Swift : tap on a part of text of UILabel

Question

I have a problem that \"boundingRectForGlyphRange\" always returns CGRect.zero \"0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0\". \"boundingRectForGlyphRange\" is not working. For example, I am coding

Answer 1

To enable multiline tappable & don't want to subclass the UILabel then:

• Write Extension function for UITapGestureRecognizer

extension UITapGestureRecognizer {

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

       let mutableStr = NSMutableAttributedString.init(attributedString: attributedText)
       mutableStr.addAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.font : label.font!], range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedText.length))

       // Create instances of NSLayoutManager, NSTextContainer and NSTextStorage
       let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager()
       let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: CGSize.zero)
       let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: mutableStr)

       // 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)
   }

}

• Configure your UILable

label.text = "For any type of query please call us on +9186XXX-XXXXX or mail us at example@yourdomain.com"
label.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
label.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer.init(target: self, action: #selector(tappedOnLabel(_:)))
tapGesture.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1
label.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

• Add the gesture recogniser selector function:

@objc func tappedOnLabel(_ gesture: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    guard let text = label.text else { return }
    let numberRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "+9186XXX-XXXXX")
    let emailRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "example@yourdomain.com")    
    if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: self.label, inRange: numberRange) {
        print("number tapped")
    } else if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: self.label, inRange: emailRange) {
        print("Email tapped")
    }
}