Bold & Non-Bold Text In A Single UILabel?

Question

How would it be possible to include both bold and non-bold text in a uiLabel?

I\'d rather not use a UIWebView.. I\'ve also read this may be possible using NSAttribut

Answer 1

Try a category on UILabel:

Here's how it's used:

myLabel.text = @"Updated: 2012/10/14 21:59 PM";
[myLabel boldSubstring: @"Updated:"];
[myLabel boldSubstring: @"21:59 PM"];

And here's the category

UILabel+Boldify.h

- (void) boldSubstring: (NSString*) substring;
- (void) boldRange: (NSRange) range;

UILabel+Boldify.m

- (void) boldRange: (NSRange) range {
    if (![self respondsToSelector:@selector(setAttributedText:)]) {
        return;
    }
    NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:self.attributedText];
    [attributedText setAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:self.font.pointSize]} range:range];

    self.attributedText = attributedText;    
}

- (void) boldSubstring: (NSString*) substring {
    NSRange range = [self.text rangeOfString:substring];
    [self boldRange:range];
}

Note that this will only work in iOS 6 and later. It will simply be ignored in iOS 5 and earlier.