linkfy_text

A lightweight flutter package that linkifies a text containing urls, emails and hashtag like twitter does.

Usage

To use this package, add linkfy_text as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Example:

// first import the package
import 'package:linkfy_text/linkify_text.dart';

Container(
    child: LinkifyText(
    "This text contains a url: https://flutter.dev",
    linkStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue, fontSize: 16),
    onTap: (link) {
        /// do stuff with `link`
        },
    );
)

Be default, The above snippet would linkify all urls in the string, you can choose what type of link to linkify by passing the linkTypes parameter

Container(
    child: LinkifyText(
    "This text contains a url: https://flutter.dev and #flutter",
    linkStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue, fontSize: 16),
    linkTypes: [LinkType.url, LinkType.hashtag]
    onTap: (link) {
        /// do stuff with `link` like
        /// if(link.type == Linktype.url) launchUrl(link.value);
        },
    );
)

API Reference

LinkfyText

Parameter	Type	Description
textStyle	TextStyle	style applied to the text
linkStyle	TextStyle	style applied to the linkified text. defaults to textStyle
linkTypes	List<LinkType>	a list of LinkType used to override the links to be linkified in a text either a url, hashtag or email. defaults to [LinkType.url]
onTap	Function(Link)	function called when a link is pressed

Link

Parameter	Type	Description
type	LinkType	the link type either url, email or hashtag
value	String	value this link holds

Contributions

Feel free to contribute to this project.

If you find a bug or want a feature, but don’t know how to fix/implement it, please fill an issue.
If you fixed a bug or implemented a feature, please send a pull request.

TODO

• linkify “@” mention and “$” sign
• LinkifyTextField widget

Download linkfy text app source code on GitHub

A lightweight flutter package to linkify texts containing urls, emails and hashtags
https://github.com/Iamstanlee/linkfy_text
28 forks.
29 stars.
2 open issues.

Recent commits:

• support utf-8 languages for hashTag and userTag (#17), GitHub
• [fix] some urls will be misjudged to phone (#16), GitHub
• Bump version, Stanley Akpama
• Update flutter to v3.19.3 and overrall improvements (#15), GitHub
• updated the regex for url for proper recognition (#13), GitHub