String and attributions problems - ios

Question

Ive been messing around with this without proper results. My code is as follows
NSMutableAttributedString *nameString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:((User *)appDelegate.users[self.currentUserIndex]).name];
[nameString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:12.0] range:NSMakeRange(0, nameString.length)];
NSString *adviceString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"%#, remember be extra aware of the \n cat today. The dog index is 4, dogcatcher \n suggests you should at minimum wear \n a dog and apply cat...", [nameString string]];
So, it doesn't bold the username as desired. I tried using NSAttributedString for adviceString but then I can't use the initWithFormat: method and list the variables after the string, and I don't see any NSAttributedString equivalent. I wanted to you NSAttributedString instead of NSMutableAttributedString, but it doesn't seem to recognise the addAttribute:value:fontWithName:range method. Can anybody help me out? Any help much appreciated.

Answer 1

That's for sure, you need to use NSAttributedString also for adviceString to get attributed.
The code goes like this, if you need to use stringWithFormat:
NSString *fullName = #"Anoop Kumar Vaidya";
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedName = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Hello %#", fullName]
attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[UIFont systemFontSize]]}];
In the attributes you can add few more desired/required attributes.
EDIT 2:
You may like to use some methods as :
-(NSMutableAttributedString *)normalString:(NSString *)string{
return [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string
attributes:#{}];
}
-(NSMutableAttributedString *)boldString:(NSString *)string{
return [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string
attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[UIFont systemFontSize]]
}];
}
And then use them as per your requirement:
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedName = [self boldString:fullName];
[attributedName appendAttributedString:[self normalString:#" is creating one"]];
[attributedName appendAttributedString:[self boldString:#" bold"]];
[attributedName appendAttributedString:[self normalString:#" string."]];