How do I add a link to a UILabel in swift?

Question

I have a label that says "click here". When the user taps "here" I want it to take my user to https://www.google.com. How do I do this? Thanks in advance!

I forgot to add this, but I am doing this programmatically, not using storyboard. — Trev347, Nov 26 '21 at 04:24
if that's not possible then how do apps like instagram say at the bottom of the screen "By creating an account you agree to our terms of service and privacy policy" with a link to both the terms of service and privacy policy? — Trev347, Nov 26 '21 at 04:41
As Satheesh suggests, they must be either using `UITapGesture` for the whole text segment or `UITextView` for a partial text segment. If necessary, ask the Instagram company or whoever it is. — El Tomato, Nov 26 '21 at 04:56
Does this answer your question? [Create tap-able "links" in the NSAttributedString of a UILabel?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1256887/create-tap-able-links-in-the-nsattributedstring-of-a-uilabel) — aheze, Nov 26 '21 at 05:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 28 '23 at 10:45

Two ways to do it.

Tap gesture - UITapGestureRecognizer

// considering you have a UILabel is added to your screen and you have formatted the label to look like a link.
let labelTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.linkLabelTapped(_:)))
self.linkLabel.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
self.linkLabel.addGestureRecognizer(labelTap)


@objc func linkLabelTapped(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    print("linkLabelTapped")
}

Don't use UILabel but UITextView with link recognition which gives you the formatting by default.

linkTextView.userInteractionEnabled = true
linkTextView.selectable = true
linkTextView.dataDetectorTypes = .Link
linkTextView.text = "https://www.google.com."
linkTextView.isEditable = false

How do I add a link to a UILabel in swift?

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