How to achieve UIButton / UILabel 'padding' in iPhone app

Question

I\'ve got various views in my iPhone application that require padding e.g a custom UIButton with text aligned left, and a UILabel with a background color.

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Answer 1

I am using auto layout. Solution that worked for me was setting UIButton's contentEdgeInsets.

ObjC

button.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0f, 30.0f, 0.0f, 30.0f);

Swift

button.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 30.0, bottom: 0.0, right: 30.0)