When I click on a UILabel, I want to get the character of the clicked position, but UILabel has no API，what should I do？
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The trick is, the UILabel has multiple lines, and the text is really attributedText, so it's a bit tough to find the exact character at the click position of the – summer May 07 '20 at 14:43
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The linked answer is originally for UITextView, but explains how to deal with UILabel as well. The key tool is NSLayoutManager.characterIndexForPoint. – Rob Napier May 07 '20 at 14:44
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See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42240683/how-do-i-detect-and-make-clickable-links-in-a-uilabel-not-using-uitextview/42240972, which includes Swift code and more discussion of the necessary techniques. – Rob Napier May 07 '20 at 14:47