Figure out size of UILabel based on String in Swift

Question

I am trying to calculate the height of a UILabel based on different String lengths.

func calculateContentHeight() -> CGFloat{
    var maxLabelSize: CGSize         


        

Answer 1

This is my answer in Swift 4.1 and Xcode 9.4.1

//This is your label
let proNameLbl = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 20, width: 300, height: height))
proNameLbl.text = "This is your text"
proNameLbl.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 17)
proNameLbl.numberOfLines = 0
proNameLbl.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
infoView.addSubview(proNameLbl)

//Function to calculate height for label based on text
func heightForView(text:String, font:UIFont, width:CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
    let label:UILabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude))
    label.numberOfLines = 0
    label.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.byWordWrapping
    label.font = font
    label.text = text

    label.sizeToFit()
    return label.frame.height
}

Now you call this function

//Call this function
let height = heightForView(text: "This is your text", font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 17), width: 300)
print(height)//Output : 41.0

Answer 2

For multiline text this answer is not working correctly. You can build a different String extension by using UILabel

extension String {
func height(constraintedWidth width: CGFloat, font: UIFont) -> CGFloat {
    let label =  UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude))
    label.numberOfLines = 0
    label.text = self
    label.font = font
    label.sizeToFit()

    return label.frame.height
 }
}

The UILabel gets a fixed width and the .numberOfLines is set to 0. By adding the text and calling .sizeToFit() it automatically adjusts to the correct height.

Code is written in Swift 3

Answer 3

Check label text height and it is working on it

let labelTextSize = ((labelDescription.text)! as NSString).boundingRect(
                with: CGSize(width: labelDescription.frame.width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude),
                options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin,
                attributes: [.font: labelDescription.font],
                context: nil).size
            if labelTextSize.height > labelDescription.bounds.height {
                viewMoreOrLess.hide(byHeight: false)
                viewLess.hide(byHeight: false)
            }
            else {
                viewMoreOrLess.hide(byHeight: true)
                viewLess.hide(byHeight: true)

            }

Answer 4

I found that the accepted answer worked for a fixed width, but not a fixed height. For a fixed height, it would just increase the width to fit everything on one line, unless there was a line break in the text.

The width function calls the height function multiple times, but it is a quick calculation and I didn't notice performance issues using the function in the rows of a UITable.

extension String {

    public func height(withConstrainedWidth width: CGFloat, font: UIFont) -> CGFloat {
        let constraintRect = CGSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
        let boundingBox = self.boundingRect(with: constraintRect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [.font : font], context: nil)

        return ceil(boundingBox.height)
    }

    public func width(withConstrainedHeight height: CGFloat, font: UIFont, minimumTextWrapWidth:CGFloat) -> CGFloat {

        var textWidth:CGFloat = minimumTextWrapWidth
        let incrementWidth:CGFloat = minimumTextWrapWidth * 0.1
        var textHeight:CGFloat = self.height(withConstrainedWidth: textWidth, font: font)

        //Increase width by 10% of minimumTextWrapWidth until minimum width found that makes the text fit within the specified height
        while textHeight > height {
            textWidth += incrementWidth
            textHeight = self.height(withConstrainedWidth: textWidth, font: font)
        }
        return ceil(textWidth)
    }
}

Answer 5

Use an extension on String

Swift 3

extension String {
    func height(withConstrainedWidth width: CGFloat, font: UIFont) -> CGFloat {
        let constraintRect = CGSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
        let boundingBox = self.boundingRect(with: constraintRect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: font], context: nil)

        return ceil(boundingBox.height)
    }

    func width(withConstrainedHeight height: CGFloat, font: UIFont) -> CGFloat {
        let constraintRect = CGSize(width: .greatestFiniteMagnitude, height: height)
        let boundingBox = self.boundingRect(with: constraintRect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: font], context: nil)

        return ceil(boundingBox.width)
    }
}

and also on NSAttributedString (which is very useful at times)

extension NSAttributedString {
    func height(withConstrainedWidth width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
        let constraintRect = CGSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
        let boundingBox = boundingRect(with: constraintRect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil)

        return ceil(boundingBox.height)
    }

    func width(withConstrainedHeight height: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
        let constraintRect = CGSize(width: .greatestFiniteMagnitude, height: height)
        let boundingBox = boundingRect(with: constraintRect, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil)

        return ceil(boundingBox.width)
    }
}

Swift 4

Just change the value for attributes in the extension String methods

from

[NSFontAttributeName: font]

to

[.font : font]