How to display clickable links in UITextView
Just select the UITextView
in your storyboard and go to "Show Attributes inspector" and select selectable
and links
. As the image below shows. Make sure Editable
is unchecked.
For swift3.0
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let linkAttributes = [
NSLinkAttributeName: NSURL(string: "http://stalwartitsolution.co.in/luminutri_flow/terms-condition")!
] as [String : Any]
let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Please tick box to confirm you agree to our Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer. ")
attributedString.setAttributes(linkAttributes, range: NSMakeRange(44, 18))
attributedString.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: NSNumber(value: 1), range: NSMakeRange(44, 18))
textview.delegate = self
textview.attributedText = attributedString
textview.linkTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.red]
textview.textColor = UIColor.white
}
func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldInteractWith URL: URL, in characterRange: NSRange, interaction: UITextItemInteraction) -> Bool {
return true
}
Swift 3 iOS 10: Here's Clickable extended UITextView that detect websites inside the textview automatically as long as the link start with www. for example: www.exmaple.com if it exist anywhere in the text will be clickable. Here's the class:
import Foundation
import UIKit
public class ClickableTextView:UITextView{
var tap:UITapGestureRecognizer!
override public init(frame: CGRect, textContainer: NSTextContainer?) {
super.init(frame: frame, textContainer: textContainer)
print("init")
setup()
}
required public init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
setup()
}
func setup(){
// Add tap gesture recognizer to Text View
tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.myMethodToHandleTap(sender:)))
// tap.delegate = self
self.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}
func myMethodToHandleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer){
let myTextView = sender.view as! UITextView
let layoutManager = myTextView.layoutManager
// location of tap in myTextView coordinates and taking the inset into account
var location = sender.location(in: myTextView)
location.x -= myTextView.textContainerInset.left;
location.y -= myTextView.textContainerInset.top;
// character index at tap location
let characterIndex = layoutManager.characterIndex(for: location, in: myTextView.textContainer, fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil)
// if index is valid then do something.
if characterIndex < myTextView.textStorage.length {
let orgString = myTextView.attributedText.string
//Find the WWW
var didFind = false
var count:Int = characterIndex
while(count > 2 && didFind == false){
let myRange = NSRange(location: count-1, length: 2)
let substring = (orgString as NSString).substring(with: myRange)
// print(substring,count)
if substring == " w" || (substring == "w." && count == 3){
didFind = true
// print("Did find",count)
var count2 = count
while(count2 < orgString.characters.count){
let myRange = NSRange(location: count2 - 1, length: 2)
let substring = (orgString as NSString).substring(with: myRange)
// print("Did 2",count2,substring)
count2 += 1
//If it was at the end of textView
if count2 == orgString.characters.count {
let length = orgString.characters.count - count
let myRange = NSRange(location: count, length: length)
let substring = (orgString as NSString).substring(with: myRange)
openLink(link: substring)
print("It's a Link",substring)
return
}
//If it's in the middle
if substring.hasSuffix(" "){
let length = count2 - count
let myRange = NSRange(location: count, length: length)
let substring = (orgString as NSString).substring(with: myRange)
openLink(link: substring)
print("It's a Link",substring)
return
}
}
return
}
if substring.hasPrefix(" "){
print("Not a link")
return
}
count -= 1
}
}
}
func openLink(link:String){
if let checkURL = URL(string: "http://\(link.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: ""))") {
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(checkURL) {
UIApplication.shared.open(checkURL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
print("url successfully opened")
}
} else {
print("invalid url")
}
}
public override func didMoveToWindow() {
if self.window == nil{
self.removeGestureRecognizer(tap)
print("ClickableTextView View removed from")
}
}
}