I try to develop autoshrink functionality. I have attributed text, set into a fix-size UILabel. After that I lower the font size and check if the text fits to given container size.
Problem is that UILabel ignores NSLineBreakByWordWrapping if a word is longer than container width. Resulting in I have cut tail word.
Here is the code:
- (void) setCardText:(NSString *)txt {
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:txt];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
[paragraphStyle setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
[paragraphStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragraphStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, [txt length])];
self.cardLabel.attributedText = attributedString;
for (CGFloat fontSize = 40; fontSize >=5; fontSize--) {
[self.cardLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"GothamPro-Light" size:fontSize]];
[paragraphStyle setLineSpacing:fontSize*0.3f];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragraphStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, [txt length])];
self.cardLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
[self.cardLabel sizeToFit];
if (self.cardLabel.frame.size.width <= 220) {
[self.cardLabel setFrame:CGRectMake(40, 40, 220, self.cardLabel.frame.size.height)];
}
if (self.cardLabel.frame.size.height <= 210) {
[self.cardLabel setFrame:CGRectMake(40, 40, self.cardLabel.frame.size.width, 210)];
}
if (self.cardLabel.frame.size.width <= 220 && self.cardLabel.frame.size.height <= 210) {
[self.cardLabel setFrame:CGRectMake(40, 40, 220, 210)];
break;
}
};
And here is the result (I'm sorry for screenshot in Russian): http://take.ms/kg2mG
In the third line the word is cut and its ending is moved to the next line.
I guess it happens because initially this word doesn't fit to container width and was forcibly broken in half. I suppose I need sort of cut-word-detector, which tells me to keep lowering font size. Or another guess is to oblige the UILabel to be expanded by “unfit word”. But I can't find anything that does this job.
Also I can explode given string into words and check if every single of them fits to container width. But I think this method is a wheel inventing. Is there something I missed that can easily solve my issue?
The method sizeToFit calls sizeThatFits: which returns the ‘best’ size to fit the current bounds and then resize label. So at first you constrain the label and it has to fit the given width. You can see description of NSLineBreakByWordWrapping - Wrapping occurs at word boundaries, unless the word itself doesn’t fit on a single line.
For your purposes you should allow label to fit the knowingly more wider width than it requires. But it is difficult because the task is to find the best font size and we cannot predict the width. And the best way is to find font size based on the longest word in the text.
So the algorithm:
Detect the longest word, by separating by spaces.
Iteratively, decrease the font size and calculate the size of the longest word while the word is bigger than required width.
Set calculated font to full text and call sizeThatFits.
Please, find the sample code below ("Verdana" font was used for testing)
- (void) setText {
NSString * text = #"Incidental, indirect, secondary, side rival - Побочный, косвенный, второстепенный, боковой соперник";
CGFloat maxWidth = 300.;
[self setText:text toLabel:self.label maxWidth:maxWidth];
}
- (void) setText:(NSString *)text
toLabel:(UILabel*)label
maxWidth:(CGFloat)maxWidth
{
CGFloat fontSize = [self fontSizeOfWord:[self theLongestWord:text]
initialFontSize:40.
constrainedByWidth:maxWidth];
NSMutableAttributedString * attributedString = [self attributedStringForText:text];
[self setupAttributedStirng:attributedString withFontWithSize:fontSize];
label.attributedText = attributedString;
CGRect labelFrame = label.frame;
labelFrame.size = [label sizeThatFits:[attributedString sizeAdaptedForWidth:maxWidth]];
label.frame = labelFrame;
}
- (NSString*) theLongestWord:(NSString*)text {
NSArray * words = [text componentsSeparatedByString:#" "];
NSUInteger longestLength = 0;
NSUInteger index = NSNotFound;
for(int i = 0; i < words.count; i++) {
NSString * word = words[i];
CGFloat length = word.length;
if(length > longestLength) {
longestLength = length;
index = i;
}
}
return (index != NSNotFound ? words[index] : nil);
}
- (CGFloat)fontSizeOfWord:(NSString *)word
initialFontSize:(CGFloat)initialFontSize
constrainedByWidth:(CGFloat)maxWidth
{
NSMutableAttributedString * wordString = [self attributedStringForText:word];
CGFloat fontSize = initialFontSize;
for (; fontSize >= 5.; --fontSize) {
[self setupAttributedStirng:wordString
withFontWithSize:fontSize];
CGSize wordSize = [wordString sizeAdaptedForWidth:CGFLOAT_MAX];
if(wordSize.width <= maxWidth){
break;
}
}
return fontSize;
}
- (NSMutableAttributedString*) attributedStringForText:(NSString*)text {
return (text&&text.length ? [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text]:nil);
}
- (void)setupAttributedStirng:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attributedString
withFontWithSize:(CGFloat)fontSize
{
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [NSMutableParagraphStyle new];
[paragraphStyle setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
[paragraphStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
UIFont * font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Verdana" size:fontSize];
[paragraphStyle setLineSpacing:fontSize*0.3f];
NSDictionary * attributes = #{NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle,
NSFontAttributeName: font};
[attributedString addAttributes:attributes
range:NSMakeRange(0, [attributedString length])];
}
Category for NSAttributedString:
#implementation NSAttributedString (AdaptedSize)
- (CGSize) sizeAdaptedForWidth:(CGFloat)width
{
CTFramesetterRef framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((__bridge CFAttributedStringRef)self);
CGSize targetSize = CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX);
CGSize fitSize = CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints(framesetter,
CFRangeMake(0, [self length]),
NULL, targetSize, NULL);
CFRelease(framesetter);
return fitSize;
}
#end
Have you tried the UILabel.adjustsFontSizeToWidth property?
I searched & spend so much time to resolve the issue of content size height, but it’s hard luck, nothing worked. Similar questions are available in stack & other forums also but i am not getting what is left, which is not allowing my textview to resolve this issue.
I have to place textView’s cursor & text at centre of it’s width & height. Now i use it-
UITextView *tv = object;
[tv setScrollEnabled:YES];
CGFloat height = [tv bounds].size.height;
CGFloat contentheight;
contentheight = [tv sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(tv.frame.size.width, FLT_MAX)].height;
NSLog(#"iOS7; %f %f", height, contentheight);
// [tv sizeToFit];
CGFloat topCorrect = height - contentheight;
topCorrect = (topCorrect <0.0 ? 0.0 : topCorrect);
tv.contentOffset = (CGPoint){.x = 0, .y = -topCorrect};
[tv setScrollEnabled:NO];
The Second Approach i used is-
#pragma mark- UITextView ContentHeight Messurment
- (CGFloat)measureHeightOfUITextView:(UITextView *)textView
{
if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1)
{
// This is the code for iOS 7. contentSize no longer returns the correct value, so
// we have to calculate it.
//
// This is partly borrowed from HPGrowingTextView, but I've replaced the
// magic fudge factors with the calculated values (having worked out where
// they came from)
CGRect frame = textView.bounds;
// Take account of the padding added around the text.
UIEdgeInsets textContainerInsets = textView.textContainerInset;
UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = textView.contentInset;
CGFloat leftRightPadding = textContainerInsets.left + textContainerInsets.right + textView.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding * 2 + contentInsets.left + contentInsets.right;
CGFloat topBottomPadding = textContainerInsets.top + textContainerInsets.bottom + contentInsets.top + contentInsets.bottom;
frame.size.width -= leftRightPadding;
frame.size.height -= topBottomPadding;
NSString *textToMeasure = textView.text;
if ([textToMeasure hasSuffix:#"\n"])
{
textToMeasure = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#-", textView.text];
}
// NSString class method: boundingRectWithSize:options:attributes:context is
// available only on ios7.0 sdk.
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
[paragraphStyle setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
NSDictionary *attributes = #{ NSFontAttributeName: textView.font, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraphStyle };
CGRect size = [textToMeasure boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(CGRectGetWidth(frame), MAXFLOAT)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:attributes
context:nil];
CGFloat measuredHeight = ceilf(CGRectGetHeight(size) + topBottomPadding);
return measuredHeight;
}
else
{
return textView.contentSize.height;
}
}
The response is coming like it-
After editing it, it's appearing like it-
Now, what else i can try to put textView's text on the centre of UITextView? Please update me.
I have a simple textView who's data gets populated dynamically. I want to resize the height of the textview once the data is populated so that I don't see a vertical scroll nor the text gets clipped.I want to do this task programatically. I have a label which should be placed 20 px below height of textview like "interested".I am trying to making the code.But i got some problems like Alignment issues. If i can run the program the output will display like this.
this is my Program.please help me anybody.
lblHobbies = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 310, 300, 20)];
lblHobbies.text=#"Hobbies";
lblHobbies.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:16.0];
lblHobbies.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:153.0f/255.0f green:153.0f/255.0f blue:153.0f/255.0f alpha:1];
[scrollView addSubview:lblHobbies];
lblInterests = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 420, 300, strSize.height+30)];
lblInterests.text=#"Interests";
lblInterests.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:16.0];
lblInterests.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:153.0f/255.0f green:153.0f/255.0f blue:153.0f/255.0f alpha:1];
[scrollView addSubview:lblInterests];
NSDictionary *attributes = #{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]};
CGRect rect =
[tViewhobbies.text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(300, MAXFLOAT)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:attributes
context:nil];
tViewhobbies=[[UITextView alloc]init];
tViewhobbies.frame=CGRectMake(10, 330,300, rect.size.height);
[tViewhobbies setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
tViewhobbies.backgroundColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:0.662745 green:0.662745 blue:0.662745 alpha:0.5];
tViewhobbies.delegate=self;
[scrollView addSubview:tViewhobbies];
NSDictionary *attributes1 = #{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]};
CGRect rect1 =
[tViewInterests.text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(300, MAXFLOAT)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:attributes1
context:nil];
tViewInterests=[[UITextView alloc]init];
tViewInterests.frame=CGRectMake(10, 450, 300, rect1.size.height);
[tViewInterests setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
tViewInterests.backgroundColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:0.662745 green:0.662745 blue:0.662745 alpha:0.5];
tViewInterests.delegate=self;
[scrollView addSubview:tViewInterests];
go through below code hope helps u
self.scrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(320, 700);
UILabel *lblHobbies = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.scrollView.bounds.origin.x + 2, self.scrollView.bounds.origin.y + 2, 75, 40)];
lblHobbies.text=#"Hobbies";
lblHobbies.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:16.0];
lblHobbies.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:153.0f/255.0f green:153.0f/255.0f blue:153.0f/255.0f alpha:1];
[self.scrollView addSubview:lblHobbies];
//add this after the hobbies textview so u need to calculate the height, so wy dont you put some helper method that returns the height for the text
//i took some long text that u want to display
NSString *str = #"BARCELONA, Spain -- Nokia is targeting emerging markets with three low-cost smartphones that use Google's Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone software from Microsoft, which is about to buy Nokia's phone business";
CGSize hobbiesTextViewSize = [self calculateHeightForString:str];
//now set the hobbiesTextView frame and also the text
UITextView *tViewhobbies = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.scrollView.bounds.origin.x + 2, self.scrollView.bounds.origin.y + 40, hobbiesTextViewSize.width, hobbiesTextViewSize.height+ 5)];
tViewhobbies.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17.0f];
tViewhobbies.text = str;//set the text hear
[self.scrollView addSubview:tViewhobbies];
//now add the lblInterests label
UILabel *lblInterests = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.scrollView.bounds.origin.x + 2, self.scrollView.bounds.origin.y + lblHobbies.frame.size.height + hobbiesTextViewSize.height + 2, 75, 40)];
lblInterests.text=#"Interests";
lblInterests.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:16.0];
lblInterests.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:153.0f/255.0f green:153.0f/255.0f blue:153.0f/255.0f alpha:1];
[self.scrollView addSubview:lblInterests];
NSString *str1 = #"Nokia will ditch many of the Google services that come with Android, which Google lets phone makers customize at will. Instead, the new Nokia X line announced Monday will emphasize Microsoft services such as Bing search, Skype communications and OneDrive file storage. Its home screen sports larger, resizable tiles resembling those on Windows phone.";
//now calculate the height for Interests text
CGSize interestTextViewSize = [self calculateHeightForString:str1];
UITextView *tViewInterests = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.scrollView.bounds.origin.x + 2, self.scrollView.bounds.origin.y + lblHobbies.frame.size.height + lblInterests.frame.size.height + tViewhobbies.frame.size.height + 4, interestTextViewSize.width + 2, interestTextViewSize.height+ 2)];
tViewInterests.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17.0f];
tViewInterests.text = str1;
[self.scrollView addSubview:tViewInterests];
}
//our helper method
- (CGSize)calculateHeightForString:(NSString *)str
{
CGSize size = CGSizeZero;
UIFont *labelFont = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17.0f];
NSDictionary *systemFontAttrDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:labelFont forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *message = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:str attributes:systemFontAttrDict];
CGRect rect = [message boundingRectWithSize:(CGSize){320, MAXFLOAT}
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
context:nil];//you need to specify the some width, height will be calculated
size = CGSizeMake(rect.size.width, rect.size.height + 5); //padding
return size;
}
Here is how I did it:
+(CGFloat)getLabelDymanicHeightOfStringWithText:(NSString *)text andFont:(UIFont *)font andFrame:(CGRect )frame {
CGSize maxSize = CGSizeMake(frame.size.width, 999999.0);
int height = 0;
NSDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
font, NSFontAttributeName,
nil];
if (IS_IOS_6)//iOS 6 macro
{
CGSize size = [text sizeWithFont:font
constrainedToSize:maxSize
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
height = size.height;
}
else
{
CGRect frame = [text boundingRectWithSize:maxSize
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:attributesDictionary
context:nil];
height = frame.size.height;
}
return height+5;
}
Pass this method your text text font and frame.
You can use custom UITextView to fix the problem:
Kindly check it out: https://github.com/HansPinckaers/GrowingTextView
Textview will set height dynamically based on input string from the user.
Hope, This will help you,
:)
enter code hereYou can use label.
myLabel.text = #"Your String";
CGSize labelSize = [myLabel.text sizeWithFont:myLabel.font
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(320,MAX_HEIGHT_YOU_WANT_TO_SET)
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
CGRect frame = myLabel.frame;
frame.size.height = labelSize.height;
myLabel.frame = frame;
you can simply change the height of the textView to the height of the textView.contentSize.height. Doing this you textView will update and show all the text it contains.
textView.frame = CGRectMake(textView.frame.origin.x, textView.frame.origin.y, textView.frame.size.width,textView.contentSize.height);
Hope this helps you.
Happy Coding :)
How can I underline a text that could be multiple lines of string?
I find some people suggest UIWebView, but it is obviously too heavy a class for just text rendering.
My thoughts was to figure out the start point and length of each string in each line.
And draw a line under it accordingly.
I meet problems at how to figure out the length and start point for the string.
I tried to use -[UILabel textRectForBounds:limitedToNumberOfLines:], this should be the drawing bounding rect for the text right?
Then I have to work on the alignment?
How can I get the start point of each line when it is center-justified and right justified?
You may subclass from UILabel and override drawRect method:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(ctx, 207.0f/255.0f, 91.0f/255.0f, 44.0f/255.0f, 1.0f); // RGBA
CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 1.0f);
CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, 0, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, self.bounds.size.width, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextStrokePath(ctx);
[super drawRect:rect];
}
UPD:
As of iOS 6 Apple added NSAttributedString support for UILabel, so now it's much easier and works for multiple lines:
NSDictionary *underlineAttribute = #{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: #(NSUnderlineStyleSingle)};
myLabel.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Test string"
attributes:underlineAttribute];
If you still wish to support iOS 4 and iOS 5, I'd recommend to use TTTAttributedLabel rather than underline label manually. However if you need to underline one-line UILabel and don't want to use third-party components, code above would still do the trick.
In Swift:
let underlineAttriString = NSAttributedString(string: "attriString",
attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue])
label.attributedText = underlineAttriString
This is what i did. It works like butter.
1) Add CoreText.framework to your Frameworks.
2) import <CoreText/CoreText.h> in the class where you need underlined label.
3) Write the following code.
NSMutableAttributedString *attString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"My Messages"];
[attString addAttribute:(NSString*)kCTUnderlineStyleAttributeName
value:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kCTUnderlineStyleSingle]
range:(NSRange){0,[attString length]}];
self.myMsgLBL.attributedText = attString;
self.myMsgLBL.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
Use an attribute string:
NSMutableAttributedString* attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Your String"]
[attrString addAttribute:(NSString*)kCTUnderlineStyleAttributeName
value:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kCTUnderlineStyleSingle]
range:(NSRange){0,[attrString length]}];
And then override the label - (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)aRect and render the text in something like:
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSaveGState(ctx);
CTFramesetterRef framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((CFAttributedStringRef)attrString);
drawingRect = self.bounds;
CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
CGPathAddRect(path, NULL, drawingRect);
textFrame = CTFramesetterCreateFrame(framesetter,CFRangeMake(0,0), path, NULL);
CGPathRelease(path);
CFRelease(framesetter);
CTFrameDraw(textFrame, ctx);
CGContextRestoreGState(ctx);
Or better yet instead of overriding just use the OHAttributedLabel created by Olivier Halligon
I've combined some of provided answers, to create better (at least for my requirements) UILabel subclass, which supports:
multiline text with various label bounds (text can be in the middle of label frame, or accurate size)
underline
strikeout
underline/strikeout line offset
text alignment
different font sizes
https://github.com/GuntisTreulands/UnderLineLabel
People, who do not want to subclass the view (UILabel/UIButton) etc...
'forgetButton' can be replace by any lable too.
-(void) drawUnderlinedLabel {
NSString *string = [forgetButton titleForState:UIControlStateNormal];
CGSize stringSize = [string sizeWithFont:forgetButton.titleLabel.font];
CGRect buttonFrame = forgetButton.frame;
CGRect labelFrame = CGRectMake(buttonFrame.origin.x + buttonFrame.size.width - stringSize.width,
buttonFrame.origin.y + stringSize.height + 1 ,
stringSize.width, 2);
UILabel *lineLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:labelFrame];
lineLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
//[forgetButton addSubview:lineLabel];
[self.view addSubview:lineLabel];
}
NSString *tem =self.detailCustomerCRMCaseLabel.text;
if (tem != nil && ![tem isEqualToString:#""]) {
NSMutableAttributedString *temString=[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:tem];
[temString addAttribute:NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName
value:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1]
range:(NSRange){0,[temString length]}];
self.detailCustomerCRMCaseLabel.attributedText = temString;
}
Another solution could be (since iOS 7) given a negative value to NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName, for example your NSAttributedString could be:
NSAttributedString *attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"my text goes here'
attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Regular" size:12],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blackColor],
NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: #(NSUnderlineStyleSingle), NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName: #(-3)}];
Hope this will help ;-)
NSMutableAttributedString *text = [self.myUILabel.attributedText mutableCopy];
[text addAttribute:NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName value:#(NSUnderlineStyleSingle) range:NSMakeRange(0, text.length)];
self.myUILabel.attributedText = text;
You can create a custom label with name UnderlinedLabel and edit drawRect function.
#import "UnderlinedLabel.h"
#implementation UnderlinedLabel
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSString *normalTex = self.text;
NSDictionary *underlineAttribute = #{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: #(NSUnderlineStyleSingle)};
self.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:normalTex
attributes:underlineAttribute];
[super drawRect:rect];
}
Here is the easiest solution which works for me without writing additional codes.
// To underline text in UILable
NSMutableAttributedString *text = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Type your text here"];
[text addAttribute:NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName value:#(NSUnderlineStyleSingle) range:NSMakeRange(0, text.length)];
lblText.attributedText = text;
Sometimes we developer stuck in small designing part of any UI screen. One of the most irritating requirement is under line text. Don’t worry here is the solution.
Underlining a text in a UILabel using Objective C
UILabel *label=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
label.backgroundColor=[UIColor lightGrayColor];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString;
attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Apply Underlining"];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName value:#1 range:NSMakeRange(0,
[attributedString length])];
[label setAttributedText:attributedString];
Underlining a text in UILabel using Swift
label.backgroundColor = .lightGray
let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: "Apply UnderLining")
attributedString.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: 1, range:
NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedString.length))
label.attributedText = attributedString
An enhanced version of the code of Kovpas (color and line size)
#implementation UILabelUnderlined
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
const CGFloat* colors = CGColorGetComponents(self.textColor.CGColor);
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(ctx, colors[0], colors[1], colors[2], 1.0); // RGBA
CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 1.0f);
CGSize tmpSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(200, 9999)];
CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, 0, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, tmpSize.width, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextStrokePath(ctx);
[super drawRect:rect];
}
#end
I have Created for multiline uilabel with underline :
For Font size 8 to 13 set int lineHeight = self.font.pointSize+3;
For font size 14 to 20 set int lineHeight = self.font.pointSize+4;
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
const CGFloat* colors = CGColorGetComponents(self.textColor.CGColor);
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(ctx, colors[0], colors[1], colors[2], 1.0); // RGBA
CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 1.0f);
CGSize tmpSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(self.frame.size.width, 9999)];
int height = tmpSize.height;
int lineHeight = self.font.pointSize+4;
int maxCount = height/lineHeight;
float totalWidth = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(1000, 9999)].width;
for(int i=1;i<=maxCount;i++)
{
float width=0.0;
if((i*self.frame.size.width-totalWidth)<=0)
width = self.frame.size.width;
else
width = self.frame.size.width - (i* self.frame.size.width - totalWidth);
CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, 0, lineHeight*i-1);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, width, lineHeight*i-1);
}
CGContextStrokePath(ctx);
[super drawRect:rect];
}
Swift 4.1 ver:
let underlineAttriString = NSAttributedString(string:"attriString", attributes:
[NSAttributedStringKey.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.styleSingle.rawValue])
label.attributedText = underlineAttriString
As kovpas has shown you can use the bounding box in most cases, although it is not always guaranteed that the bounding box will fit neatly around the text. A box with a height of 50 and font size of 12 may not give the results you want depending on the UILabel configuration.
Query the UIString within the UILabel to determine its exact metrics and use these to better place your underline regardless of the enclosing bounding box or frame using the drawing code already provided by kovpas.
You should also look at UIFont's "leading" property that gives the distance between baselines based on a particular font. The baseline is where you would want your underline to be drawn.
Look up the UIKit additions to NSString:
(CGSize)sizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font
//Returns the size of the string if it were to be rendered with the specified font on a single line.
(CGSize)sizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)size
// Returns the size of the string if it were rendered and constrained to the specified size.
(CGSize)sizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)size lineBreakMode:(UILineBreakMode)lineBreakMode
//Returns the size of the string if it were rendered with the specified constraints.
I use an open source line view and just added it to the button subviews:
UILabel *label = termsButton.titleLabel;
CGRect frame = label.frame;
frame.origin.y += frame.size.height - 1;
frame.size.height = 1;
SSLineView *line = [[SSLineView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
line.lineColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
[termsButton addSubview:line];
This was inspired by Karim above.
Based on Kovpas & Damien Praca's Answers, here is an implementation of UILabelUnderligned which also support textAlignemnt.
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface UILabelUnderlined : UILabel
#end
and the implementation:
#import "UILabelUnderlined.h"
#implementation DKUILabel
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
const CGFloat* colors = CGColorGetComponents(self.textColor.CGColor);
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(ctx, colors[0], colors[1], colors[2], 1.0); // RGBA
CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 1.0f);
CGSize textSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(200, 9999)];
// handle textAlignement
int alignementXOffset = 0;
switch (self.textAlignment) {
case UITextAlignmentLeft:
break;
case UITextAlignmentCenter:
alignementXOffset = (self.frame.size.width - textSize.width)/2;
break;
case UITextAlignmentRight:
alignementXOffset = self.frame.size.width - textSize.width;
break;
}
CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, alignementXOffset, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, alignementXOffset+textSize.width, self.bounds.size.height - 1);
CGContextStrokePath(ctx);
[super drawRect:rect];
}
#end
Here's another, simpler solution (underline's width is not most accurate but it was good enough for me)
I have a UIView (_view_underline) that has White background, height of 1 pixel and I update its width everytime I update the text
// It's a shame you have to do custom stuff to underline text
- (void) underline {
float width = [[_txt_title text] length] * 10.0f;
CGRect prev_frame = [_view_underline frame];
prev_frame.size.width = width;
[_view_underline setFrame:prev_frame];
}
NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName which takes an NSNumber (where 0 is no underline) can be added to an attribute dictionary.
I don't know if this is any easier. But, it was easier for my purposes.
NSDictionary *attributes;
attributes = #{NSFontAttributeName:font, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: style, NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:1]};
[text drawInRect:CGRectMake(self.contentRect.origin.x, currentY, maximumSize.width, textRect.size.height) withAttributes:attributes];
You can use this my custom label!
You can also use interface builder to set
import UIKit
class YHYAttributedLabel : UILabel{
#IBInspectable
var underlineText : String = ""{
didSet{
self.attributedText = NSAttributedString(string: underlineText,
attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue])
}
}
}