How can I accurately detect if a link is clicked inside UILabels in Swift 4?

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See my answer for a full working solution:

I managed to solve this myself by using a UITextView instead of a UILabel

Answer 1

If you don't mind rewriting you code, you should use UITextView instead of UILabel.

You can easily detect the link by setting UITextView's dataDetectorTypesand implement the delegate function to retrieve your clicked urls.

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

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextviewdelegate/1649337-textview