Create tap-able “links” in the NSAttributedString of a UILabel?

Question

I have been searching this for hours but I\'ve failed. I probably don\'t even know what I should be looking for.

Many applications have text and in this text are web

Answer 1

I follow this version,

Swift 4:

import Foundation

class AELinkedClickableUILabel: UILabel {

    typealias YourCompletion = () -> Void

    var linkedRange: NSRange!
    var completion: YourCompletion?

    @objc func linkClicked(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer){

        if let completionBlock = completion {

            let textView = UITextView(frame: self.frame)
            textView.text = self.text
            textView.attributedText = self.attributedText
            let index = textView.layoutManager.characterIndex(for: sender.location(in: self),
                                                              in: textView.textContainer,
                                                              fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil)

            if linkedRange.lowerBound <= index && linkedRange.upperBound >= index {

                completionBlock()
            }
        }
    }

/**
 *  This method will be used to set an attributed text specifying the linked text with a
 *  handler when the link is clicked
 */
    public func setLinkedTextWithHandler(text:String, link: String, handler: @escaping ()->()) -> Bool {

        let attributextText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
        let foundRange = attributextText.mutableString.range(of: link)

        if foundRange.location != NSNotFound {
            self.linkedRange = foundRange
            self.completion = handler
            attributextText.addAttribute(NSAttributedStringKey.link, value: text, range: foundRange)
            self.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
            self.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(linkClicked(sender:))))
            return true
        }
        return false
    }
}

Call Example:

button.setLinkedTextWithHandler(text: "This website (stackoverflow.com) is awesome", link: "stackoverflow.com") 
{
    // show popup or open to link
}