Multiline UILabel with padding in autolayout, in UITableView - ios

Question

I have a UILabel in a UITableView that should be a maximum of 2 lines and have a bit of padding around it (7 left and right and 2 top and bottom). I'm using autolayout and targeting only iOS6 and above. All views are being created and added programatically.
I've subclassed my UILabel, here's the init method:
- (id)init
{
self = [super init];
self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
self.numberOfLines = 2;
self.backgroundColor = UIColorFromARGB(0x99000000);
self.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14.0f];
return self;
}
If I add this in, I get the right padding, but it makes it just one line:
- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIEdgeInsets insets = {2, 7, 2, 7};
return [super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets)];
}
I've seen this answer a few times, but it doesn't work for me (no effect):
- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds limitedToNumberOfLines:(NSInteger)numberOfLines
{
UIEdgeInsets insets = {2, 7, 2, 7};
return [super textRectForBounds:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(bounds,insets) limitedToNumberOfLines:numberOfLines];
}
Does it make a difference that its in a table view? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

As you saw in my above comment, you didn't really say what it's doing that you don't expect. I've just done this myself, and this works with autolayout:
#implementation InsetLabel
- (void) setInsets:(UIEdgeInsets)insets
{
_insets = insets ;
[self invalidateIntrinsicContentSize] ;
}
- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
return [super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, self.insets)];
}
- (void)resizeHeightToFitText
{
CGRect frame = [self bounds];
CGFloat textWidth = frame.size.width - (self.insets.left + self.insets.right);
CGSize newSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(textWidth, 1000000) lineBreakMode:self.lineBreakMode];
frame.size.height = newSize.height + self.insets.top + self.insets.bottom;
self.frame = frame;
}
- (CGSize) intrinsicContentSize
{
CGSize superSize = [super intrinsicContentSize] ;
superSize.height += self.insets.top + self.insets.bottom ;
superSize.width += self.insets.left + self.insets.right ;
return superSize ;
}
#end

Answer 2

#implementation InsetLabel
- (void) setInsets:(UIEdgeInsets)insets
{
_insets = insets ;
[self invalidateIntrinsicContentSize] ;
}
- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
return [super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, self.insets)];
}
- (void)resizeHeightToFitText
{
CGRect frame = [self frame];
CGFloat textWidth = frame.size.width - (self.insets.left + self.insets.right);
CGSize newSize = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(textWidth, 1000000) lineBreakMode:self.lineBreakMode];
frame.size.height = newSize.height + self.insets.top + self.insets.bottom;
self.frame = frame;
}
- (CGSize) intrinsicContentSize
{
CGSize superSize = [super intrinsicContentSize] ;
superSize.height += self.insets.top + self.insets.bottom ;
superSize.width += self.insets.left + self.insets.right ;
return superSize ;
}
- (void)layoutSubviews
{
[super layoutSubviews];
[self resizeHeightToFitText];
}
This works even better imho.