How to embed a link in a UITextView for the iphone

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I'm wondering if it is possible to put a hyperlink in a UITextView that will open up safari and take the user to a web page. And if so how can I accomplish this.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here is the answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14338229/ios-clickable-text-inside-uitextview#comment19930723_14338229 — zvjerka24, Jan 15 '13 at 14:29

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '09 at 13:52

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yes, you can by setting the dataDetectorTypes property pf the UITextView to 'UIDataDetectorTypeLink '.

answered Nov 08 '09 at 13:52

Sunil mathew

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but the link color changed to blue, how to make it as white color? – Nadhas Nov 25 '11 at 05:29

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '09 at 21:23

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Unfortunately not at the moment since there are no attributes you can attach to the text.

You have a couple of options

1) Use a UIWebView instead.

2) If the text is in a known position then you could overlay a button on the coordinates. This is how Twitterific on the iPhone does links,

answered Jun 14 '09 at 21:23

NeilInglis

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This was correct at the time (pre iOS 3) but is no longer the correct answer. See above. – NeilInglis Sep 19 '11 at 17:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 15 '09 at 01:44

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You should take a look at the TTStyledText class from Joe Hewitt's Three20 framework.

answered Jun 15 '09 at 01:44

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How to embed a link in a UITextView for the iphone

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