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Detecting taps and events on UIWebView

Detecting taps and events on UIWebView – The right way

I recently have had to figure out how to interact w/ the UIWebView in ways I didn’t think possible.

I’ve figured out how to highlight text in various colors, search text, insert local images, intercept link loads, get the user-selected text, get/set the scroll position, etc. Most of it was done at least in part w/ javascript.

UPDATE: I posted details on how I did it here.

However, this wd all be much easier if, like other views, it cd be subclassed and the touches intercepted. Not so much.

Well, here’s one alternative – I haven’t tried it, but I wanted to post it here for future reference and in congratulations of the developer…

Detecting taps and events on UIWebView – The right way « The Spoken Word.

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  1. Monika

    Hello,

    I am interested in how you got to select/highlight text in response to the user touch in UIWebView, any chance you can share some sample code?

    Thanks!

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