Tap on a part of text of UILabel

#swift 4.2
Please find the solution here for getting specific text action of Label.

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  1. Label declaration

    @IBOutlet weak var lblTerms: UILabel!
    
  2. Set attributed text to the label

    let text = "Please agree for Terms & Conditions."
    lblTerms.text = text
    self.lblTerms.textColor =  UIColor.white
    let underlineAttriString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
    let range1 = (text as NSString).range(of: "Terms & Conditions.")
         underlineAttriString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle, value: NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue, range: range1)
         underlineAttriString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.font, value: UIFont.init(name: Theme.Font.Regular, size: Theme.Font.size.lblSize)!, range: range1)
         underlineAttriString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor, value: Theme.color.primaryGreen, range: range1)
    lblTerms.attributedText = underlineAttriString
    lblTerms.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
    lblTerms.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target:self, action: #selector(tapLabel(gesture:))))
    

It looks like the above image.

  1. Add the tapLabel action method to the controller

    @IBAction func tapLabel(gesture: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    let termsRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "Terms & Conditions")
    // comment for now
    //let privacyRange = (text as NSString).range(of: "Privacy Policy")
    
    if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblTerms, inRange: termsRange) {
        print("Tapped terms")
    } else if gesture.didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: lblTerms, inRange: privacyRange) {
        print("Tapped privacy") 
    } else {                
        print("Tapped none")
    }
    }
    
  2. Add UITapGestureRecognizer extension

    extension UITapGestureRecognizer {
    
        func didTapAttributedTextInLabel(label: UILabel, inRange targetRange: NSRange) -> Bool {
            // Create instances of NSLayoutManager, NSTextContainer and NSTextStorage
            let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager()
            let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: CGSize.zero)
            let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: label.attributedText!)
    
            // Configure layoutManager and textStorage
            layoutManager.addTextContainer(textContainer)
            textStorage.addLayoutManager(layoutManager)
    
            // Configure textContainer
            textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0.0
            textContainer.lineBreakMode = label.lineBreakMode
            textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = label.numberOfLines
            let labelSize = label.bounds.size
            textContainer.size = labelSize
    
            // Find the tapped character location and compare it to the specified range
            let locationOfTouchInLabel = self.location(in: label)
            let textBoundingBox = layoutManager.usedRect(for: textContainer)
            //let textContainerOffset = CGPointMake((labelSize.width - textBoundingBox.size.width) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.x,
            //(labelSize.height - textBoundingBox.size.height) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.y);
            let textContainerOffset = CGPoint(x: (labelSize.width - textBoundingBox.size.width) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.x, y: (labelSize.height - textBoundingBox.size.height) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.y)
    
            //let locationOfTouchInTextContainer = CGPointMake(locationOfTouchInLabel.x - textContainerOffset.x,
            // locationOfTouchInLabel.y - textContainerOffset.y);
            let locationOfTouchInTextContainer = CGPoint(x: locationOfTouchInLabel.x - textContainerOffset.x, y: locationOfTouchInLabel.y - textContainerOffset.y)
            let indexOfCharacter = layoutManager.characterIndex(for: locationOfTouchInTextContainer, in: textContainer, fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints: nil)
            return NSLocationInRange(indexOfCharacter, targetRange)
        }
    }
    

Make sure to do:

lblTerms.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

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