Multiline UILabel with adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth

Question

I have a multiline UILabel whose font size I\'d like to adjust depending on the text length. The whole text should fit into the label\'s frame without truncating it.

Answer 1

In this question, 0x90 provides a solution that - although a bit ugly - does what I want. Specifically, it deals correctly with the situation that a single word does not fit the width at the initial font size. I've slightly modified the code so that it works as a category on NSString:

- (CGFloat)fontSizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)size {
    CGFloat fontSize = [font pointSize];
    CGFloat height = [self sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(size.width,FLT_MAX) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;
    UIFont *newFont = font;

    //Reduce font size while too large, break if no height (empty string)
    while (height > size.height && height != 0) {   
        fontSize--;  
        newFont = [UIFont fontWithName:font.fontName size:fontSize];   
        height = [self sizeWithFont:newFont constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(size.width,FLT_MAX) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;
    };

    // Loop through words in string and resize to fit
    for (NSString *word in [self componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]]) {
        CGFloat width = [word sizeWithFont:newFont].width;
        while (width > size.width && width != 0) {
            fontSize--;
            newFont = [UIFont fontWithName:font.fontName size:fontSize];   
            width = [word sizeWithFont:newFont].width;
        }
    }
    return fontSize;
}

To use it with a UILabel:

    CGFloat fontSize = [label.text fontSizeWithFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:15] constrainedToSize:label.frame.size];
    label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:fontSize];

EDIT: Fixed the code to initialize newFont with font. Fixes a crash under certain circumstances.