If you're using autolayout in iOS 6+, you can do this by adjusting the intrinsicContentSize in a subclass of UILabel.
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
self.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
}
return self;
}
- (CGSize)intrinsicContentSize
{
CGSize size = [super intrinsicContentSize];
return CGSizeMake(size.width + 10.0, size.height);
}