How to check if UILabel is truncated?

Question

I have a UILabel that can be varying lengths depending on whether or not my app is running in portrait or landscape mode on an iPhone or iPad. When the text is

Answer 1

Use this category to find if a label is truncated on iOS 7 and above.

// UILabel+Truncation.h
@interface UILabel (Truncation)

@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL isTruncated;

@end


// UILabel+Truncation.m
@implementation UILabel (Truncation)

- (BOOL)isTruncated
{
    CGSize sizeOfText =
      [self.text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(self.bounds.size.width, CGFLOAT_MAX)
                               options:(NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin | NSStringDrawingUsesFontLeading)
                            attributes:@{ NSFontAttributeName : label.font } 
                               context: nil].size;

    if (self.frame.size.height < ceilf(sizeOfText.height))
    {
        return YES;
    }
    return NO;
}

@end