UITextView avoid text selection, but keep tappable links - ios

Question

I have a pop-up window, that shows terms of service & privacy policy for users, how to disable text selection but keep links tappable. screenshot
If I set:
SOLVED: By adding textViewDidChangeSelection method in UIViewDelegate and setting
textView.isSelectable = false
textView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
textView.isSelectable = true
Links become uninteractable.
How do I keep the link tappable and text not selectable?
My whole class:
// HyperLinkTextView.swift
import SwiftUI
struct Hyperlink {
var word: String
var url: NSURL
}
struct HyperLinkTextView: UIViewRepresentable {
private var text: String
private var links: [Hyperlink]
let textView = UITextView()
init(text: String, links: [Hyperlink]) {
self.text = text
self.links = links
}
func makeUIView(context: Self.Context) -> UITextView {
let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
links.forEach { hyperlink in
let linkAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.link: hyperlink.url]
var nsRange = NSMakeRange(0, 0)
if let range = text.range(of: hyperlink.word) {
nsRange = NSRange(range, in: text)
}
attributedString.setAttributes(linkAttributes, range: nsRange)
attributedString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle, value: NSNumber(value: 1), range: nsRange)
}
textView.isEditable = false
textView.delegate = context.coordinator
textView.attributedText = attributedString
textView.linkTextAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor(Theme.colorClickables)]
textView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
textView.isSelectable = true
return textView
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextView, context: Context) {
uiView.font = UIFont(name: "ArialMT", size: 18)
}
func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
Coordinator()
}
public class Coordinator: NSObject, UITextViewDelegate, NSLayoutManagerDelegate {
weak var textView: UITextView?
public func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldInteractWith URL: URL, in characterRange: NSRange, interaction: UITextItemInteraction, replacementText text: String) -> Bool {
return true
}
func textViewDidChangeSelection(_ textView: UITextView) {
if textView.selectedTextRange != nil {
textView.delegate = nil
textView.selectedTextRange = nil
textView.delegate = self
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Add this UITextViewDelegate textViewDidChangeSelection and comment out isEditable and isSelectable:
func textViewDidChangeSelection(_ textView: UITextView) {
if textView.selectedTextRange != nil {
textView.delegate = nil
textView.selectedTextRange = nil
textView.delegate = self
}
}