Add left/right horizontal padding to UILabel
For a full list of available solutions, see this answer: UILabel text margin
Try subclassing UILabel, like @Tommy Herbert suggests in the answer to [this question][1]. Copied and pasted for your convenience:
I solved this by subclassing UILabel and overriding drawTextInRect: like this:
- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIEdgeInsets insets = {0, 5, 0, 5};
[super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets)];
}
The most important part is that you must override both intrinsicContentSize()
and drawTextInRect()
in order to account for AutoLayout:
var contentInset: UIEdgeInsets = .zero {
didSet {
setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
override public var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
let size = super.intrinsicContentSize
return CGSize(width: size.width + contentInset.left + contentInset.right, height: size.height + contentInset.top + contentInset.bottom)
}
override public func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
super.drawText(in: UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, contentInset))
}