How to align UILabel text from bottom?

Question

How the UILabel can be aligned from bottom. Let say, my label can hold three line of text.If the input text is single line, then this line should come bottom of the

Answer 1

Another option: use one label for your background color, I call this one originalLabel, and another for the text, called textLabel in my example. Then calculate the height and Y coordinate for textLabel:

[textLabel sizeToFit];
int height = textLabel.frame.size.height;
int yCoord = originalLabel.frame.origin.y + 
          originalLabel.frame.size.height - height;
textLabel.frame = CGRectMake( originalLabel.frame.origin.x, yCoord,
          textLabel.frame.size.width, height);

Answer 2

2021. use autoLayout)

textLabel.numberOfLines = 0
textLabel.textAlignment = .center

textLabel.topAnchor.constraint(greaterThanOrEqualTo: sView.topAnchor).isActive = true
textLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: sView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
textLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: sView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
textLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: sView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true

Answer 3

You can subclass UILabel and overriding the method :

- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect

call super drawTextInRect with the rect where you want to use.

Answer 4

Swift 4.2 version using the contentMode property to set top and bottom:

class VerticalAlignedLabel: UILabel {
    
    override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        var newRect = rect
        switch contentMode {
        case .top:
            newRect.size.height = sizeThatFits(rect.size).height
        case .bottom:
            let height = sizeThatFits(rect.size).height
            newRect.origin.y += rect.size.height - height
            newRect.size.height = height
        default:
            ()
        }
        
        super.drawText(in: newRect)
    }
}

Then setup your label like that:

let label = VerticalAlignedLabel()
label.contentMode = .bottom