ActiveLabel.swift

UILabel drop-in replacement supporting Hashtags (#), Mentions (@) and URLs (http://) written in Swift

Features

• Up-to-date: Swift 2 (Beta 6)
• Support for Hashtags, Mentions and Links
• Super easy to use and lightweight
• Works as UILabel drop-in replacement
• Well tested and documented

Usage

import ActiveLabel

let label = ActiveLabel()

label.numberOfLines = 0
label.text = "This is a post with #hashtags and a @userhandle."
label.textColor = .blackColor()
label.handleHashtagTap { hashtag in
  print("Success. You just tapped the \(hashtag) hashtag")
}

API

mentionEnabled: Bool = true

hashtagEnabled: Bool = true

URLEnabled: Bool = true

mentionColor: UIColor = .blueColor()

mentionSelectedColor: UIColor?

hashtagColor: UIColor = .blueColor()

hashtagSelectedColor: UIColor?

URLColor: UIColor = .blueColor()

URLSelectedColor: UIColor?

lineSpacing: Float?

handleMentionTap: (String) -> ()

label.handleMentionTap { userHandle in print("\(userHandle) tapped") }

handleHashtagTap: (String) -> ()

label.handleHashtagTap { hashtag in print("\(hashtag) tapped") }

handleURLTap: (NSURL) -> ()

label.handleURLTap { url in UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url) }

Install (iOS 8+)

Carthage

Add the following to your Cartfile and follow these instructions

github "optonaut/ActiveLabel.swift" >= 0.1.0