Create tap-able “links” in the NSAttributedString of a UILabel?

Question

I have been searching this for hours but I\'ve failed. I probably don\'t even know what I should be looking for.

Many applications have text and in this text are web

Answer 1

Translating @samwize's Extension to Swift 4:

extension UITapGestureRecognizer {
    func didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: UILabel, inRange targetRange: NSRange) -> Bool {
        guard let attrString = label.attributedText else {
            return false
        }

        let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager()
        let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: .zero)
        let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: attrString)

        layoutManager.addTextContainer(textContainer)
        textStorage.addLayoutManager(layoutManager)

        textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0
        textContainer.lineBreakMode = label.lineBreakMode
        textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = label.numberOfLines
        let labelSize = label.bounds.size
        textContainer.size = labelSize

        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)
    }
}

To set up the recognizer (once you colored the text and stuff):

lblTermsOfUse.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
lblTermsOfUse.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleTapOnLabel(_:))))

...then the gesture recognizer:

@objc func handleTapOnLabel(_ recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    guard let text = lblAgreeToTerms.attributedText?.string else {
        return
    }

    if let range = text.range(of: NSLocalizedString("_onboarding_terms", comment: "terms")),
        recognizer.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblAgreeToTerms, inRange: NSRange(range, in: text)) {
        goToTermsAndConditions()
    } else if let range = text.range(of: NSLocalizedString("_onboarding_privacy", comment: "privacy")),
        recognizer.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblAgreeToTerms, inRange: NSRange(range, in: text)) {
        goToPrivacyPolicy()
    }
}