In the WWDC 2013 videos they show that a developer can use a letterpress effect on text.
Does anyone have any example code of how to do this/how to do this with a UILabel?
They've made it pretty simple now.
//Use any font you want or skip defining it
UIFont* font = [UIFont preferredFontForTextStyle:UIFontTextStyleHeadline];
//Use any color you want or skip defining it
UIColor* textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
NSDictionary *attrs = #{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor,
NSFontAttributeName : font,
NSTextEffectAttributeName : NSTextEffectLetterpressStyle};
NSAttributedString* attrString = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
initWithString:note.title
attributes:attrs];
myTextLabel.attributedText = attrString;
It's part of NSAttributedString UIKitAdditions
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I am building my first WatchKit App and am having troubles with NSAttributedString formatting as it does not seem to work as I'd expect ;)
This is my code:
UIFont *textFont = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Menlo" size:30];
UIFont *hlFont = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Menlo-Bold" size:30];
NSMutableAttributedString *information = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:#"ADDED AN ENTRY OF " attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : textFont}];
NSString *amountString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.2f",(-1)*handler.amount.floatValue];
NSNumber *underline = [NSNumber numberWithInt:NSUnderlineStyleSingle];
NSAttributedString *amount = [[NSAttributedString alloc]initWithString:amountString attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : hlFont, NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName : underline }];
NSAttributedString *to = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:#" TO " attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : textFont}];
NSString *categoryString = handler.category;
NSAttributedString *category = [[NSAttributedString alloc]initWithString:categoryString attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName : hlFont, NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName : underline }];
[information appendAttributedString:amount];
[information appendAttributedString:to];
[information appendAttributedString:category];
[_informationLabel setAttributedText:information];
and this the result:
Expectation
10.00 and Stuff should be underlined and in boldface.
Is there something fundamentally different to how attributed strings work on the watch than on iOS? What am I missing?
read through this: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/TextandLabels.html
Solved it, the problem were the fonts #"Menlo".
By using
UIFont *textFont = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:20];
UIFont *hlFont = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:20];
the formatting with underlines works fine.
I don't believe you can programmatically set a label to be bold, italic, underlined....this has to be done through the actual interface in the storyboard.
According to this link
The attributes you can configure are
text
text color
font
min scale
alignment
lines
a potential workaround is to incorporate multiple labels, and set the ones you need to the right format (bold, underlined)
I am trying to setTextAttribute with UnderLine in all Views using this code
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor redColor],
// NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: #(NSUnderlineStyleSingle),
(NSString *) kCTUnderlineStyleAttributeName:#(kCTUnderlineStyleDouble),
NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:17]}];
but its not working , I know another approach using creating custom UILabel with NSAttributedString and setting it on TitleView but is there any other way to achieve this using appearance protocol?
NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName should do that job for you.
Try this Dude:
NSDictionary *attributes = #{
NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: #1,
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor redColor],
NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:17]
};
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:attributes];
Updates:
I refered the Apple's documentation, It seems to be not possible through appearance protocol.
It says
"You can specify the font, text color, text shadow color, and text shadow offset for the title in the text attributes dictionary, using the text attribute keys described in NSString UIKit Additions Reference."
I tried by creating the new simple project as well. Couldn't see the line.
Apple Documentations:
UINavigationBar
NSString Keys for Text Attributes Dictionaries
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UITextField attributedPlaceholder has no effect
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I'm trying to format the placeholder text of a UITextField using an NSAttributedString. This code works successfully for the foreground color and kerning attributes. However, it won't change the font or the font size. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
NSAttributedString *aString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:
#"USER NAME"
attributes:#{
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor],
NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"Georgia" size:8.0f],
NSKernAttributeName : [NSNumber numberWithFloat:3.0f]
}];
self.userNameTextField.attributedPlaceholder = [aString copy];
For me it works when I set custom font for UITextField, and then set other attributes for placeholder. My example that works:
_searchField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontRokkitRegular size:20];
UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:150.0f/255 green:150.0f/255 blue:150.0f/255 alpha:1];
_searchField.attributedPlaceholder = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Keyword search" attributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:color}];
It looks like the placeholder font size is governed by the UITextField's font so I think you will have to subclass UITextField and add:
-(void)drawPlaceholderInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSString *aString = #"USER NAME";
[aString drawInRect:rect withAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor], NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"Georgia" size:8.0f], NSKernAttributeName : [NSNumber numberWithFloat:3.0f]}];
}
- (IBAction)pinFieldChanged:(id)sender {
UITextField *pinField = sender;
float kerninig = 76.0;
NSAttributedString *attributedString =
[[NSAttributedString alloc]
initWithString:pinField.text
attributes:
#{
NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica Neue" size:36],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor colorWithRed:130.0/255.0 green:130.0/255.0 blue:130.0/255.0 alpha:1.0],
NSKernAttributeName : #(kerninig)
}];
if ([pinField respondsToSelector:#selector(setAttributedText:)]) {
[pinField setAttributedText:attributedString];
}
}
My app is crashing under ios6.0 when i'm trying to set attributed text to text field, though this selector is available iOS 6.0 and later
Can you give me any idea why this could happen?
Thanks in advance!)
iOS5 may be expects a CTFont so use
NSString* s = #"Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!";
NSMutableAttributedString* mas = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:s];
__block CGFloat f = 18.0;
CTFontRef basefont = CTFontCreateWithName((CFStringRef)#"Baskerville", f, NULL);
https://github.com/mattneub/Programming-iOS-Book-Examples/blob/master/iOS5bookExamples/ch23p689styledText1/p579p593styleText1/RootViewController.m
use below ios 6
NSAttributedString *stringValue= [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"cocoalibrary.blogspot.com" attributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor]}];
NSAttributedString is not available below than IOS 6. See this link, you can found this line.
In iOS 6 and later you can use attributed strings to display formatted
text in text views, text fields, and some other controls
This example below is supposed to draw a stroke together with fill but it does not. What is wrong? I am using negative value to have stoke showed up according to Apple's documentation. If I make it a positive value, then text completely disappears.
UITextView *rte = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:
CGRectMake(50,50,100,100)];
[self.view addSubview:rte];
NSDictionary *typingAttributes = #{
NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:20.0f],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor redColor],
NSStrokeColorAttributeName : [UIColor yellowColor],
NSStrokeWidthAttributeName : [NSNumber numberWithFloat:-2.0]
};
NSAttributedString *str = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
initWithString:#"Enter text here..."
attributes:typingAttributes];
rte.attributedText = str;
I have tried your code in iOS 7.0.3 simulator and got the result:
It is not working in iOS 6. I think it is a bug.
This approach is working
Sorry I don't have any explanation why in iOS 6 it doesn't work.