Get currently typed word in UITextView

Question

I\'m trying to make a \"tagging window\" much like the one used in Facebook where you type \"@\" and it make suggestions among your friends on which one to tag. I\'d like th

Answer 1

This works for me.

extension UITextView {

var currentWord : String? {

    let beginning = beginningOfDocument

    if let start = position(from: beginning, offset: selectedRange.location),
        let end = position(from: start, offset: selectedRange.length) {

        let textRange = tokenizer.rangeEnclosingPosition(end, with: .word, inDirection: 1)

        if let textRange = textRange {
            return text(in: textRange)
        }
    }
    return nil
   }
}