How to check if UILabel is truncated?

Question

I have a UILabel that can be varying lengths depending on whether or not my app is running in portrait or landscape mode on an iPhone or iPad. When the text is

Answer 1

SWIFT 5

Example for a multiple lined UILabel that is set to display only 3 lines.

    let labelSize: CGSize = myLabel.text!.size(withAttributes: [.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 14, weight: .regular)])

    if labelSize.width > myLabel.intrinsicContentSize.width * 3 {
        // your label will truncate
    }

Though the user may select the return key adding an extra line without adding to the "text width" in that case something like this may also be useful.

func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldChangeTextIn range: NSRange, replacementText text: String) -> Bool {

    if text == "\n" {
        // return pressed 

    }
}

Answer 2

Make sure to call either of these in viewDidLayoutSubviews.

public extension UILabel {

    var isTextTruncated: Bool {
        layoutIfNeeded()
        return text?.boundingRect(with: CGSize(width: bounds.width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude), options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: font!], context: nil).size.height ?? 0 > bounds.size.height
    }

    var isAttributedTextTruncated: Bool {
        layoutIfNeeded()
        return attributedText?.boundingRect(with: CGSize(width: bounds.width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude), options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil).size.height ?? 0 > bounds.size.height
    }

}