Adjust UILabel height depending on the text

Question

Consider I have the following text in a UILabel (a long line of dynamic text):

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Answer 1

Finally, it worked. Thank you guys.

I was not getting it to work because i was trying to resize the label in heightForRowAtIndexPath method:

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

and (yeah silly me), i was resizing the label to default in cellForRowAtIndexPath method - i was overlooking the code i had written earlier:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

Answer 2

NSString *str = @"Please enter your text......";
CGSize lblSize = [str sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:15] constrainedToSize: CGSizeMake(200.0f, 600.0f) lineBreakMode: NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];

UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc]init];
label.frame = CGRectMake(60, 20, 200, lblSize.height);
label.numberOfLines = 0;
label.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
label.text = str;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[label sizeToFit];
[self.view addSubview:label];

Answer 3

Solution to iOS7 prior and iOS7 above

//
//  UILabel+DynamicHeight.m
//  For StackOverFlow
//
//  Created by Vijay on 24/02/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 http://Vijay-Apple-Dev.blogspot.com. All rights reserved.
//

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v)                 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)

#define iOS7_0 @"7.0"

@interface UILabel (DynamicHeight)

/*====================================================================*/

/* Calculate the size,bounds,frame of the Multi line Label */

/*====================================================================*/
/**
 *  Returns the size of the Label
 *
 *  @param aLabel To be used to calculte the height
 *
 *  @return size of the Label
 */

-(CGSize)sizeOfMultiLineLabel;

@end


//
//  UILabel+DynamicHeight.m
//  For StackOverFlow
//
//  Created by Vijay on 24/02/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 http://Vijay-Apple-Dev.blogspot.com. All rights reserved.
//

#import "UILabel+DynamicHeight.h"

@implementation UILabel (DynamicHeight)
/*====================================================================*/

/* Calculate the size,bounds,frame of the Multi line Label */

/*====================================================================*/
/**
 *  Returns the size of the Label
 *
 *  @param aLabel To be used to calculte the height
 *
 *  @return size of the Label
 */
-(CGSize)sizeOfMultiLineLabel{

    NSAssert(self, @"UILabel was nil");

    //Label text
    NSString *aLabelTextString = [self text];

    //Label font
    UIFont *aLabelFont = [self font];

    //Width of the Label
    CGFloat aLabelSizeWidth = self.frame.size.width;


    if (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(iOS7_0)) {
        //version < 7.0

        return [aLabelTextString sizeWithFont:aLabelFont
                            constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(aLabelSizeWidth, MAXFLOAT)
                                lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
    }
    else if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(iOS7_0)) {
        //version >= 7.0

        //Return the calculated size of the Label
        return [aLabelTextString boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(aLabelSizeWidth, MAXFLOAT)
                                              options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
                                           attributes:@{
                                                        NSFontAttributeName : aLabelFont
                                                        }
                                              context:nil].size;

    }

    return [self bounds].size;

}

@end

Answer 4

Thanks for this post. It helped me a great deal. In my case I am also editing the text in a separate view controller. I noticed that when I use:

[cell.contentView addSubview:cellLabel];

in the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method that the label view was continually rendered over the top of the previous view each time I edited the cell. The text became pixelated, and when something was deleted or changed, the previous version was visible under the new version. Here's how I solved the problem:

if ([[cell.contentView subviews] count] > 0) {
    UIView *test = [[cell.contentView subviews] objectAtIndex:0];
    [test removeFromSuperview];
}
[cell.contentView insertSubview:cellLabel atIndex:0];

No more weird layering. If there is a better way to handle this, Please let me know.

Answer 5

You may use it as a method, as well. @Pyjamasam is very much true so i am just making its method. It may be helpfull for some one else

-(CGRect)setDynamicHeightForLabel:(UILabel*)_lbl andMaxWidth:(float)_width{
    CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(_width, FLT_MAX);

    CGSize expectedLabelSize = [_lbl.text sizeWithFont:_lbl.font constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize lineBreakMode:_lbl.lineBreakMode];

    //adjust the label the the new height.
    CGRect newFrame = _lbl.frame;
    newFrame.size.height = expectedLabelSize.height;
    return newFrame;
}

and just set it like this

label.frame = [self setDynamicHeightForLabel:label andMaxWidth:300.0];

Answer 6

One line is Chris's answer is wrong.

newFrame.size.height = maximumLabelSize.height;

should be

newFrame.size.height = expectedLabelSize.height;

Other than that, it's the correct solution.