CCHLinkTextView

CCHLinkTextView makes it easy to embed customizable links inside a UITextView and add custom handlers for short and long taps. It looks and behaves similar to table cells used in popular Twitter apps such as Twitteriffic or Tweetbot.

Alternatives

When using iOS 7's built-in link detection via NSLinkAttributeName, you will find that textView:shouldInteractWithURL:inRange: is only called when the users holds the tap for at least a short amount of time, which is not acceptable for highly interactive apps. Also, CCHLinkTextView can be easily embedded into UITableViews, provides handlers for short and long taps, and can use a different styling for each link.

Compared to OHAttributedLabel and TTTAttributeLabel, CCHLinkTextView is written for iOS 7 using TextKit functionality. This makes for a more efficient implementation avoiding custom drawing code using CoreText.

In contrast to STTweetLabel, CCHLinkTextView is a subclass of UITextView because UILabel has limited TextKit support and adding this functionality can be quite hacky. CCHLinkTextView supports all of UITextView's features and can also be used from within storyboards.

Installation

Usage

• By default, CCHLinkTextView is noneditable. Setting isEditable to YES will turn off link detection.
• Links can have custom styles
• UIAppearance support
• NSTextChecking/data detectors

License (MIT)