Message links

[borutlatecheckout]

What are you trying to achieve?

I would like to handle links (urls) in messages similar to how UITextView works in UIKit. I have a custom implementation of the message view.

If possible, how can you achieve this currently?

I can use UITextView wrapper for swiftui currently, but it doesn't work properly with the current setup of the chat.
I've also noticed there is a LinkDetectionTextView available inside SDK, but is not publicly available for use.

What would be the better way?

To have a native support within the SDK or to open up access to LinkDetectionTextView.

GetStream Environment

GetStream Chat version: latest
GetStream Chat frameworks: StreamChat, StreamChatSwiftUI
iOS version: 17.x
Swift version: 5.10
Xcode version: 15x
Device: iPhone

Additional context

[martinmitrevski]

Hi @borutlatecheckout,

We have exposed LinkDetectionTextView as public on our main branch, it's going to be available in our next release.

Best, Martin

[borutlatecheckout]

Great 🙌 Thanks @martinmitrevski!