UITextView link detection in iOS 7

Question

I have a UITextView which is managed via Interface Builder. As data detection I have \"Links\" checked. In iOS 6 everything is working fine and links are highli

Answer 1

You should check out NSDataDetector.

You can use this to find and deal with different data (links, phone numbers and more). Have a look on this site:

http://nshipster.com/nsdatadetector/

You can also use the dataDetectorTypes property of UITextView to set what you want to detect in code. May just be a storyboard transition problem for you.

textView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypeLink;