Merge pull request #1091 from marcetcheverry/3.0.0-swift5-NSLinkAttribute

Add support for styling NSLinkAttribute with existing urlAttributes in MessageLabel

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The changelog for `MessageKit`. Also see the [releases](https://github.com/Messa
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add support for styling NSLinkAttribute with existing urlAttributes in MessageLabel. [#1091](https://github.com/MessageKit/MessageKit/pull/1091) by [@marcetcheverry](https://github.com/marcetcheverry)
+
 - Add loading indicator to AudioMessageCell. [#1084](https://github.com/MessageKit/MessageKit/pull/1084) by [@marcetcheverry](https://github.com/marcetcheverry)
 
 - Lazily initialize the MessageInputBar on MessagesViewController. [#1092](https://github.com/MessageKit/MessageKit/pull/1092) by [@marcetcheverry](https://github.com/marcetcheverry)

Sources/Views/MessageLabel.swift

@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ open class MessageLabel: UILabel {
             guard let rangeTuples = rangesForDetectors[detector] else { continue }
 
             for (range, _)  in rangeTuples {
+                // This will enable us to attribute it with our own styles, since `UILabel` does not provide link attribute overrides like `UITextView` does
+                if detector.textCheckingType == .link {
+                    mutableAttributedString.removeAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.link, range: range)
+                }
+
                 let attributes = detectorAttributes(for: detector)
                 mutableAttributedString.addAttributes(attributes, range: range)
             }