The covalent triazine-based framework (TDPDB) has been prepared by Friedel-Crafts polymerization reaction of N,N 0 -diphenyl-N,N 0 -di(m-tolyl)benzidine (DPDB) with 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (TCT) catalyzed by methanesulfonic acid. The yield of the reaction (94.85%) is very high. TDPDB was provided with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area of 592.18 m 2 g −1 and pore volume of 0.5241 cm 3 g −1 .TDPDB demonstrated an excellent capacity for capturing iodine (3.93 g g −1 ) and an outstanding ability to fluorescent sensing to iodine with Ksv of 5.83 × 10 4 L mol −1 . It also showed high fluorescent sensing sensitivity to picric acid. K E Y W O R D S covalent triazine-based frameworks, fluorescent sensing, Friedel-Crafts reaction, iodine uptake, methanesulfonic acid