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Madbreaks
Madbreaks

Reputation: 19529

Can't make URL clickable in UITextView

I'm using Interface Builder to layout my app. I have a UITextView that contains some text, part of which is a URL that I'd like to make clickable (e.g. launches a browser). I've read up on how to do this and believe I'm doing it correctly, however while the URL appears blue/clickable, clicking it in the iPhone emulator doesn't work. Nothing happens.

My controller:

@interface FirstViewController : UIViewController <UISearchBarDelegate>
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *review;
@end

In my implementation I @synthesize review; (and am able to manipulate the view's text, so don't think that's the issue).

In IB I have:

IB Settings

..then later when I go to set the text (and attempt to make URLs in the view clickable) I do:

self.review.text = content;
// My understanding is that this makes URLs clickable...
self.review.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypeLink;

...which displays something like:

Simulator Output

...which really looks like it wants to work, however when clicking the URL nothing happens. What am I missing?

--UPDATE--

Tried adding self.review.editable = NO; in response to Dixit Patel's answer, but it didn't fix the issue:

self.review.text = content;
// My understanding is that this makes URLs clickable...
self.review.editable = NO; 
self.review.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypeLink;

Upvotes: 44

Views: 35458

Answers (2)

IgniteCoders
IgniteCoders

Reputation: 4980

Check the "Selectable" and "Links" checkboxes in the textview Attributes Inspector:

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Upvotes: 65

Madbreaks
Madbreaks

Reputation: 19529

The issue was that User Interaction Enabled wasn't checked at the bottom of the View section of IB's Attributes Inspector.

Upvotes: 16

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