SwiftUI tappable subtext
Update for iOS 15 and higher:
There is a new Markdown
formatting support for Text
, such as:
Text("Some text [clickable subtext](some url) *italic ending* ")
you may check WWDC session with a timecode for details
The old answer for iOS 13 and 14:
Unfortunately there is nothing that resembles NSAttributedString in SwiftUI. And you have only a few options. In this answer you can see how to use UIViewRepresentable
for creating an old-school UILabel
with click event, for example. But now the only SwiftUI way is to use HStack
:
struct TappablePieceOfText: View {
var body: some View {
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Text("Go to ")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("stack overflow")
.foregroundColor(.blue)
.underline()
.onTapGesture {
let url = URL.init(string: "https://stackoverflow.com/")
guard let stackOverflowURL = url, UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(stackOverflowURL) else { return }
UIApplication.shared.open(stackOverflowURL)
}
Text(" and enjoy")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
}
}
}
UPDATE
Added solution with UITextView
and UIViewRepresentable
. I combined everything from added links and the result is quite good, I think:
import SwiftUI
import UIKit
struct TappablePieceOfText: View {
var body: some View {
TextLabelWithHyperlink()
.frame(width: 300, height: 110)
}
}
struct TextLabelWithHyperlink: UIViewRepresentable {
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
let standartTextAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key : Any] = [
NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20),
NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.gray
]
let attributedText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "You can go to ")
attributedText.addAttributes(standartTextAttributes, range: attributedText.range) // check extention
let hyperlinkTextAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key : Any] = [
NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20),
NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.blue,
NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue,
NSAttributedString.Key.link: "https://stackoverflow.com"
]
let textWithHyperlink = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "stack overflow site")
textWithHyperlink.addAttributes(hyperlinkTextAttributes, range: textWithHyperlink.range)
attributedText.append(textWithHyperlink)
let endOfAttrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: " end enjoy it using old-school UITextView and UIViewRepresentable")
endOfAttrString.addAttributes(standartTextAttributes, range: endOfAttrString.range)
attributedText.append(endOfAttrString)
let textView = UITextView()
textView.attributedText = attributedText
textView.isEditable = false
textView.textAlignment = .center
textView.isSelectable = true
return textView
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextView, context: Context) {}
}
result of HStack
and Text
:
result of UIViewRepresentable
and UITextView
:
UPDATE 2:
here is a NSMutableAttributedString
little extension:
extension NSMutableAttributedString {
var range: NSRange {
NSRange(location: 0, length: self.length)
}
}
I didn't have the patience to make the UITextView
and UIViewRepresentable
work, so instead I made the whole paragraph tappable but still kept the underscored URL look/feel. Especially helpful if you are trying to add Terms of Service URL link to your app.
The code is fairly simple:
Button(action: {
let tosURL = URL.init(string: "https://www.google.com")! // add your link here
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(tosURL) {
UIApplication.shared.open(tosURL)
}
}, label: {
(Text("Store.ly helps you find storage units nearby. By continuing, you agree to our ")
+ Text("Terms of Service.")
.underline()
)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
.font(Font.system(size: 14, weight: .medium))
.foregroundColor(Color.black)
.fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
})
.padding([.horizontal], 20)