optonaut/ActiveLabel.swift

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ActiveLabel is a Swift UILabel drop-in replacement that detects and makes interactive Hashtags, Mentions, URLs, Emails, and custom regex patterns. It is lightweight, customizable, and distributed via CocoaPods and Carthage for iOS apps.

Use cases

• make hashtags and mentions tappable in an iOS label
• detect and highlight URLs in UILabel text
• add custom regex-based tappable text patterns in Swift
• build a Twitter-like social feed UI on iOS
• handle tap events on links inside a label

When to choose

• you need a UILabel replacement with interactive hashtags, mentions, links, or emails on iOS
• you want lightweight, well-tested link detection with custom regex support
• you want tap handlers for specific text elements in a label

When to avoid

• you need rich attributed text editing rather than a read-only label
• your project targets platforms other than iOS or uses Objective-C only
• you need a full text view with link previews or long-press menus

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components parser mobile-development frontend social-media uilabel hashtags mentions url-detection drop-in-replacement cocoapods carthage ios swift mobile

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