Can I set the `attributedText` property of `UILabel`

Question

Can I set the attributedText property of a UILabel object? I tried the below code:

UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
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Answer 1

NSString *str1 = @"Hi Hello, this is plain text in red";

NSString *cardName = @"This is bold text in blue";

NSString *text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@\n%@",str1,cardName];


// Define general attributes for the entire text
NSDictionary *attribs = @{
                          NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor redColor],
                          NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12]
                          };
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text attributes:attribs];


UIFont *boldFont = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:14.0];
NSRange range = [text rangeOfString:cardName];
[attributedText setAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blueColor],
                                NSFontAttributeName:boldFont} range:range];


myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];

myLabel.attributedText = attributedText;

Answer 2

UIFont *font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
NSDictionary *fontDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: font forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@" v 1.2.55" attributes: fontDict];

UIFont *fontNew = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:17];
NSDictionary *fontDictNew = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: fontNew forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attrStringNew = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@“Application” attributes: fontDictNew];
[attrStringNew appendAttributedString: attrString];
self.vsersionLabel.attributedText = attrStringNew;

Answer 3

for Swift 4:

iOS 11 and xcode 9.4

  let str = "This is a string which will shortly be modified into AtrributedString"

  var attStr = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: str)

  attStr.addAttribute(.font,
                value: UIFont.init(name: "AppleSDGothicNeo-Bold", size: 15) ?? "font not found",
                range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: str.count))

  self.textLabel.attributedText = attStr

Answer 4

For people using swift, here's a one-liner:

myLabel.attributedText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: myLabel.text!, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont(name: "YourFont", size: 12), NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()])

Answer 5

Hope this helps ;)

NSMutableAttributedString* attrStr = [NSMutableAttributedString attributedStringWithString:@"asdf"];
[attrStr setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]];
[attrStr setTextColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
[attrStr setTextColor:[UIColor redColor] range:NSMakeRange(0,5)];
lbl.attributedText = attrStr;

Answer 6

Unfortunately, UILabel doesn't support attributed strings. You can use OHAttributedLabel instead.

Update: Since iOS6, UILabel does support attributed strings. See UILabel reference or Michael Kessler's answer below for more details.