NSString to NSAttributable String with multiple links

Question

I have the following NSString:

NSString *example = @" I like cheese and ham and eggs, but ham more than cheese and cheese more than ham!";

I'd like to change this into an NSAttributable string so that I can output this in a UITextView where cheese becomes a hyperlink to www.cheese.com and ham becomes a hyperlink to www.ham.com

Is this at all possible?

Matt

Possible duplicate of [How do I convert an NSString value to NSData?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901357/how-do-i-convert-an-nsstring-value-to-nsdata) — maxshuty, Oct 15 '15 at 14:24
In case you're using `UITextView` because you thought that was the only way to do it, I thought I should mention it's possible to do this with a [UILabel](http://stackoverflow.com/a/29352519/168594). — zekel, Oct 15 '15 at 14:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '15 at 14:27

Use the following code. I have just manually calculated the range for the string. But you can make it automated. Its just a example.

NSMutableAttributedString *str = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"I like cheese and ham and eggs, but ham more than cheese and cheese more than ham!"];
[str addAttribute:NSLinkAttributeName value:[NSURL URLWithString: @"http://www.cheese.com"] range: NSMakeRange(6, [@"cheese" length])];
tempTextView.attributedText = str;

And then use below delegate method to get action :

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldInteractWithURL:(NSURL *)url inRange:(NSRange)characterRange

NSString to NSAttributable String with multiple links

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