UITextView inside UITableViewCell - touch go through if not clicking on a link - ios

Question

I'm trying to have the advantage of the UITextView with Data Detector Types inside a TableViewCell that is itself clickable.
The only thing is, I need the UITextView's links to be clickable, so userInteractionEnabled = YES, unfortunately this will prevent any touch going through to the UITableViewCell.
Of course the UITextView can't be edited, I also subclassed it refusing it to be first responder to avoid selecting text in it.
The only thing I need, is detecting that if a user touch the UITextView, check if it was a link, if it is then opening the link, otherwise redirect the touch on the UITableViewCell.
any idea how can this be done ?
much like the twitter App (we can either click on the row, or on the link...)

Answer 1

I know that this question has been asked a while ago, but the behaviour is still very much needed for some app to have a clickable Cell with UIDataDetectors.
So here's the UITextView subclass I made up to fit this particular behaviour in a UITableView
-(id) initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
self.delegate = self;
}
return self;
}
- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder {
return NO;
}
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UIView *obj = self;
do {
obj = obj.superview;
} while (![obj isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]]);
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell*)obj;
do {
obj = obj.superview;
} while (![obj isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]]);
UITableView *tableView = (UITableView*)obj;
NSIndexPath *indePath = [tableView indexPathForCell:cell];
[[tableView delegate] tableView:tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:indePath];
}
- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldInteractWithURL:(NSURL *)URL inRange:(NSRange)characterRange {
return YES;
}
You can modify this to fit your needs...
Hope it helps someone.