Center UIPickerView Text

Question

So I have a uipickerview with rows that only contain the number 0-24 and it looks a bit silly since the numbers are left aligned leaving a huge gap on the right of the picke

Answer 1

A little easier now in iOS 6... There's a new method you can implement to return an attributed string... And you can define alignment in attributed strings.

- (NSAttributedString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView attributedTitleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    NSString *text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"R%d C%d", row, component];
    NSMutableAttributedString *as = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text];
    NSMutableParagraphStyle *mutParaStyle=[[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
    mutParaStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
    [as addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:mutParaStyle range:NSMakeRange(0,[text length])];
    return as;
}

Answer 2

Below one also working fine -

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view
{
    UILabel *lbl = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, [pickerView rowSizeForComponent:component].width, [pickerView rowSizeForComponent:component].height)];
    lbl.text = [reservePickerArray objectAtIndex:row];
    lbl.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
    lbl.textAlignment=UITextAlignmentCenter;
    lbl.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:20];
    return lbl;
}

Cheers!!

Answer 3

Modernized James Boutcher to swift 5. I precompute while the OP does an attribution directly in attributedTitleForRow

    pickerData = pickerData.map {
        let ps = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
        ps.alignment = .center;

        let paraAttributes:[NSAttributedString.Key : Any] = [ NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStyle: ps]

        let res = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: $0)
        res.addAttributes(paraAttributes, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: res.length))
        return res
    }

Answer 4

It took me a long time to realize I'm just missing this single line of code:

pickerView.autoresizingMask = .flexibleWidth

Answer 5

Remember, the view in

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view

is actually a UITableViewCell, so you can work with it like:

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view
{
    static NSString *cellIdentifier = @"pickerViewCell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell*)view;

    if(cell==nil)
    {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier] autorelease];
        /** customize the cell **/
    }

    /** set the label **/
    cell.textLabel.text = [dataSource objectAtIndex:row];

    return cell;
}

Answer 6

I know this question is not tagged for swift, but just in case somebody is looking for the Swift 3.0 version, here it is.

/* Called by the picker view when it needs the view to use for a given row in    
 a given component. If the previously used view (the view parameter) is adequate,    
 return that. If you return a different view, the previously used view is     
released. The picker view centers the returned view in the rectangle for row.    

 */
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, viewForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int, reusing view: UIView?) -> UIView {

    var label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: CGFloat(0), y: CGFloat(0), width: CGFloat(300), height: CGFloat(37)))


    let booking = self.bookingInfo[row]  //bookingInfo is an array of elements
      label.text = String(booking.BookingNumber) + String(booking.DateAndTime)
        label.textAlignment = .left
         return label
}