iPhone SDK - opening links in a UITextView in a web view

Question

I have specified dataDetectorTypes on a UITextView so that URLs open in Safari when touched.

Is it possible to intercept this behaviour so I load the URL in a UIWebV

Answer 1

Swift version:

Your standard UITextView setup should look something like this, don't forget the delegate and dataDetectorTypes.

var textView = UITextView(x: 10, y: 10, width: CardWidth - 20, height: placeholderHeight) //This is my custom initializer
textView.text = "dsfadsaf www.google.com"
textView.selectable = true
textView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.Link
textView.delegate = self
addSubview(textView)

After your class ends add this piece: Note that you need https://github.com/TransitApp/SVWebViewController this library, which is the best one out there as far as I know.

class myVC: UIViewController {
    //viewdidload and other stuff here
}

extension MainCard: UITextViewDelegate {
    func textView(textView: UITextView, shouldInteractWithURL URL: NSURL, inRange characterRange: NSRange) -> Bool {
        //Do your stuff over here
        var webViewController = SVModalWebViewController(URL: URL)
        view.presentViewController(webViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
        return false
    }
}