How do I make an attributed string using Swift?

Question

I am trying to make a simple Coffee Calculator. I need to display the amount of coffee in grams. The \"g\" symbol for grams needs to be attached to my UILabel that I am usin

Answer 1

The best way to approach Attributed Strings on iOS is by using the built-in Attributed Text editor in the interface builder and avoid uneccessary hardcoding NSAtrributedStringKeys in your source files.

You can later dynamically replace placehoderls at runtime by using this extension:

extension NSAttributedString {
    func replacing(placeholder:String, with valueString:String) -> NSAttributedString {

        if let range = self.string.range(of:placeholder) {
            let nsRange = NSRange(range,in:valueString)
            let mutableText = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: self)
            mutableText.replaceCharacters(in: nsRange, with: valueString)
            return mutableText as NSAttributedString
        }
        return self
    }
}

Add a storyboard label with attributed text looking like this.

Then you simply update the value each time you need like this:

label.attributedText = initalAttributedString.replacing(placeholder: "", with: newValue)

Make sure to save into initalAttributedString the original value.

You can better understand this approach by reading this article: https://medium.com/mobile-appetite/text-attributes-on-ios-the-effortless-approach-ff086588173e