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Create Multiple Tappable Links in a UILabel
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extension UITapGestureRecognizer { | |
func didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: UILabel, targetText: String) -> Bool { | |
guard let attributedString = label.attributedText, let lblText = label.text else { return false } | |
let targetRange = (lblText as NSString).range(of: targetText) | |
//IMPORTANT label correct font for NSTextStorage needed | |
let mutableAttribString = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: attributedString) | |
mutableAttribString.addAttributes( | |
[NSAttributedString.Key.font: label.font ?? UIFont.smallSystemFontSize], | |
range: NSRange(location: 0, length: attributedString.length) | |
) | |
// Create instances of NSLayoutManager, NSTextContainer and NSTextStorage | |
let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager() | |
let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: CGSize.zero) | |
let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: mutableAttribString) | |
// Configure layoutManager and textStorage | |
layoutManager.addTextContainer(textContainer) | |
textStorage.addLayoutManager(layoutManager) | |
// Configure textContainer | |
textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0.0 | |
textContainer.lineBreakMode = label.lineBreakMode | |
textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = label.numberOfLines | |
let labelSize = label.bounds.size | |
textContainer.size = labelSize | |
// Find the tapped character location and compare it to the specified range | |
let locationOfTouchInLabel = self.location(in: label) | |
let textBoundingBox = layoutManager.usedRect(for: textContainer) | |
let textContainerOffset = CGPoint(x: (labelSize.width - textBoundingBox.size.width) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.x, | |
y: (labelSize.height - textBoundingBox.size.height) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.y); | |
let locationOfTouchInTextContainer = CGPoint(x: locationOfTouchInLabel.x - textContainerOffset.x, y: | |
locationOfTouchInLabel.y - textContainerOffset.y); | |
let indexOfCharacter = layoutManager.characterIndex(for: locationOfTouchInTextContainer, in: textContainer, fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil) | |
return NSLocationInRange(indexOfCharacter, targetRange) | |
} | |
} | |
//For example adding uilabel then setup | |
let lblPrivacyTerm = UILabel() | |
func setupMultipleTapLabel() { | |
lblPrivacyTerm.text = "By signing up you agree to our Terms of service and Privacy policy ending" | |
let text = (lblPrivacyTerm.text)! | |
let underlineAttriString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text) | |
let termsRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "Terms of service") | |
let privacyRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "Privacy policy") | |
underlineAttriString.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: UIColor.blue, range: termsRange) | |
underlineAttriString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle, value: NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue, range: privacyRange) | |
lblPrivacyTerm.attributedText = underlineAttriString | |
let tapAction = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.tapLabel(gesture:))) | |
lblPrivacyTerm.isUserInteractionEnabled = true | |
lblPrivacyTerm.addGestureRecognizer(tapAction) | |
} | |
@IBAction func tapLabel(gesture: UITapGestureRecognizer) { | |
if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblPrivacyTerm, targetText: "Terms of service") { | |
print("Terms of service") | |
} else if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblPrivacyTerm, targetText: "Privacy policy") { | |
print("Privacy policy") | |
} else { | |
print("Tapped none") | |
} | |
} |
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