iOS TTTAttributedLabel Delegate didSelectLinkWithURL not getting called

Question

I\'m having problems setting up the TTTAttributedLabel within my project.

I have set the protocol delegate in my header file

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Answer 1

One possible cause for the same problem (similar to Joeran's answer) is if you have a custom UITapGestureRecognizer on the view that keeps the TTTAttributedLabel's tap gesture from being called. In my case I needed to block the tap gesture's action from being called if the tap was on a link, so cancelsTouchesInView was not enough.

My solution: blocking the tap gesture from being recognized at all.

In viewDidLoad:

tapGesture.delegate = self

And below the actual implementation of my class:

extension MyView: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
    override func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
        if gestureRecognizer == self.tapGesture {
            let view = gestureRecognizer.view
            let location = gestureRecognizer.location(in: view)
            let subview = view?.hitTest(location, with: nil)
            // test if the tap was in a TTTAttributedLabel AND on a link
            if let ttt = subview as? TTTAttributedLabel, ttt.link(at: gestureRecognizer.location(in: ttt)) != nil {
                return false
            }
        }
        //else
        return true
    }
}