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

Modified @timbroder code to handle multiple line correctly for swift4.2

extension UITapGestureRecognizer {

    func didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: UILabel, inRange targetRange: NSRange) -> Bool {
        // Create instances of NSLayoutManager, NSTextContainer and NSTextStorage
        let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager()
        let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: CGSize.zero)
        let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: label.attributedText!)

        // 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: 0 );
        // Adjust for multiple lines of text
        let lineModifier = Int(ceil(locationOfTouchInLabel.y / label.font.lineHeight)) - 1
        let rightMostFirstLinePoint = CGPoint(x: labelSize.width, y: 0)
        let charsPerLine = layoutManager.characterIndex(for: rightMostFirstLinePoint, in: textContainer, fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil)

        let indexOfCharacter = layoutManager.characterIndex(for: locationOfTouchInTextContainer, in: textContainer, fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil)
        let adjustedRange = indexOfCharacter + (lineModifier * charsPerLine)
        var newTargetRange = targetRange
        if lineModifier > 0 {
            newTargetRange.location = targetRange.location+(lineModifier*Int(ceil(locationOfTouchInLabel.y)))
        }
        return NSLocationInRange(adjustedRange, newTargetRange)
    }
}

UILabel Code

let tapAction = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.tapLabel(gesture:)))

let quote = "For full details please see our privacy policy and cookie policy."
let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: quote)

let string1: String = "privacy policy", string2: String = "cookie policy"

// privacy policy
let rangeString1 = quote.range(of: string1)!
let indexString1: Int = quote.distance(from: quote.startIndex, to: rangeString1.lowerBound)
attributedString.addAttributes(
            [.font: ,
             .foregroundColor: ,
             .underlineStyle: 0, .underlineColor:UIColor.clear
        ], range: NSRange(location: indexString1, length: string1.count));

// cookie policy
let rangeString2 = quote.range(of: string2)!
let indexString2: Int = quote.distance(from: quote.startIndex, to: rangeString2.lowerBound )

attributedString.addAttributes(
            [.font: ,
             .foregroundColor: ,
             .underlineStyle: 0, .underlineColor:UIColor.clear
        ], range: NSRange(location: indexString2, length: string2.count));

let label = UILabel()
label.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 200, width: 375, height: 100)
label.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
label.addGestureRecognizer(tapAction)
label.attributedText = attributedString

Code to recognise the Tap

 @objc
  func tapLabel(gesture: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
     if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: , inRange: termsLabelRange {
            print("Terms of service")
     } else if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: inRange: privacyPolicyLabelRange) {
            print("Privacy policy")
     } else {
            print("Tapped none")
     }
    }