Formatting UITableView Cells in iphone - ios

Question

I am developing an iphone app. In the image below I want the first name to be in plain font and the last name to be bold.. How can I do that? Please suggest me.. Please check this image:
Another questio..Now I think the reverse way but the problem here is the first line and second line you see are part of the same string. I want the first line to be bold and the second line to be in plain font. I am storing this in a dictionary. So my dictionary has a key and the value is a string of names and departments. I am unable to set the font. I tried to create two labels and tried to split the string according to the index and assign it to the labels I created. But, in this case the index keeps on changing as there might be a first name for a contact or there might not be any name.
In this case Prinicipal should be in plain font and name should be in bold
Please see the below image:

Answer 1

Starting OS 6.0 there is a property on the UILabel called attributedText which has NSAttributedString type (Available in iOS 3.2 and later.).
Here it is how I am using it:
NSDictionary *firstNameAttributes = #{ NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:18.0],
NSStrokeColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]};
NSDictionary *lastNameAttributes = #{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:20.0],
NSStrokeColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]};
NSString* first = ... first name ..;
NSString* last = [NSString stringWithFormat:#" %#",... last name ....];
NSMutableAttributedString * name =
[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:first attributes:firstNameAttributes];
NSMutableAttributedString * lastName =
[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:last attributes:lastNameAttributes];
[name appendAttributedString:lastName];
[[cell textLabel] setAttributedText:name];
See also Introduction to Attributed String Programming Guide.

Answer 2

Since the label that you're showing the name string in defines the formatting and style, if you want to have different styles you need to have a different uilabel for each each style you want. Specifically, you will need a uilabel for the firstname: firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]; and one for the lastname: lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];.
First place the first name string is the firstNameLabel then call [firstNameLabel sizeToFit] to fit the label text within it. Then use the frame of the firstNameLabel to place the lastNameLabel directly after it.
UILabel * firstNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,10,100,25)];
firstNameLabel.tag = firstNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
firstNameLabel.text = theStringRepresentingTheFirstName;
[firstNameLabel sizeToFit];
UILabel * lastNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:
CGRectMake(10+firstNameLabel.frame.size.width+2, 10, 100, 25)];
lastNameLabel.tag = lastNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
lastNameLabel.text = theLastNameString;.
[cell.contentView addSubview:firstNameLabel];
[cell.contentView addSubview:lastNameLabel];
And as for splitting the name string, you're probably pretty limited there. I would split on the first space and assume the first string is the last name (as in your first picture).
The principle case is similar, you need a label for each style that you want to present.

Answer 3

- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(UIButton *)sender {
NSString *title = [sender titleForState:UIControlStateNormal];
NSString *plainText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# button pressed.", title];
NSMutableAttributedString *styledText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:plainText];
NSDictionary *attributes = #{ NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:self.statusLabel.font.pointSize]};
NSRange nameRange = [plainText rangeOfString:title];
[styledText setAttributes:attributes range:nameRange];
self.statusLabel.attributedText = styledText;
}

Answer 4

You have to create a custom UITableViewCell. http://icodeblog.com/2009/05/24/custom-uitableviewcell-using-interface-builder/