ActiveLabel.swift

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

Features

• Swift 5.0 (1.1.0+) and 4.2 (1.0.1)
• Default support for Hashtags, Mentions, Links, Emails, custom Emoji
• Ability to trim urls
• Super easy to use and lightweight
• Works as UILabel drop-in replacement
• Design for works with twitter-text and Mastodon status content

Install (iOS 13+)

Swift Package Manager

Add package path: https://github.com/TwidereProject/ActiveLabel.swift to your Xcode - Project - Swift Packages settings

Demo

You can find the demo App here.

Acknowledgements

• ActiveLabel
• Kanna
• Kingfisher
• TwitterTextEditor

Alternatives

Before writing ActiveLabel we've tried a lot of the following alternatives but weren't quite satisfied with the quality level or ease of usage, so we decided to contribute our own solution.

• TTTAttributedLabel (ObjC) - A drop-in replacement for UILabel that supports attributes, data detectors, links, and more
• STTweetLabel (ObjC) - A UILabel with #hashtag @handle and links tappable
• AMAttributedHighlightLabel (ObjC) - A UILabel subclass with mention/hashtag/link highlighting
• KILabel (ObjC) - A simple to use drop in replacement for UILabel for iOS 7 and above that highlights links such as URLs, twitter style usernames and hashtags and makes them touchable