Swift - Drawing text with drawInRect:withAttributes:

Question

I have strange problem with Xcode 6.1 GM.

let text: NSString = \"A\"
let font = NSFont(name: \"Helvetica Bold\", size: 14.0)

let textRect: NSRect = NSMakeRe         


        

Answer 1

In XCode 12, Swift 5.3. i was not able to find the draw method for String object. After i manually cast to NSString, it worked for me.

let text: String = "XXX"
(text as NSString).draw(in: rect withAttributes: attributes)

Answer 2

This is also another option.

let textFontAttributes = [
    NSFontAttributeName : font!,
    NSForegroundColorAttributeName: textColor,
    NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: textStyle
]

Answer 3

The problem is that font is optional because the convenience contructors now return optional values, so font needs to be unwrapped to be a value in your dictionary:

if let actualFont = font {
    let textFontAttributes = [
        NSFontAttributeName: actualFont,
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName: textColor,
        NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: textStyle
    ]

    text.drawInRect(NSOffsetRect(textRect, 0, 1), withAttributes: textFontAttributes)
}

Answer 4

I have this piece of code in my app which works without problems:

    var textAttributes: [String: AnyObject] = [
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor(white: 1.0, alpha: 1.0).CGColor,
        NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.systemFontOfSize(17)
    ]

Answer 5

In Swift 4

    let attributeDict: [NSAttributedString.Key : Any] = [
        .font: font!,
        .foregroundColor: textColor,
        .paragraphStyle: textStyle,
    ]

    text.draw(in: rect, withAttributes: attributeDict)