Border around every word of UILabel

Question

Is there a way i can draw border around every word of UILabel. Suppose UILabel contains the string \" This is the Line 1\".

I want 5 differ

Answer 1

SWIFT 4 Version

This is the swift 4 version of vikingosegundo Answer using a UITextView including a few other tweaks including:
• list of words coming from an array
• Centering in the textView
• Adjustable word limit
• Custom font

//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play

import UIKit

var array = [String]()

array = ["WORD1", "WORD2", "WORD3", "WORD4", "WORD4", "LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONGWORD", "WORD5"]

var stringarr = String()

for i in 0...(array.count-1) {

if array[i].count > 20 {
    let count = array[i].count
    let dropCount = count-20
    let dropCharacters = array[i].dropLast(dropCount)
    var shortenedWord = "\(dropCharacters)"
    shortenedWord = "\(shortenedWord)..."
    print(shortenedWord)
    array[i] = shortenedWord

    }
}

stringarr = array.joined(separator: " ")


func frameOfTextInRange(range:NSRange, inTextView textView:UITextView) -> CGRect {
    let beginning = textView.beginningOfDocument
    let start = textView.position(from: beginning, offset: range.location)
    let end = textView.position(from: start!, offset: range.length)
    let textRange = textView.textRange(from: start!, to: end!)
    let rect = textView.firstRect(for: textRange!)

    return textView.convert(rect, from: textView)
}

let textView = UITextView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 375, height: 200))
textView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

let lineSpacing: CGFloat = 0.0

textView.attributedText = {
    let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: stringarr)
    let paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
    paragraphStyle.lineHeightMultiple = 1.5
    paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = lineSpacing
    attributedString.addAttribute(.paragraphStyle, value: paragraphStyle, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: stringarr.count))
    attributedString.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: UIColor.white, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: stringarr.count))
    attributedString.addAttribute(.font, value: UIFont(name: "AvenirNext-Regular", size: 10.0)!, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: stringarr.count))


let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "\\s", options: [])
let matches = regex.matches(in: stringarr, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: stringarr.count))

for m in matches {
    attributedString.addAttribute(.kern, value: 6, range: m.range)
}

return NSAttributedString(attributedString: attributedString)
}()


textView.textAlignment = .center

let textViewBG = UIView(frame: textView.bounds)
textViewBG.backgroundColor = UIColor.white

let pattern = "[^ ]+"
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [])
 let matches = regex.matches(in: stringarr, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: stringarr.count))

for m in matches {
textViewBG.addSubview({
    let range = m.range
    let frame = frameOfTextInRange(range: range, inTextView: textView).insetBy(dx: CGFloat(-2), dy: CGFloat(3)).offsetBy(dx: CGFloat(0), dy: CGFloat(3))
    let v = UIView(frame: frame)
    v.layer.cornerRadius = 0
    v.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
    return v
    }())
}

textViewBG.addSubview(textView)

//: End of playground

Result

Hope that helps!