Change font of separate strings detailTextLabel - ios

Question

How can I change the font of one string in the detailTextLabel of my UITableViewCell?
NSString *detailStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#",post.score,post.domain];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = detailStr;
I basically want the post.score string to be one color and the post.domain string to be another.

Answer 1

Answer : NSAttributedString.
Try this :
int count1 = [post.score length];
int count2 = [post.domain length];
NSMutableAttributedString *textLabelStr = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"%# %#",post.score,post.domain];
[textLabelStr setAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor redColor], NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17]} range:NSMakeRange(0, count1)];
[textLabelStr setAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor blueColor], NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17]} range:NSMakeRange(count1 + 1, count2)];
cell.detailTextLabel.attributedText = textLabelStr;
Note : Not tested, but Write the Code to help you.

Answer 2

If you're happy to use iOS6+ APIs then check out NSAttributedString and use cell.detailTextLabel.attributedText = ...

Answer 3

I think your looking for the setAttributedText: method of UILabel. You can pass an NSAttributedStringto it in order to stylize different portions of the string in different ways.
I wrote a sample below that should do what you're asking for.
NSAttributedString *scoreAttributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:[post score] attributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor]}];
NSAttributedString *domainAttributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:[post domain] attributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor greenColor]}];
NSMutableAttributedString *detailMutableAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] init];
[detailMutableAttributedString appendAttributedString:scoreAttributedString];
[detailMutableAttributedString appendAttributedString:[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#" "]];
[detailMutableAttributedString appendAttributedString:domainAttributedString];
[[cell detailTextLabel] setAttributedText:detailMutableAttributedString];