iOS 13.1 UITextView delegate method shouldInteract called when scrolling on attachment

Question

I\'m using the UITextView delegate method to do some custom work like opening a in-app browser when user tapping on URL or attachment:

Answer 1

I just encountered the same frustrating issue in iOS 13. Here is a fix that worked for me in Swift inspired by Mihai's answer above.

func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldInteractWith URL: URL, in characterRange: NSRange, interaction: UITextItemInteraction) -> Bool {

    switch interaction {
    case .invokeDefaultAction:
        if textView.gestureRecognizers?.contains(where: {$0.isKind(of: UITapGestureRecognizer.self) && $0.state == .ended}) == true {

            // Handle your custom logic here.

            return false
        }
        return true
    case .presentActions:

        // Default action.

        return true
    case .preview:

        // Default action.

        return true
    @unknown default:
        fatalError()
    }
}