It would be simpler to save the CGRect you calculate per word in an array and just enumerate the rects for the point tapped.
-- Alex Kac On my mobile device so please excuse the brevity. On May 1, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Sasikumar JP <jps...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alex, > I can draw the text using NSString's drawing method. But I am not clear > how to get the tapped String using touch point or GCRect. I don't any direct > method to get the String by passing CGPoint or CGRect. > > > I was able to successfully implement this feature by creating CATextLayer for > each word and put all the layers as a sublayer of UIView's layer object. When > user tapped on this View, hitTest method would return the Layer which was > tapped. Using the Layer Object i was able to get the tapped string. > > Does this approach cause any performance or memory related issue. since i am > creating CATextLayer object for each word. > > Thanks > Sasikumar > > On 30-Apr-2010, at 8:44 PM, Alex Kac wrote: > >> You are going to have to draw the text yourself using NSString's drawing >> methods and then use the regular touch events and CGRects to do that. Or use >> a UIWebView with links to each word that you recognize. >> >> -- >> Alex Kac >> On my mobile device so please excuse the brevity. >> >> On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:38 AM, Sasikumar JP <jps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I am working on a iPhone Application. I want to implement the following >>> feature in my app, but i don't know how to implement it. >>> >>> I want to display the read-only text content in UITextView, where user >>> can tap any word in the text. It should take the user to next screen to >>> display more detail about the tapped word. >>> >>> I dont know how to get tapped word from the UITextView. >>> >>> I have set the UITextView as a read-only to avoid the popping key-board >>> and I have subclassed the UITextView to override the canPerformAction: >>> withSender to disable the cut & paste feature. >>> >>> I have overridden touchesBegan method to get the touch/tap Event. But i >>> am not sure how to get only the tapped word from the complete text. >>> >>> >>> Any help is highly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sasikumar_______________________________________________ >>> >>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> >>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >>> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/alex%40webis.net >>> >>> This email sent to a...@webis.net > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
