copying label text to clipboard when clicked

Question

first I have to make UILabel clickable and when it clicked it should copy its text to clipboard. I am using Xcode 10 with swift 5.1.

so firstly I am expecting label to be clickable and after that, this click action copy its text to clipboard. this is a basic level program.

If it's not suitable to use a `UIButton` instead, you will also need to consider a [Gesture Recogniser](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uigesturerecognizer) — Wez, Jun 19 '19 at 09:57

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '19 at 10:04

To make the label "clickable" :

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(labelDidGetTapped:))

yourLabel.userInteractionEnabled = true
yourLabel.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

Then, to retrieve the text from the label and copy it to the clipboard :

@objc
func labelDidGetTapped(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    guard let label = sender.view as? UILabel else {
        return
    }
    UIPasteboard.general.string = label.text
}

Note that there won't be any effect when tapping the text, it would be best to present some kind of feedback to the user, by animating the label's alpha for example

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '19 at 06:20

Part one of the answer can be followed as -

    @IBOutlet weak var clickAble: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // this code is for making label clickable.
    clickAble.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
    let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer.init(target: self, action: #selector(tapFunction))
    tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
    clickAble.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

}

Part 2nd of answer is as-

@objc func tapFunction(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer)
{
    // this is for copying label text to clipboard.
    let labeltext = clickAble.text
    UIPasteboard.general.string = labeltext

}

}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '19 at 09:56

1

Try making user interaction enabled. For example:

yourLabel.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

Check this previous thread. This question has already been answered. How to make a UILabel clickable?

answered Jun 19 '19 at 09:56

ojassethi

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 19 '19 at 10:06

1

For copying text to your clipBoard.

 UIPasteboard.general.string = yourLabel.text

answered Jun 19 '19 at 10:06

Awais Khan

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copying label text to clipboard when clicked

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