[] urls = textBlockLinked.getSpans(0, chars.length(),
+                            URLSpan.class);
 
                     for (final URLSpan span : urls) {
                         final String url = span.getURL();
-                final ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
+                        final LongPressClickableSpan longPressClickableSpan =
-                    public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+                                new UrlLongPressClickableSpan(context, disposables, url);
-                        if (!InternalUrlsHandler.handleUrlDescriptionTimestamp(
-                                new CompositeDisposable(), context, url)) {
-                            ShareUtils.openUrlInBrowser(context, url, false);
-                        }
-                    }
-                };
 
-                textBlockLinked.setSpan(clickableSpan, textBlockLinked.getSpanStart(span),
+                        textBlockLinked.setSpan(longPressClickableSpan,
-                        textBlockLinked.getSpanEnd(span), textBlockLinked.getSpanFlags(span));
+                                textBlockLinked.getSpanStart(span),
+                                textBlockLinked.getSpanEnd(span),
+                                textBlockLinked.getSpanFlags(span));
                         textBlockLinked.removeSpan(span);
                     }
 
-            // add click actions on plain text timestamps only for description of contents,
-            // unneeded for meta-info or other TextViews
                     if (relatedInfo != null) {
+                        // add click actions on plain text timestamps only for description of
+                        // contents, unneeded for meta-info or other TextViews
                         if (relatedInfo instanceof StreamInfo) {
-                    addClickListenersOnTimestamps(context, textBlockLinked, relatedInfo,
+                            addClickListenersOnTimestamps(context, textBlockLinked,
-                            disposables);
+                                    (StreamInfo) relatedInfo, disposables);
                         }
+
                         addClickListenersOnHashtags(context, textBlockLinked, relatedInfo);
                     }
 
@@ -280,10 +199,90 @@ public final class TextLinkifier {
                         }));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add click listeners which opens a search on hashtags in a plain text.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * This method finds all timestamps in the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} of the description
+     * using a regular expression, adds for each a {@link LongPressClickableSpan} which opens
+     * {@link NavigationHelper#openSearch(Context, int, String)} and makes a search on the hashtag,
+     * in the service of the content when pressed, and copy the hashtag to clipboard when
+     * long-pressed, if allowed by the caller method (parameter {@code addLongClickCopyListener}).
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param context              the {@link Context} to use
+     * @param spannableDescription the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} with the text of the
+     *                             content description
+     * @param relatedInfo          used to search for the term in the correct service
+     */
+    private static void addClickListenersOnHashtags(
+            @NonNull final Context context,
+            @NonNull final SpannableStringBuilder spannableDescription,
+            @NonNull final Info relatedInfo) {
+        final String descriptionText = spannableDescription.toString();
+        final Matcher hashtagsMatches = HASHTAGS_PATTERN.matcher(descriptionText);
+
+        while (hashtagsMatches.find()) {
+            final int hashtagStart = hashtagsMatches.start(1);
+            final int hashtagEnd = hashtagsMatches.end(1);
+            final String parsedHashtag = descriptionText.substring(hashtagStart, hashtagEnd);
+
+            // Don't add a LongPressClickableSpan if there is already one, which should be a part
+            // of an URL, already parsed before
+            if (spannableDescription.getSpans(hashtagStart, hashtagEnd,
+                    LongPressClickableSpan.class).length == 0) {
+                spannableDescription.setSpan(
+                        new HashtagLongPressClickableSpan(context, parsedHashtag, relatedInfo),
+                        hashtagStart, hashtagEnd, 0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add click listeners which opens the popup player on timestamps in a plain text.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * This method finds all timestamps in the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} of the description
+     * using a regular expression, adds for each a {@link LongPressClickableSpan} which opens the
+     * popup player at the time indicated in the timestamps and copy the timestamp in clipboard
+     * when long-pressed.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param context              the {@link Context} to use
+     * @param spannableDescription the {@link SpannableStringBuilder} with the text of the
+     *                             content description
+     * @param streamInfo           what to open in the popup player when timestamps are clicked
+     * @param disposables          disposables created by the method are added here and their
+     *                             lifecycle should be handled by the calling class
+     */
+    private static void addClickListenersOnTimestamps(
+            @NonNull final Context context,
+            @NonNull final SpannableStringBuilder spannableDescription,
+            @NonNull final StreamInfo streamInfo,
+            @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables) {
+        final String descriptionText = spannableDescription.toString();
+        final Matcher timestampsMatches = TimestampExtractor.TIMESTAMPS_PATTERN.matcher(
+                descriptionText);
+
+        while (timestampsMatches.find()) {
+            final TimestampExtractor.TimestampMatchDTO timestampMatchDTO =
+                    TimestampExtractor.getTimestampFromMatcher(timestampsMatches, descriptionText);
+
+            if (timestampMatchDTO == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            spannableDescription.setSpan(new TimestampLongPressClickableSpan(
+                    context, descriptionText, disposables, streamInfo, timestampMatchDTO),
+                    timestampMatchDTO.timestampStart(),
+                    timestampMatchDTO.timestampEnd(),
+                    0);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void setTextViewCharSequence(@NonNull final TextView textView,
-                                                final CharSequence charSequence) {
+                                                @Nullable final CharSequence charSequence) {
         textView.setText(charSequence);
-        textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
         textView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
     }
 }

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/TimestampExtractor.java

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-package org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication;
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -15,17 +18,18 @@ public final class TimestampExtractor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get's a single timestamp from a matcher.
+     * Gets a single timestamp from a matcher.
      *
-     * @param timestampMatches The matcher which was created using {@link #TIMESTAMPS_PATTERN}
+     * @param timestampMatches the matcher which was created using {@link #TIMESTAMPS_PATTERN}
-     * @param baseText         The text where the pattern was applied to /
+     * @param baseText         the text where the pattern was applied to / where the matcher is
-     *                         where the matcher is based upon
+     *                         based upon
-     * @return If a match occurred: a {@link TimestampMatchDTO} filled with information.<br/>
+     * @return if a match occurred, a {@link TimestampMatchDTO} filled with information, otherwise
-     * If not <code>null</code>.
+     * {@code null}.
      */
+    @Nullable
     public static TimestampMatchDTO getTimestampFromMatcher(
-            final Matcher timestampMatches,
+            @NonNull final Matcher timestampMatches,
-            final String baseText) {
+            @NonNull final String baseText) {
         int timestampStart = timestampMatches.start(1);
         if (timestampStart == -1) {
             timestampStart = timestampMatches.start(2);

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/TimestampLongPressClickableSpan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.InternalUrlsHandler.playOnPopup;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.view.View;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
+
+import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
+
+final class TimestampLongPressClickableSpan extends LongPressClickableSpan {
+
+    @NonNull
+    private final Context context;
+    @NonNull
+    private final String descriptionText;
+    @NonNull
+    private final CompositeDisposable disposables;
+    @NonNull
+    private final StreamInfo streamInfo;
+    @NonNull
+    private final TimestampExtractor.TimestampMatchDTO timestampMatchDTO;
+
+    TimestampLongPressClickableSpan(
+            @NonNull final Context context,
+            @NonNull final String descriptionText,
+            @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables,
+            @NonNull final StreamInfo streamInfo,
+            @NonNull final TimestampExtractor.TimestampMatchDTO timestampMatchDTO) {
+        this.context = context;
+        this.descriptionText = descriptionText;
+        this.disposables = disposables;
+        this.streamInfo = streamInfo;
+        this.timestampMatchDTO = timestampMatchDTO;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        playOnPopup(context, streamInfo.getUrl(), streamInfo.getService(),
+                timestampMatchDTO.seconds(), disposables);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onLongClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        ShareUtils.copyToClipboard(context,
+                getTimestampTextToCopy(streamInfo, descriptionText, timestampMatchDTO));
+    }
+
+    @NonNull
+    private static String getTimestampTextToCopy(
+            @NonNull final StreamInfo relatedInfo,
+            @NonNull final String descriptionText,
+            @NonNull final TimestampExtractor.TimestampMatchDTO timestampMatchDTO) {
+        // TODO: use extractor methods to get timestamps when this feature will be implemented in it
+        final StreamingService streamingService = relatedInfo.getService();
+        if (streamingService == ServiceList.YouTube) {
+            return relatedInfo.getUrl() + "&t=" + timestampMatchDTO.seconds();
+        } else if (streamingService == ServiceList.SoundCloud
+                || streamingService == ServiceList.MediaCCC) {
+            return relatedInfo.getUrl() + "#t=" + timestampMatchDTO.seconds();
+        } else if (streamingService == ServiceList.PeerTube) {
+            return relatedInfo.getUrl() + "?start=" + timestampMatchDTO.seconds();
+        }
+
+        // Return timestamp text for other services
+        return descriptionText.subSequence(timestampMatchDTO.timestampStart(),
+                timestampMatchDTO.timestampEnd()).toString();
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/TouchUtils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import android.text.Layout;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+public final class TouchUtils {
+
+    private TouchUtils() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the character offset on the closest line to the position pressed by the user of a
+     * {@link TextView} from a {@link MotionEvent} which was fired on this {@link TextView}.
+     *
+     * @param textView the {@link TextView} on which the {@link MotionEvent} was fired
+     * @param event    the {@link MotionEvent} which was fired
+     * @return the character offset on the closest line to the position pressed by the user
+     */
+    public static int getOffsetForHorizontalLine(@NonNull final TextView textView,
+                                                 @NonNull final MotionEvent event) {
+
+        int x = (int) event.getX();
+        int y = (int) event.getY();
+
+        x -= textView.getTotalPaddingLeft();
+        y -= textView.getTotalPaddingTop();
+
+        x += textView.getScrollX();
+        y += textView.getScrollY();
+
+        final Layout layout = textView.getLayout();
+        final int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
+        return layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/text/UrlLongPressClickableSpan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util.text;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.view.View;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
+
+import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
+
+final class UrlLongPressClickableSpan extends LongPressClickableSpan {
+
+    @NonNull
+    private final Context context;
+    @NonNull
+    private final CompositeDisposable disposables;
+    @NonNull
+    private final String url;
+
+    UrlLongPressClickableSpan(@NonNull final Context context,
+                              @NonNull final CompositeDisposable disposables,
+                              @NonNull final String url) {
+        this.context = context;
+        this.disposables = disposables;
+        this.url = url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        if (!InternalUrlsHandler.handleUrlDescriptionTimestamp(
+                disposables, context, url)) {
+            ShareUtils.openUrlInBrowser(context, url, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onLongClick(@NonNull final View view) {
+        ShareUtils.copyToClipboard(context, url);
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/NewPipeEditText.java

@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
 /**
  * An {@link AppCompatEditText} which uses {@link ShareUtils#shareText(Context, String, String)}
  * when sharing selected text by using the {@code Share} command of the floating actions.
+ *
  * <p>
- * This allows NewPipe to show Android share sheet instead of EMUI share sheet when sharing text
+ * This class allows NewPipe to show Android share sheet instead of EMUI share sheet when sharing
- * from {@link AppCompatEditText} on EMUI devices.
+ * text from {@link AppCompatEditText} on EMUI devices.
  * </p>
  */
 public class NewPipeEditText extends AppCompatEditText {

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/NewPipeTextView.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.views;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.text.method.MovementMethod;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -13,9 +14,11 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils;
 /**
  * An {@link AppCompatTextView} which uses {@link ShareUtils#shareText(Context, String, String)}
  * when sharing selected text by using the {@code Share} command of the floating actions.
+ *
  * <p>
- * This allows NewPipe to show Android share sheet instead of EMUI share sheet when sharing text
+ * This class allows NewPipe to show Android share sheet instead of EMUI share sheet when sharing
- * from {@link AppCompatTextView} on EMUI devices.
+ * text from {@link AppCompatTextView} on EMUI devices and also to keep movement method set when a
+ * text change occurs, if the text cannot be selected and text links are clickable.
  * </p>
  */
 public class NewPipeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
@@ -34,6 +37,16 @@ public class NewPipeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
         super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setText(final CharSequence text, final BufferType type) {
+        // We need to set again the movement method after a text change because Android resets the
+        // movement method to the default one in the case where the text cannot be selected and
+        // text links are clickable (which is the default case in NewPipe).
+        final MovementMethod movementMethod = this.getMovementMethod();
+        super.setText(text, type);
+        setMovementMethod(movementMethod);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(final int id) {
         if (id == android.R.id.shareText) {

app/src/main/res/layout/item_metadata.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:paddingVertical="6dp">
 
-    <TextView
+    <org.schabi.newpipe.views.NewPipeTextView
         android:id="@+id/metadata_type_view"
         android:layout_width="96dp"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
         tools:text="Licence" />
 
-    <TextView
+    <org.schabi.newpipe.views.NewPipeTextView
         android:id="@+id/metadata_content_view"
         android:layout_width="0dp"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"

app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml

@@ -741,4 +741,5 @@
     <string name="import_subscriptions_hint">Importer ou exporter des abonnements à partir du menu</string>
     <string name="app_update_unavailable_toast">Vous utilisez la dernière version de NewPipe</string>
     <string name="app_update_available_notification_text">Appuyez pour télécharger %s</string>
+    <string name="msg_failed_to_copy">Échec de la copie dans le presse-papiers</string>
 </resources>

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@
     <string name="msg_calculating_hash">Calculating hash</string>
     <string name="msg_wait">Please wait…</string>
     <string name="msg_copied">Copied to clipboard</string>
+    <string name="msg_failed_to_copy">Failed to copy to clipboard</string>
     <string name="no_available_dir">Please define a download folder later in settings</string>
     <string name="no_dir_yet">No download folder set yet, choose the default download folder now</string>
     <string name="msg_popup_permission">This permission is needed to\nopen in popup mode</string>

app/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/external_communication/TimestampExtractorTest.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.text.TimestampExtractor;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;