Linkify selected text when pasting a URL

[gnprice]

In Zulip web, if you have some text selected in the compose box and you paste a URL, the selected text becomes the text of a link (with that URL) instead of getting replaced.

That's a useful feature, and we should do the same in mobile.

[gnprice]

We had a user request for this the other day:
https://chat.zulip.org/#narrow/channel/48-mobile/topic/iOS.20feedback.20for.20Julia.20community.20member/near/1961857
https://chat.zulip.org/#narrow/channel/48-mobile/topic/iOS.20feedback.20for.20Julia.20community.20member/near/1963804

[nitin-787]

Could you please assign this issue to me? I would love to work on implementing this feature!

[gnprice]

Hello @nitin-787, welcome. See our guide to picking an issue to work on:
https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/contributing.html#picking-an-issue-to-work-on