Replacement for deprecated sizeWithFont: in iOS 7?

Question

In iOS 7, sizeWithFont: is now deprecated. How do I now pass in the UIFont object into the replacement method sizeWithAttributes:?

Answer 1

Create a function that takes a UILabel instance. and returns CGSize

CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(label.frame.size.width , 2000.0);
// Adjust according to requirement

CGSize size;
if([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0){

    NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, [label.attributedText length]);

    NSDictionary *attributes = [label.attributedText attributesAtIndex:0 effectiveRange:&range];
    CGSize boundingBox = [label.text boundingRectWithSize:constraint options: NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:attributes context:nil].size;

    size = CGSizeMake(ceil(boundingBox.width), ceil(boundingBox.height));
}
else{
    size = [label.text sizeWithFont:label.font constrainedToSize:constraint lineBreakMode:label.lineBreakMode];
}

return size;