UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
label.text = #"Hello";
[label sizeToFit];
CGSize size = label.frame.size;
Usually we get the size of the label in this way, but text in the UILabel does not fill all space in it, there's always some margin around the text. That makes drawing label difficult to be exactly the same as visual draft. Anyone could help ？
for example: If you want to put an icon at the bottom of some text, let the margin between them be, for example 50px, and you write icon.frame = CGRectMake(10,textLabel.frame.size.height + textLabel.frame.origin.y + 50, 100, 100); but since the text can't fill all space in UILabel, so the margin in this way should be a bit larger than it should be. So I want to figure out a better way, thanks.
try with this bellow method which returns dynamic height of UILable with its text content... we this method you can set frame of UILable with its text content...
-(float) calculateHeightOfTextFromWidth:(NSString*) text: (UIFont*)withFont: (float)width :(UILineBreakMode)lineBreakMode
{
[text retain];
[withFont retain];
CGSize suggestedSize = [text sizeWithFont:withFont constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(width, FLT_MAX) lineBreakMode:lineBreakMode];
[text release];
[withFont release];
return suggestedSize.height;
}
and use it like bellow...
UILabel *lblAddress = [[UILabel alloc]init];
[lblAddress setFrame:CGRectMake(110, 31, 200, 50)];
lblAddress.text = #"your Text ";
lblAddress.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
lblAddress.numberOfLines = 0;
lblAddress.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:12];
lblAddress.frame = CGRectMake(lblAddress.frame.origin.x, lblAddress.frame.origin.y,
200,[self calculateHeightOfTextFromWidth:lblAddress.text :lblAddress.font :200 :UILineBreakModeWordWrap] );
lblAddress.textColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
[self.view addSubview:lblAddress];
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I have a very long string which is something like that below...
[[sqrt(221)-10,-sqrt(221)-10],[11,11]],[[rootof([[474368400,237184200,-125944810200,258530778000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)+rootof([[409681800,9099248400,-99876110400,-1875803589000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*3,rootof([[-3439170900,-50638826700,864180632700,9670592794500],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)+rootof([[1477010700,22974524100,-369910322100,-4442729593500],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*3],[rootof([[474368400,237184200,-125944810200,258530778000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*2+rootof([[409681800,9099248400,-99876110400,-1875803589000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*4,rootof([[-3439170900,-50638826700,864180632700,9670592794500],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*2+rootof([[1477010700,22974524100,-369910322100,-4442729593500],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)*4]],[sqrt(sqrt(221)+15),sqrt(-sqrt(221)+15)]
How can i display the whole thing in a UILabel with more than one lines (0)?
Also, although there are no linebreaks ("\n") in the string, the result is displayed like below....
[[sqrt(221)-10,-sqrt(221)- 10],[11,11]],[[rootof([[474368400,2 37184200,- 125944810200,258530778000],[1, 0,- 472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*78270
Any help?
PS I could upload an image but i am not allowed beacause i am a new user...
textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
set the UILabel as a multiline
MyLbl.numberOfLines = xxx;
if you have not enough space for set the UIlabel then also set the textView As an not editable property:
Mytxt = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(xx.0, x.0, xx.0,xx.0)];
Mytxt.transform = transform;
Mytxt.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
Mytxt.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
Mytxt.autoresizingMask=UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[Mytxt setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:xx.0]];
Mytxt.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Mytxt.delegate = self;
Mytxt.userInteractionEnabled=YES;
Mytxt.editable=NO;
i hope you get the answer.
You can use UITextView with auto size with non editable mode instead of UILabel (or)
CGSize labelSize = yourString sizeWithFont:cellFont
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(190.0f, MAXFLOAT); lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
This labelsize will dynamically define the label height you can assign to your label
try this code
NSString *yourString = #"[[sqrt(221)-10,-sqrt(221)-10],[11,11]],[[rootof([[474368400,237184200,-125944810200,258530778000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])/(sqrt(221)*782707860000)+rootof([[409681800,9099248400,-99876110400,-1875803589000],[1,0,-472,884,42215]])";
UILabel *lblNameDesc=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(55, 10, 250, 21)];
[lblNameDesc setNumberOfLines:0];
lblNameDesc.text=yourString;
[lblNameDesc setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[lblNameDesc setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:64.0/255.0 green:64.0/255.0 blue:64.0/255.0 alpha:1.0f]];
[self.view addSubview:lblNameDesc];
// [lblNameDesc release];
[lblNameDesc sizeToFit];
supoose your string is. make your fond and width what ever you want:-
NSString longString = #"dsjkghsdkjnfgvsdjgsl,v.........................";
CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(200,MAXFLOAT);
CGSize expectedLabelSize = [longString sizeWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Aial-BoldMT" size:15.0] constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
UILabel *myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 100, 200, expectedLabelSize.height)];
myLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
myLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
myLabel.text = longString ;
may this will help you
Try This...
textLabel.lineBreakMode = YES;
textLabel.numberOfLines = 10; // or many that you need...
You want UILineBreakModeCharacterWrap if you want your text to be evenly distributed along several lines (so it doesn't try to break at work boundaries).
I set up a UITextView that acts strange. If I set it's content to a long text it breaks it correctly at the boundaries however if the content is single lined it automatically breaks it before the last word even if it fits in one line. It created sort of a minimum of lines.
I wasn't able to find this issue posted on the web so I had to ask.
Here's the set up of the UITextView
Message * displayedMessage = [messages objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
UIFont * messageFont = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:13];
CGSize messageSize = [displayedMessage.content sizeWithFont:messageFont constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(240.f, 3000.f) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
UITextView * messageTextView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(46.f, 0.f, messageSize.width, messageSize.height + 25)];
messageTextView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
messageTextView.font = messageFont;
messageTextView.editable = NO;
messageTextView.scrollEnabled = NO;
messageTextView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
messageTextView.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
[messageTextView setDataDetectorTypes:UIDataDetectorTypeAll];
messageTextView.text = displayedMessage.content;
[cell addSubview:messageTextView];
I managed to solve it eventually i just had to define the textview like this, with a fixed width:
> UITextView * messageTextView = [[UITextView alloc]
> initWithFrame:CGRectMake(46.0f, 0.0f, 240.0f, messageSize.height +
> 25)];
I'm making a chat application. When a message arrives then it has to say who sent it. For example, if I were the sender then it should say
Takeshi: message
Andres: message
I want "Takeshi" and "Andres" to be of a different color but on the same line with the message, with line wrapping, like this:
Takeshi: some message text, text, text , text
text, text, text end.
I am trying the following:
Calculate the size of the message.
Calculate the size of the sender's name.
Create string of " " with the length of the sender's name.
but " " not is not sufficient.
I make this:
NSString *from;
if(usr){
from = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#: ", #"Yo"];
}else{
from = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#: ", [_lbSupportName text]];
}
//This give me one string of n characters of ' ' character.
NSString *spaces = [ChatView stringWithRepeatCharacter:' ' times:from.length * 2];
NSString *mensaje = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#", spaces, msg];
//Calculating the height
CGSize messageSize = [mensaje sizeWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:DEFAULT_TEXTFONT size:20]
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(_scvConversation.frame.size.width - 10, FLT_MAX)
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
CGSize fromSize = [from sizeWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:DEFAULT_TEXTFONT size:22]
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX)
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
//Image Background
UIImageView *image = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, yConversationPosition + 5, _scvConversation.frame.size.width - 10, messageSize.height + 30)];
yConversationPosition += image.frame.size.height + 5;
//Create the Label From
UILabel *lb_From = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 9, fromSize.width, 30)];
[lb_From setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:DEFAULT_TEXTFONT size:20]];
[lb_From setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[lb_From setText:from];
//Create the Label Message
UILabel *lb_WriteMessage = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 5, image.frame.size.width-10, image.frame.size.height - 10)];
[lb_WriteMessage setNumberOfLines:messageSize.height / DEFAULT_TEXTSIZE];
[lb_WriteMessage setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:DEFAULT_TEXTFONT size:20]];
[lb_WriteMessage setText:mensaje];
[lb_WriteMessage setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[lb_WriteMessage setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:(92/255.0f) green:(98/255.0f) blue:(101/255.0f) alpha:1]];
if(usr){
[image setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"chat-mensajes-yo.png"]];
[lb_From setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:(230/255.0f) green:(85/255.0f) blue:(84/255.0f) alpha:1]];
}else{
[image setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"chat-mensajes-asesor.png"]];
[lb_From setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:(28/255.0f) green:(168/255.0f) blue:(175/255.0f) alpha:1]];
}
[lb_WriteMessage addSubview:lb_From];
[image addSubview:lb_WriteMessage];
[_scvConversation addSubview:image];
//Set the contentSize of the scv_Message and scroll to the new Message
[_scvConversation setContentSize:CGSizeMake(0, yConversationPosition)];
if(_scvConversation.contentSize.height > _scvConversation.frame.size.height){
//Scroll to last Message
float diference = yConversationPosition - _scvConversation.frame.size.height +5;
[_scvConversation setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, diference)];
}
[image release];
[lb_WriteMessage release];
Please help, I could not do that. :/
You should use two labels. Create the first label for "Name:" with the color you want (1 line label) and calcuate its width based on the text, then create a new label and calculate its height and number of lines and position it using:
[lb_WriteMessage setFrame:CGRectMake(lb_From.frame.origin.x + lb_From.frame.size.width + spacer, lb_from.origin.y, messageSize.width, messageSize.height)];
(where spacer is the number of pixels space you want between the labels).
Take a look on Core Text API. It's not a simple tool, but it gives you incredible flexibility when you understand how it works.
Here is a good start point: http://www.cocoanetics.com/2011/01/befriending-core-text/
Probably later you will want to use more complicated logic in your chat like names highlighting in messages, or some other rich text formating. You can do all this with core text.
Can I know how can we insert more than one line of data into a single cell of a UITableView,
Just Like, I want the output in a single cell to be like :
KPK
Developer
Infosystems
INDIA
UILabel *myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 80)];
myLabel.text = #"KPK";
myLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
myLabel.textColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
[cell addSubview:myLabel];
UILabel *myLabel1 = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 201, 200, 80)];
myLabel1.text = #"Developer";
myLabel1.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
myLabel1.textColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
[cell addSubview:myLabel1];
Use \n as you are using in your string.
Set numberOfLines to 4 to allow for any number of lines.
label.numberOfLines = 4;
Update the label frame to match the size of the text using sizeWithFont:. If you don't do this your text will be vertically centered or cut off.
UILabel *label; // set frame to largest size you want
...
CGSize labelSize = [label.text sizeWithFont:label.font
constrainedToSize:label.frame.size
lineBreakMode:label.lineBreakMode];
label.frame = CGRectMake(
label.origin.x, label.orgin.y,
label.size.width, labelSize.height);
label.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"KPK\nDeveloper\nInfosystems\nIndia"];
Now you just need to add the label in your cell.
[cell addSubView:label];
you can place \n in text.Not sure if that works else you can make custom cell for multiple line records.
set tablerow height and Use label in your tableview
Create a custom cell, add 4 labels in it, to display all of your required info. Checkout the following tutorial to see how you can make custom cell.
http://adeem.me/blog/2009/05/30/iphone-sdk-tutorial-part-6-creating-custom-uitableviewcell-using-interface-builder-uitableview/
Use a uilabel and add that one as the subview if your tableview cell.you can specify the number of lines of uilabel
label.numberOfLines = 4;
I think that the best way is creating a custom UITableViewCell implementation, or programmatically adding UILabels to the cell's contentView.
I.e.:
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 5, 200, 30)];
label.text = #"MyText";
label.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
[label release]; // Never forget this!
When adding the additional rows you should update the first line definition to correctly offset the new rows. Eg. the second label should have something like this:
UILabel *label2 = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 35, 200, 30)];
When you are done, you should implement the tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: method in the table's delegate, because you have to define the correct height for the new cell. In your example, for 4 labels you should implement something like this:
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath)indexPath {
if (is_one_of_my_modified_cells) {
return 35*4 + 5;
}
return 44; // default height
}
Try it and let me know.