Display NSAttributedString using CoreText - iphone

Question

I have heard that I can display a NSAttributedString using CoreText, can anyone say me how (The simplest way)?
Please, don't answer with CATextLayer or OHAttributedLabel.
I know that there are a lot of questions about this in this forum, but I haven't find the answer
Thanks!!

Answer 1

Simplest way? Something like this:
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
// Flip the coordinate system
CGContextSetTextMatrix(context, CGAffineTransformIdentity);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, self.bounds.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
// Create a path to render text in
CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
CGPathAddRect(path, NULL, self.bounds );
// An attributed string containing the text to render
NSAttributedString* attString = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
initWithString:...];
// create the framesetter and render text
CTFramesetterRef framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((CFAttributedStringRef)attString);
CTFrameRef frame = CTFramesetterCreateFrame(framesetter,
CFRangeMake(0, [attString length]), path, NULL);
CTFrameDraw(frame, context);
// Clean up
CFRelease(frame);
CFRelease(path);
CFRelease(framesetter);

Answer 2

I think that the simplest way (using Core Text) is:
// Create the CTLine with the attributed string
CTLineRef line = CTLineCreateWithAttributedString(attrString);
// Set text position and draw the line into the graphics context called context
CGContextSetTextPosition(context, x, y);
CTLineDraw(line, context);
// Clean up
CFRelease(line);
Using a Framesetter is more efficient IF you are drawing lots of text but this is the method recommended by Apple if you just need to display a small amount of text (like a label) and doesn't require you to create a path or frame (since it is done for you automatically by CTLineDraw).

Answer 3

Starting from ios 6 you can do the following :
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragrahStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
[paragrahStyle setLineSpacing:40];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragrahStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, [labelText length])];
cell.label.attributedText = attributedString ;