uilabel tail truncation

Question

Im working on an ios app using objective c and i have an issue with uilabel that i could use some help with. Basically i have a label that can change size to fit the text th

Answer 1

I have written a category for working with UILabel's truncation. Works on iOS 7 and later. Hope it helps !

@implementation UILabel (Truncation)

- (NSRange)truncatedRange
{
    NSTextStorage *textStorage = [[NSTextStorage alloc] initWithAttributedString:[self attributedText]];

    NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = [[NSLayoutManager alloc] init];
    [textStorage addLayoutManager:layoutManager];

    NSTextContainer *textContainer = [[NSTextContainer alloc] initWithSize:[self bounds].size];
    textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0;
    [layoutManager addTextContainer:textContainer];

    NSRange truncatedrange = [layoutManager truncatedGlyphRangeInLineFragmentForGlyphAtIndex:0];
    return truncatedrange;
}

- (BOOL)isTruncated
{
    return [self truncatedRange].location != NSNotFound;
}

- (NSString *)truncatedText
{
    NSRange truncatedrange = [self truncatedRange];
    if (truncatedrange.location != NSNotFound)
    {
        return [self.text substringWithRange:truncatedrange];
    }

    return nil;
}

@end