Decrease the width of the last line in multiline UILabel

Question

I am implemententing a \"read more\" functionality much like the one in Apple\'s AppStore. However, I am using a multiline UILabel. Looking at Apple\'s AppStore

Answer 1

Since this post is from 2013, I wanted to give my Swift implementation of the very nice solution from @rdelmar.

Considering we are using a SubClass of UILabel:

private let kNumberOfLines = 2
private let ellipsis = " MORE"

private var originalString: String! // Store the original text in the init

private func getTruncatingText() -> String {
    var truncatedString = originalString.mutableCopy() as! String

    if numberOfLinesNeeded(truncatedString) > kNumberOfLines {
        truncatedString += ellipsis

        var range = Range(
            start: truncatedString.endIndex.advancedBy(-(ellipsis.characters.count + 1)),
            end: truncatedString.endIndex.advancedBy(-ellipsis.characters.count)
        )

        while numberOfLinesNeeded(truncatedString) > kNumberOfLines {
            truncatedString.removeRange(range)

            range.startIndex = range.startIndex.advancedBy(-1)
            range.endIndex = range.endIndex.advancedBy(-1)
        }
    }

    return truncatedString
}

private func getHeightForString(str: String) -> CGFloat {
    return str.boundingRectWithSize(
        CGSizeMake(self.bounds.size.width, CGFloat.max),
        options: [.UsesLineFragmentOrigin, .UsesFontLeading],
        attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: font],
        context: nil).height
}

private func numberOfLinesNeeded(s: String) -> Int {
    let oneLineHeight = "A".sizeWithAttributes([NSFontAttributeName: font]).height
    let totalHeight = getHeightForString(s)
    return Int(totalHeight / oneLineHeight)
}

func expend() {
    var labelFrame = self.frame
    labelFrame.size.height = getHeightForString(originalString)
    self.frame = labelFrame
    self.text = originalString
}

func collapse() {
    let truncatedText = getTruncatingText()
    var labelFrame = self.frame
    labelFrame.size.height = getHeightForString(truncatedText)
    self.frame = labelFrame
    self.text = truncatedText
}

Unlike the old solution, this will work as well for any kind of text attribute (like NSParagraphStyleAttributeName).

Please feel free to critic and comment. Thanks again to @rdelmar.