How to add padding-left on a UILabel created programmatically?

Question

I know this is a noob question but ...I have these labels on a tableview, but the text is completely squished to the left. I want to add a bit of padding. How do I go about

Answer 1

Try the following & play around with the padding etc.

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section  {

    CGFloat headerHeight = 60, padding = 10;

    UIView* customView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,320,headerHeight)] autorelease];
    customView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:[[_months objectAtIndex:section] objectForKey:@"color"]];

    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(padding,padding,320 - 2*padding,headerHeight-2*padding);

    UILabel *headerLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame] autorelease];

    headerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18];
    headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    headerLabel.text =  [[_months objectAtIndex:section] objectForKey:@"name"];

    headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

    [customView addSubview:headerLabel];

    return customView;
}