Get outlet size within awakeFromNib

Question

I created a custom UICollectionViewCell containing an outlet for a label (placed in the Storyboard). I\'d like to get the height of this label from within the <

Answer 1

A part of the answer is in dreamzor's response to iOS AutoLayout - get frame size width.

The trick is to place your frame-dependent code to the viewDidLayoutSubviews method

In my particular case, I found that adding [self layoutIfNeeded]; in my custom cell awakeFromNib method, right before asking for the outlet size worked like a charm.