I tried to break a label according to the text that contains. The code is below:
mnhmeioLabel.numberOfLines=0;
mnhmeioLabel.lineBreakMode=NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
[mnhmeioLabel sizeToFit];
Although it seems to work only sometimes. I added a snapshot of my problem and what i want.
The problem is in red box that breaks the line with a way that i cannot understand. The result that i want is in the yellow box.
I think there might be a space in the text that is coming from json.
Try this:
NSString * jsonAfterOmittingSpace=[jsonString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""];
and then put this string on label
Seems like your label width is changing at runtime. use a Fixed width/height for your UILabel
first YouShould get label Height base on text
UILabel *mnhmeioLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:giveYourframe];
[mnhmeioLabel setText:heregiveYourText]
mnhmeioLabel.lineBreakMode=NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
// get height base on label text and size
CGFloat height=[self getStringHeightforLabel:mnhmeioLabel];
//set fram after getting height
cell.mnhmeioLabel.frame=CGRectMake(cell.mnhmeioLabel.frame.origin.x,cell.mnhmeioLabel.frame.origin.y,cell.mnhmeioLabel.frame.size.height,height);
[cell.mnhmeioLabel sizeToFit];
// call this to get height
-(CGFloat)getStringHeightforLabel:(UILabel *)label
{
CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(label.frame.size.width,9999);
CGSize stringSize= [label.text sizeWithFont:label.font
constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize
lineBreakMode:label.lineBreakMode];
return stringSize.height;
}
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Here is my UILabel (defined by what is in the yellow):
Here is after I add [shortDescriptionLabel sizeToFit]; to end of my code:
Here is a second example (to show that the font size is actually getting changed after sizeToFit:
Here is after I add [shortDescriptionLabel sizeToFit]; to end of my code (it is clear that the font size reverted back to size 30.0):
I would like to trim the excess height (above and below carrots). How can I do this? Here is my current code:
shortDescriptionLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(itemImageView.frame.origin.x+itemImageView.frame.size.width+10, 20, self.tableView.frame.size.width-itemImageView.frame.origin.x- itemImageView.frame.size.width-20-20, tableViewCellHeight/2)];
shortDescriptionLabel.text = itemObject.shortDescription;
shortDescriptionLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:30];
shortDescriptionLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
shortDescriptionLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
shortDescriptionLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
shortDescriptionLabel.minimumScaleFactor = 0;
[shortDescriptionLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];
CGFloat fontSize = shortDescriptionLabel.font.pointSize;
NSLog(#"fontSize = %f", fontSize);
Keep in mind that the last NSLog will always display 30.0 (the font size set earlier) even if the displayed font size is obviously smaller than 30.0.
Please help. There seems to be a lot about this online but I can't seem to get anything to work.
Yoh can use sizeToFit but if you want to trim the height and keep the width you can add a height constraint equal to the used UIFont's lineHeight.
AutoLayout
1-Properly Add its Leading,Trailing,Top and bottom Constraints and Write this line of code will do
[label setPreferredMaxLayoutWidth:300.0];
Non AutoLayout
-(CGSize)m_GetHeight:(NSString*)text
{
CGSize constraintSize=[text sizeWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:15.] constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(182, 2000) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
return constraintSize;
}
I have a UILabel right now and the UILabel.text value changes regularly.
The problem I am having is that if each time the UILabel.text value changes, the UILabel width changes according to the content of the label.
How can I fix this? This is my code I have right now:
outputLabel.text = errorMessage;
outputLabel.hidden = NO;
[outputLabel sizeToFit];
UPDATE
The reason I am using sizeToFit is because I need the height to automatically change.
Thanks,
Peter
you can create a category or a subclass of UILabel and add this method to resize only the height of the label depending to the input text
- (void)heightToFit {
CGSize maxSize = CGSizeMake(self.frame.size.width, CGFLOAT_MAX);
CGSize textSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:maxSize lineBreakMode:self.lineBreakMode];
CGRect labelRect = self.frame;
labelRect.size.height = textSize.height;
[self setFrame:labelRect];
}
and use it instead sizeToFit
Use [UILabel sizeThatFits:] with a CGSize with infinite height like (320, 10000).
I subclassed UILabel and overrode the sizeThatFits method to look like this:
- (CGSize)sizeThatFits:(CGSize)size
{
CGSize res = [super sizeThatFits:size];
return CGSizeMake(size.width, res.height);
}
Then if I add the label into a nib I place a UILabel from the object library. After that I make sure to set the class of the placed label to my custom class instead of the default of UILabel.
It basically just overrides the new width with the original width so it never changes width, but dynamically changes height.
Use following trick to do the job done:
First is set tag of uiLabel. My cell.yourLable tag is 998
cell.yourLable.numberOfLines = 0;
[cell.yourLable sizeToFit];
UILabel *myLbl=[cell.contentView viewWithTag:998];
CGRect frm=cell.yourLable.frame;
frm.size.width = cell.contentView.frame.size.width;
myLbl.frame=frm;
Here the trick is to get same UiLabel by tag and set its width by setting frame.
I have an issue with adding image in the end of the text of the UILabel. How can I detect the size of the text in the label, then add additional space and insert image into it?
i write a little code for this:
-(void) labelSizeGetter
{
UILabel * mylabel=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
float heigth=25.0;//max height value of label.
NSString *yourString = #"My great text";
mylabel.font =[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:12];
[mylabel setText:yourString];
CGSize s = [mylabel.text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(MAXFLOAT,heigth)
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
// s is a size for text of label. just add 10 pix to width to make it more beautiful.
NSLog(#"%#", NSStringFromCGSize(s));
mylabel.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, s.width+10, s.height);
[self.view addSubview:mylabel];
UIView * myimage=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(mylabel.frame.origin.x+mylabel.frame.size.width , mylabel.frame.origin.y, 30, 30)];//create your images frame according to frame of your label
myimage.backgroundColor =[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"arti.png"]];
[self.view addSubview:myimage];
}
i hope it helps
Best Way is take one UIView.
And Add Both UILabel And UIImageView on This UIView (give Fram as per your Requirement).
And This UIView to your MainView of UIViewController.
If you dont want to use a UIView. Why not check the length of the string in the label. then add some additional space for your image using frame. [UILabel.text length] returns the length.
Create some container UIView if you need or just use superview
Put there UILabel and UIImageView
Calculate a size of the text using [NSString sizeWithFont:] or similar sizeWith... method
Calculate position of your UIImageView according to a size of the text
Here is a code snippet which gives you size adjustable for specific font and specific font size. Accordingly you can set frame for your label and then image view as well.
- (CGSize)getSizeFromText:(NSString*)text {
CGSize constrainedSize;
constrainedSize.width = give maximum allowable width limit;
constrainedSize.height = MAXFLOAT;
CGSize size = [text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize] constrainedToSize:constrainedSize lineBreakMode: UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
return size;
}
Hope this would help you to solve your problem.
There is a category on NSString that returns the size of a string when rendered with a given font. There are several methods, the most complete on being - (CGSize)sizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font minFontSize:(CGFloat)minFontSize actualFontSize:(CGFloat *)actualFontSize forWidth:(CGFloat)width lineBreakMode:(UILineBreakMode)lineBreakMode (see Apple Docs).
With that information you might be able to achieve what you want to do.
I calculate the size of a UILabel (only height matters here) by dynamic length text. And I draw the label's layer's border to visualize the frame of the label. I see "padding" above and under the label text sometimes, but not always. I do not want the padding. I suspect it relates to attributed string, since I never encounter such problem in a "normal" string label.
I see this (Note the padding of the first row):
I want this:
Relevant code:
-(void)setupQuestionView
{
[self.questionView setAttributedText:[self.allContents[_itemIndex] objectForKey:#"Question"]];
// new question view height
CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(kCellWidth - kLeftMargin - kRightMargin, FLT_MAX);
CGSize size = [self.questionView.text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize: kFontSize] constrainedToSize:constraint lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
[self.questionView setFrame:CGRectMake(kRightMargin, kTopMargin, kCellWidth - kRightMargin * 2, size.height)];
[self.questionView.layer setBorderWidth:1.0f]; // debug
}
Are kLeftMargin and kRightMargin equal? I couldn't find anywhere else can possibly go wrong.
Is it possible to auto-resize the UILabel box/bounds to fit the contained text?
(I don't care if it ends up larger than the display)
So if a user enters "hello" or "my name is really long i want it to fit in this box", it is never truncated and the label is 'widened' accordingly?
Please check out my gist where I have made a category for UILabel for something very similar, my category lets a UILabel stretch it's height to show all the content: https://gist.github.com/1005520
Or check out this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7242981/662605
This would stretch the height, but you can change it around easily to work the other way and stretch the width with something like this, which is I believe what you want to do:
#implementation UILabel (dynamicSizeMeWidth)
- (void)resizeToStretch{
float width = [self expectedWidth];
CGRect newFrame = [self frame];
newFrame.size.width = width;
[self setFrame:newFrame];
}
- (float)expectedWidth{
[self setNumberOfLines:1];
CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds), CGFLOAT_MAX);
CGSize expectedLabelSize = [[self text] sizeWithFont:[self font]
constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize
lineBreakMode:[self lineBreakMode]];
return expectedLabelSize.width;
}
#end
You could more simply use the sizeToFit method available from the UIView class, but set the number of lines to 1 to be safe.
iOS 6 update
If you are using AutoLayout, then you have a built in solution. By setting the number of lines to 0, the framework will resize your label appropriately (adding more height) to fit your text.
iOS 8 update
sizeWithFont: is deprecated so use sizeWithAttributes: instead:
- (float)expectedWidth{
[self setNumberOfLines:1];
CGSize expectedLabelSize = [[self text] sizeWithAttributes:#{NSFontAttributeName:self.font}];
return expectedLabelSize.width;
}
Using [label sizeToFit]; will achieve the same result from Daniels Category.
Although I recommend to use autolayout and let the label resize itself based on constraints.
If we want that UILabel should shrink and expand based on text size then storyboard with autolayout is best option. Below are the steps to achieve this
Steps
Put UILabel in view controller and place it wherever you want. Also put 0 for numberOfLines property of UILabel.
Give it Top, Leading and Trailing space pin constraint.
Now it will give warning, Click on the yellow arrow.
Click on Update Frame and click on Fix Misplacement. Now this UILabel will shrink if text is less and expand if text is more.
This is not as complicated as some of the other answers make it.
Pin the left and top edges
Just use auto layout to add constraints to pin the left and top sides of the label.
After that it will automatically resize.
Notes
Don't add constraints for the width and height. Labels have an intrinsic size based on their text content.
Thanks to this answer for help with this.
No need to set sizeToFit when using auto layout. My complete code for the example project is here:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var myLabel: UILabel!
#IBAction func changeTextButtonTapped(sender: UIButton) {
myLabel.text = "my name is really long i want it to fit in this box"
}
}
If you want your label to line wrap then set the number of lines to 0 in IB and add myLabel.preferredMaxLayoutWidth = 150 // or whatever in code. (I also pinned my button to the bottom of the label so that it would move down when the label height increased.)
If you are looking for dynamically sizing labels inside a UITableViewCell then see this answer.
Use [label sizeToFit]; to adjust the text in UILabel
Here's what I am finding works for my situation:
1) The height of the UILabel has a >= 0 constraint using autolayout. The width is fixed.
2) Assign the text into the UILabel, which already has a superview at that point (not sure how vital that is).
3) Then, do:
label.sizeToFit()
label.layoutIfNeeded()
The height of the label is now set appropriately.
I created some methods based Daniel's reply above.
-(CGFloat)heightForLabel:(UILabel *)label withText:(NSString *)text
{
CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(290, FLT_MAX);
CGSize expectedLabelSize = [text sizeWithFont:label.font
constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize
lineBreakMode:label.lineBreakMode];
return expectedLabelSize.height;
}
-(void)resizeHeightToFitForLabel:(UILabel *)label
{
CGRect newFrame = label.frame;
newFrame.size.height = [self heightForLabel:label withText:label.text];
label.frame = newFrame;
}
-(void)resizeHeightToFitForLabel:(UILabel *)label withText:(NSString *)text
{
label.text = text;
[self resizeHeightToFitForLabel:label];
}
#implementation UILabel (UILabel_Auto)
- (void)adjustHeight {
if (self.text == nil) {
self.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, self.frame.origin.y, self.bounds.size.width, 0);
return;
}
CGSize aSize = self.bounds.size;
CGSize tmpSize = CGRectInfinite.size;
tmpSize.width = aSize.width;
tmpSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:tmpSize];
self.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, self.frame.origin.y, aSize.width, tmpSize.height);
}
#end
This is category method. You must set text first, than call this method to adjust UILabel's height.
You can size your label according to text and other related controls using two ways-
For iOS 7.0 and above
CGSize labelTextSize = [labelText boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(labelsWidth, MAXFLOAT)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:#{
NSFontAttributeName : labelFont
}
context:nil].size;
before iOS 7.0 this could be used to calculate label size
CGSize labelTextSize = [label.text sizeWithFont:label.font
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(label.frame.size.width, MAXFLOAT)
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
// reframe other controls based on labelTextHeight
CGFloat labelTextHeight = labelTextSize.height;
If you do not want to calculate the size of the label's text than you can use -sizeToFit on the instance of UILabel as-
[label setNumberOfLines:0]; // for multiline label
[label setText:#"label text to set"];
[label sizeToFit];// call this to fit size of the label according to text
// after this you can get the label frame to reframe other related controls
Add missing constraints in storyboard.
Select UILabel in storyboard and set the attributes "Line" to 0.
Ref Outlet the UILabel to Controller.h with id:label
Controller.m and add [label sizeToFit]; in viewDidLoad
the sizeToFit() method doesn't play well with constraints, but as of iOS 9 this is all you need -
label.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: label.intrinsicContentSize.width).activate()
I had a huge problems with auto layout.
We have two containers inside table cell. Second container is resized depending on Item description (0 - 1000 chars), and row should be resized based on them.
The missing ingredient was bottom constraint for description.
I've changed bottom constraint of dynamic element from = 0 to >= 0.
Fits everytime! :)
name.text = #"Hi this the text I want to fit to"
UIFont * font = 14.0f;
CGSize size = [name.text sizeWithAttributes:#{NSFontAttributeName: font}];
nameOfAssessment.frame = CGRectMake(400, 0, size.width, 44);
nameOfAssessment.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:font];
you can show one line output then set property Line=0 and show multiple line output then set property Line=1 and more
[self.yourLableName sizeToFit];
There's also this approach:
[self.myLabel changeTextWithAutoHeight:self.myStringToAssignToLabel width:180.0f];