How do I add tab stops to an NSAttributedString and display in a UITextView

Question

I\'m creating an iOS app, and I would like to display an attributed string with specific tab stops specified in a UITextView. I would also like to draw them directly into U

Answer 1

In iOS 7 you can do it like this:

UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:18.0];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
NSInteger cnt;
CGFloat tabInterval = 72.0;
paragraphStyle.defaultTabInterval = tabInterval;
NSMutableArray *tabs = [NSMutableArray array];
for (cnt = 1; cnt < 13; cnt++) {    // Add 12 tab stops, at desired intervals...
    [tabs addObject:[[NSTextTab alloc] initWithTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentLeft location:tabInterval * cnt options:nil]];
}
paragraphStyle.tabStops = tabs;
NSDictionary *attributes = @{ NSFontAttributeName: font, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle};