Resize UITableView font when textLabel length is over 20 chars? - iphone

Question

I want to resize the font of my UITableView cells.
If they contain too long titles, the textLabel is split.
So, how can i resize the font when the label length goes over 20 character, in example?
I thought:
NSString *cellText = cell.textLabel.text;
if (cellText.length > 20){
cellText = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:11.0];
}
But there's something wrong 'cause it crashes.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

cellText is an NSString and you are setting a UIFont to NSString pointer, you should set Font to textLabel, like this:
NSString *cellText = cell.textLabel.text;
if (cellText.length > 20){
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:11.0];
}
if not the problem then, please post the crash log also.

Answer 2

You don't need code for this !
in the inspector :
Set font size
set a min font size
And then check the "ajust to fit"

Answer 3

NSString *cellText = cell.textLabel.text;
UILabel *cellLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 2, 300, 20)];
cellLabel.text =cellText;
cellLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = NO;
cellLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
[cellLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[cellLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:14.0f]];
cellLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
[cell.contentView addSubview:cellLabel];
[cellLabel release];