Consider I have the following text in a UILabel (a long line of dynamic text):
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Solution to iOS7 prior and iOS7 above
//
// UILabel+DynamicHeight.m
// For StackOverFlow
//
// Created by Vijay on 24/02/14.
// Copyright (c) 2014 http://Vijay-Apple-Dev.blogspot.com. All rights reserved.
//
#import
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define iOS7_0 @"7.0"
@interface UILabel (DynamicHeight)
/*====================================================================*/
/* Calculate the size,bounds,frame of the Multi line Label */
/*====================================================================*/
/**
* Returns the size of the Label
*
* @param aLabel To be used to calculte the height
*
* @return size of the Label
*/
-(CGSize)sizeOfMultiLineLabel;
@end
//
// UILabel+DynamicHeight.m
// For StackOverFlow
//
// Created by Vijay on 24/02/14.
// Copyright (c) 2014 http://Vijay-Apple-Dev.blogspot.com. All rights reserved.
//
#import "UILabel+DynamicHeight.h"
@implementation UILabel (DynamicHeight)
/*====================================================================*/
/* Calculate the size,bounds,frame of the Multi line Label */
/*====================================================================*/
/**
* Returns the size of the Label
*
* @param aLabel To be used to calculte the height
*
* @return size of the Label
*/
-(CGSize)sizeOfMultiLineLabel{
NSAssert(self, @"UILabel was nil");
//Label text
NSString *aLabelTextString = [self text];
//Label font
UIFont *aLabelFont = [self font];
//Width of the Label
CGFloat aLabelSizeWidth = self.frame.size.width;
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(iOS7_0)) {
//version < 7.0
return [aLabelTextString sizeWithFont:aLabelFont
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(aLabelSizeWidth, MAXFLOAT)
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
}
else if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(iOS7_0)) {
//version >= 7.0
//Return the calculated size of the Label
return [aLabelTextString boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(aLabelSizeWidth, MAXFLOAT)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:@{
NSFontAttributeName : aLabelFont
}
context:nil].size;
}
return [self bounds].size;
}
@end