Emojis messing with obj-c's sizeWithFont math

Question

In a UITableView that needs to display a long list of chatlike conversations, often containing emojis, a size calculation error occurs.

My problem is, that

Answer 1

Thank you @SergiSolanellas! Here's a version that takes an attributedString, shortening the method because the text and font are already set.

//
// Given an attributed string that may have emoji characters and the width of 
// the display area, return the required display height.
//
- (CGFloat)heightForAttributedStringWithEmojis:(NSAttributedString *)attributedString forWidth:(CGFloat)width {
    CTFramesetterRef framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((CFAttributedStringRef)attributedString);
    CFRange fitRange;
    CGSize frameSize = CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints(framesetter, CFRangeMake(0, 0), NULL, CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX), &fitRange);

    CFRelease(framesetter);

    return frameSize.height;
}

Answer 2

- (CGFloat)heightStringWithEmojis:(NSString*)str fontType:(UIFont *)uiFont ForWidth:(CGFloat)width {

// Get text
CFMutableAttributedStringRef attrString = CFAttributedStringCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0);
CFAttributedStringReplaceString (attrString, CFRangeMake(0, 0), (CFStringRef) str );
CFIndex stringLength = CFStringGetLength((CFStringRef) attrString);

// Change font
CTFontRef ctFont = CTFontCreateWithName((__bridge CFStringRef) uiFont.fontName, uiFont.pointSize, NULL);
CFAttributedStringSetAttribute(attrString, CFRangeMake(0, stringLength), kCTFontAttributeName, ctFont);

// Calc the size
CTFramesetterRef framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString(attrString);
CFRange fitRange;
CGSize frameSize = CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints(framesetter, CFRangeMake(0, 0), NULL, CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX), &fitRange);

CFRelease(ctFont);
CFRelease(framesetter);
CFRelease(attrString);

return frameSize.height + 10;

}

Answer 3

I am use UILabel

sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize

It work for me.

my code

let tempLabel = UILabel()
tempLabel.font = font
tempLabel.attributedText = attText
tempLabel.numberOfLines = 0
let size = tempLabel.sizeThatFits(CGSize(width: 200, height:CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude))

as the code, you need to assign three property.