Detecting Links Dynamically

Dynamic Link Detection is very easy to implement and provides a great user experience if the user is working with addresses, URLs, phone numbers, or dates in a text view. The easiest way to turn on these properties is through Interface Builder (shown in Figure 21.2).

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Figure 21.2 Dynamic Link Detection controls in Xcode 5.

These properties can also be toggled on and off using code.

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[textView setDataDetectorTypes: UIDataDetectorTypePhoneNumber | UIDataDetectorTypeLink | UIDataDetectorTypeAddress | UIDataDetectorTypeCalendarEvent];

iOS 7 added a new delegate method as part of UITextViewDelegate ...

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