Android select and highlight text in edittext -

i app has edittext or textview can selected upon click , highlight selected text. how can that? tried overriding onclick method on edittext seems not working.

here's i've tried far:

etx.setonlongclicklistener(new onlongclicklistener() {          @override         public boolean onlongclick(view v) {              int startselection = etx.getselectionstart();             int endselection = etx.getselectionend();              //string selectedtext = etx.gettext().tostring().substring(startselection, endselection);              spannable spannable=new spannablestring(etx.gettext().tostring());             spannable.setspan(new foregroundcolorspan(color.blue), startselection, endselection, 0);             etx.settext(spannable);               return true;         }      });     <edittext          android:id="@+id/tvordinancetitle"          android:layout_width="wrap_content"          android:textcolor="@android:color/black"         android:cursorvisible="false"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:background="#00000000" >          </edittext> 

but it's not working. workaround? gladly appreciate help. thanks.

you can better use textview background set , edittext ,

since using on click listener on edittext not practice because shows keyboard when click on it, still if want use edittext same purpose , can refer this: android edittext onclicklistener