Question

This code works well to make a url appear in a UITextview

UITextView * descriptionTextView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 50, 300, 300)];
descriptionTextView.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; 
descriptionTextView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypeLink;
descriptionTextView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16];  
descriptionTextView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; 
descriptionTextView.text = @"Click to go to the google website, http://www.google.com ";
descriptionTextView.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;    
descriptionTextView.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;  
descriptionTextView.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;  
descriptionTextView.editable = NO;
descriptionTextView.tag = 1;
[self.view addSubview:descriptionTextView];

The problem is that I the whole url I write appears, http://www.google.com

Is there a way I can use just a single word to contain the link? So the user can only see ‘Goggle’ written in blue and when they click that work it opens safari.

Many Thanks,
-Code

Answer 1

you can do it use a UIWebview

use

- (void)loadHTMLString:(NSString *)string baseURL:(NSURL *)baseURL;

and code the whole message then wrap the link to

[webView.loadHTMLString:@"<a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>" baseURL:nil];