How to find actual number of lines of UILabel?

Question

How can I find the actual number of lines of a UILabel after I have initialized it with a text and a font? I have set

Answer 1

Swift 5.2

The main point to make it work for me was to call label.layoutIfNeeded() because I was using autoLayout, otherwise it doesnt work.

func actualNumberOfLines(label: UILabel) -> Int {
        // You have to call layoutIfNeeded() if you are using autoLayout
        label.layoutIfNeeded()

        let myText = label.text! as NSString

        let rect = CGSize(width: label.bounds.width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
        let labelSize = myText.boundingRect(with: rect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: label.font as Any], context: nil)

        return Int(ceil(CGFloat(labelSize.height) / label.font.lineHeight))
    }

Credits to: https://gist.github.com/fuxingloh/ccf26bb68f4b8e6cfd02, which provided the solution in an older swift version, and for mentioning the importance of layoutIfNeeded().