Resizing a UILabel to accommodate insets

Question

I\'m building a screen to scan barcodes, and I need to put a translucent screen behind some UILabels to improve visibility against light backgrounds.

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Answer 1

Here is the C# version (usefull for Xamarin) based on Nikolai's code :

public class UIEdgeableLabel : UILabel
{
    public UIEdgeableLabel() : base() { }
    public UIEdgeableLabel(NSCoder coder) : base(coder) { }
    public UIEdgeableLabel(CGRect frame) : base(frame) { }
    protected UIEdgeableLabel(NSObjectFlag t) : base(t) { }

    private UIEdgeInsets _edgeInset = UIEdgeInsets.Zero;
    public UIEdgeInsets EdgeInsets
    {
        get { return _edgeInset; }
        set
        {
            _edgeInset = value;
            this.InvalidateIntrinsicContentSize();
        }
    }

    public override CGRect TextRectForBounds(CGRect bounds, nint numberOfLines)
    {
        var rect = base.TextRectForBounds(EdgeInsets.InsetRect(bounds), numberOfLines);
        return new CGRect(x: rect.X - EdgeInsets.Left,
                          y: rect.Y - EdgeInsets.Top,
                          width: rect.Width + EdgeInsets.Left + EdgeInsets.Right,
                          height: rect.Height + EdgeInsets.Top + EdgeInsets.Bottom);
    }

    public override void DrawText(CGRect rect)
    {
        base.DrawText(this.EdgeInsets.InsetRect(rect));
    }
}