How to integrate and use Font Awesome with Objective-C or Swift in an Xcode project?

Question

So I am trying to use this font http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/. I\'ve added the font as a resource and put it in the plist file. Here\'s how I am using it:

Answer 1

You can just use the literal code string by affixing it with \u.

e.g. You can use \f030 in your iOS app using the following snippet.

[[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] setText:@"\uf030"];