How to get UILabel to respond to tap?

You can add a UITapGestureRecognizer instance to your UILabel.

For example:

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(labelTapped)];
tapGestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
[myLabel addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];
myLabel.userInteractionEnabled = YES;

Swift 3.0

Initialize the gesture for tempLabel

tempLabel?.text = "Label"
let tapAction = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.actionTapped(_:)))
tempLabel?.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
tempLabel?.addGestureRecognizer(tapAction)

Action receiver

func actionTapped(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    // code here
}

Swift 4.0

Initialize the gesture for tempLabel

tempLabel?.text = "Label"
let tapAction = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action:@selector(actionTapped(_:)))
tempLabel?.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
tempLabel?.addGestureRecognizer(tapAction)

Action receiver

func actionTapped(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    // code here
}

Swift 2.0:

I am adding a nsmutable string as sampleLabel's text, enabling user interaction, adding a tap gesture and trigger a method.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let newsString: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Tap here to read the latest Football News.")
    newsString.addAttributes([NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: NSUnderlineStyle.StyleDouble.rawValue], range: NSMakeRange(4, 4))
    sampleLabel.attributedText = newsString.copy() as? NSAttributedString

    let tapGesture: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapResponse:")
    tapGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
    sampleLabel.userInteractionEnabled =  true
    sampleLabel.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

}
func tapResponse(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    print("tap")
}

If you're using storyboards you can do this entire process in the storyboard with no additional code. Add a label to the storyboard, then add a tap gesture to the label. In the Utilities pane, make sure "User Interaction Enabled" is checked for the label. From the tap gesture (at the bottom of your view controller in the storyboard), ctrl+click and drag to your ViewController.h file and create an Action. Then implement the action in the ViewController.m file.