adding subview to chat bubble (cell) in iOS - ios

Question

I am working on a chat application where i am using alex barinov's chat bubble example. I am able to send/receive messages. I want to add some labels and views on each chat bubble like time, date, delivered image, etc.
I tried to add some labels over the chat bubble's contentView in UIBubbleTableViewCell.m class in method named -(void)setupInternalData, but the label (date label) gets repeated for every bubble , and it overwrites the previous label, and it contains both the labels.
Here is the address from where i downloaded the project -https://github.com/AlexBarinov/UIBubbleTableView
Below is my code for adding labels to chat bubble view -
-(void)setupInternalData{
_fromLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, self.frame.size.height-28, 100, 14)];
_fromLabel.numberOfLines = 1;
_fromLabel.baselineAdjustment = UIBaselineAdjustmentAlignBaselines;
_fromLabel.clipsToBounds = YES;
_fromLabel.layer.cornerRadius=5;
[_fromLabel setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:5]];
[self.customView addSubview:_fromLabel];
//display msg sent time
NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
NSString *currentTime = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:today];
_lblMsgTime.text=currentTime;
_lblMsgTime.frame=CGRectMake(12,0, 85, 14);
_lblMsgTime.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",currentTime];
_lblMsgTime.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
_lblMsgTime.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
[_fromLabel addSubview:_lblMsgTime];
[_lblMsgTime setAdjustsFontSizeToFitWidth:YES];
//date formater
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
formatter.dateFormat = #"d.M.yyyy";
[formatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
NSString *string = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
_lblMsgdate.text=string;
_lblMsgdate.frame=CGRectMake(60 ,0, 85, 14);
_lblMsgdate.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",string];
_lblMsgdate.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
_lblMsgdate.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
[_fromLabel addSubview:_lblMsgdate];
[_lblMsgdate setAdjustsFontSizeToFitWidth:YES];
UIImageView *backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"ic__typ__txt.png"]];
backgroundView.frame=CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x+1, self.frame.size.height-24, 10, 10);
[self.customView addSubview:backgroundView];
[self.customView bringSubviewToFront:_fromLabel];
[self.customView bringSubviewToFront:backgroundView];
[self.contentView addSubview:self.customView];
}
Can anyone please tell me what wrong am i doing here, and what should i be doing. Any help is appreciated. Waiting for your valuable answers.

Answer 1

hey i think you have to create a view and pass it.
create a view in NSBubbleData file's
- (id)initWithText:(NSString *)text date:(NSDate *)date type:(NSBubbleType)type
{
UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[UIFont systemFontSize]];
CGSize size = [(text ? text : #"") sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(220, 9999) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)];
label.numberOfLines = 0;
label.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
label.text = (text ? text : #"");
label.font = font;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
#if !__has_feature(objc_arc)
[label autorelease];
#endif
UIEdgeInsets insets = (type == BubbleTypeMine ? textInsetsMine : textInsetsSomeone);
return [self initWithView:label date:date type:type insets:insets];
}
in this you have to create a view, in this view add uilable,uiimage which you want replace UILabel *label with custom view.