diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/ui/views/NotificationAreaView.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/ui/views/NotificationAreaView.kt
index b298a6d4d5..9eadafb423 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/ui/views/NotificationAreaView.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/ui/views/NotificationAreaView.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import im.vector.app.R
 import im.vector.app.core.epoxy.onClick
 import im.vector.app.core.error.ResourceLimitErrorFormatter
 import im.vector.app.core.utils.DimensionConverter
+import im.vector.app.core.utils.SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod
 import im.vector.app.databinding.ViewNotificationAreaBinding
 import im.vector.app.features.themes.ThemeUtils
 import me.gujun.android.span.span
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class NotificationAreaView @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 onClick = { delegate?.onTombstoneEventClicked() }
             }
         }
-        views.roomNotificationMessage.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
+        views.roomNotificationMessage.movementMethod = SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod
         views.roomNotificationMessage.text = message
     }
 
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/EvenBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/EvenBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt
index a53c8161b1..978d607480 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/EvenBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/EvenBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ class EvenBetterLinkMovementMethod(private val onLinkClickListener: OnLinkClickL
     }
 
     override fun dispatchUrlClick(textView: TextView, clickableSpan: ClickableSpan) {
-        val spanned = textView.text as Spanned
-        val actualText = textView.text.subSequence(spanned.getSpanStart(clickableSpan), spanned.getSpanEnd(clickableSpan)).toString()
-        val url = (clickableSpan as? URLSpan)?.url ?: actualText
+        try {
+            val spanned = textView.text as Spanned
+            val actualText = textView.text.subSequence(spanned.getSpanStart(clickableSpan), spanned.getSpanEnd(clickableSpan)).toString()
+            val url = (clickableSpan as? URLSpan)?.url ?: actualText
 
-        if (onLinkClickListener == null || !onLinkClickListener.onLinkClicked(textView, clickableSpan, url, actualText)) {
+            if (onLinkClickListener == null || !onLinkClickListener.onLinkClicked(textView, clickableSpan, url, actualText)) {
+                // Let Android handle this long click as a short-click.
+                clickableSpan.onClick(textView)
+            }
+        } catch (e: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
             // Let Android handle this long click as a short-click.
             clickableSpan.onClick(textView)
         }
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..752b3e24ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/core/utils/SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package im.vector.app.core.utils
+
+import android.text.style.ClickableSpan
+import android.widget.TextView
+import me.saket.bettermovementmethod.BetterLinkMovementMethod
+import timber.log.Timber
+
+object SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod: BetterLinkMovementMethod() {
+
+    override fun dispatchUrlClick(textView: TextView?, clickableSpan: ClickableSpan?) {
+        try {
+            super.dispatchUrlClick(textView, clickableSpan)
+        } catch (e: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+            Timber.w("BetterLinkMovement dispatchUrlClick StringIndexOutOfBoundsException $e")
+            // Let Android handle this click.
+            textView?.let {
+                clickableSpan?.onClick(it)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun dispatchUrlLongClick(textView: TextView?, clickableSpan: ClickableSpan?) {
+        try {
+            super.dispatchUrlLongClick(textView, clickableSpan)
+        } catch (e: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+            Timber.w("BetterLinkMovement dispatchUrlLongClick StringIndexOutOfBoundsException $e")
+            // Let Android handle this long click as a short-click.
+            textView?.let {
+                clickableSpan?.onClick(it)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/item/RoomCreateItem.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/item/RoomCreateItem.kt
index 394079ed5f..d3c5f61a64 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/item/RoomCreateItem.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/item/RoomCreateItem.kt
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import com.airbnb.epoxy.EpoxyModelClass
 import im.vector.app.R
 import im.vector.app.core.epoxy.VectorEpoxyHolder
 import im.vector.app.core.epoxy.VectorEpoxyModel
+import im.vector.app.core.utils.SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod
 import im.vector.lib.core.utils.epoxy.charsequence.EpoxyCharSequence
-import me.saket.bettermovementmethod.BetterLinkMovementMethod
 
 @EpoxyModelClass
 abstract class RoomCreateItem : VectorEpoxyModel<RoomCreateItem.Holder>(R.layout.item_timeline_event_create) {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class RoomCreateItem : VectorEpoxyModel<RoomCreateItem.Holder>(R.layout
 
     override fun bind(holder: Holder) {
         super.bind(holder)
-        holder.description.movementMethod = BetterLinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
+        holder.description.movementMethod = SafeBetterLinkMovementMethod
         holder.description.text = text.charSequence
     }