How to calculate UILabel height dynamically?
The current solution has been deprecated as of iOS 7.
Here is an updated solution:
+ (CGFloat)heightOfCellWithIngredientLine:(NSString *)ingredientLine
withSuperviewWidth:(CGFloat)superviewWidth
{
CGFloat labelWidth = superviewWidth - 30.0f;
// use the known label width with a maximum height of 100 points
CGSize labelContraints = CGSizeMake(labelWidth, 100.0f);
NSStringDrawingContext *context = [[NSStringDrawingContext alloc] init];
CGRect labelRect = [ingredientLine boundingRectWithSize:labelContraints
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:nil
context:context];
// return the calculated required height of the cell considering the label
return labelRect.size.height;
}
The reason that my solution is set up like this is because I am using a UITableViewCell and resizing the cell dynamically relative to how much room the label will take up.
Calling -sizeToFit on UILabel instance will automatically resize it to fit text it displays, no calculating required. If you need the size, you can get it from label's frame property after that.
label.numberOfLines = 0; // allows label to have as many lines as needed
label.text = @"some long text";
[label sizeToFit];
NSLog(@"Label's frame is: %@", NSStringFromCGRect(label.frame));
To summarize, you can calculate the height of a label by using its string and calling boundingRectWithSize. You must provide the font as an attribute, and include .usesLineFragmentOrigin for multi-line labels.
let labelWidth = label.frame.width
let maxLabelSize = CGSize(width: labelWidth, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
let actualLabelSize = label.text!.boundingRect(with: maxLabelSize, options: [.usesLineFragmentOrigin], attributes: [.font: label.font], context: nil)
let labelHeight = actualLabelSize.height(withWidth:labelWidth)
Some extensions to do just that:
Swift Version:
extension UILabel {
func textHeight(withWidth width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
guard let text = text else {
return 0
}
return text.height(withWidth: width, font: font)
}
func attributedTextHeight(withWidth width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
guard let attributedText = attributedText else {
return 0
}
return attributedText.height(withWidth: width)
}
}
extension String {
func height(withWidth width: CGFloat, font: UIFont) -> CGFloat {
let maxSize = CGSize(width: width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
let actualSize = self.boundingRect(with: maxSize, options: [.usesLineFragmentOrigin], attributes: [.font : font], context: nil)
return actualSize.height
}
}
extension NSAttributedString {
func height(withWidth width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
let maxSize = CGSize(width: width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
let actualSize = boundingRect(with: maxSize, options: [.usesLineFragmentOrigin], context: nil)
return actualSize.height
}
}
Objective-C Version:
UILabel+Utility.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface UILabel (Utility)
- (CGFloat)textHeightForWidth:(CGFloat)width;
- (CGFloat)attributedTextHeightForWidth:(CGFloat)width;
@end
UILabel+Utility.m
@implementation NSString (Utility)
- (CGFloat)heightForWidth:(CGFloat)width font:(UIFont *)font {
CGSize maxSize = CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX);
CGSize actualSize = [self boundingRectWithSize:maxSize options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : font} context:nil].size;
return actualSize.height;
}
@end
@implementation NSAttributedString (Utility)
- (CGFloat)heightForWidth:(CGFloat)width {
CGSize maxSize = CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX);
CGSize actualSize = [self boundingRectWithSize:maxSize options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin context:nil].size;
return actualSize.height;
}
@end
@implementation UILabel (Utility)
- (CGFloat)textHeightForWidth:(CGFloat)width {
return [self.text heightForWidth:width font:self.font];
}
- (CGFloat)attributedTextHeightForWidth:(CGFloat)width {
return [self.attributedText heightForWidth:width];
}
@end
Try this
// UILabel *myLabel;
CGSize labelSize = [myLabel.text sizeWithFont:myLabel.font
constrainedToSize:myLabel.frame.size
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
CGFloat labelHeight = labelSize.height;
int lines = [myLabel.text sizeWithFont:myLabel.font
constrainedToSize:myLabel.frame.size
lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping].height/16;
// '16' is font size
or
int lines = labelHeight/16;
NSLog(@"lines count : %i \n\n",lines);
or
int lines = [myLabel.text sizeWithFont:myLabel.font
constrainedToSize:myLabel.frame.size
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height /myLabel.font.pointSize; //fetching font size from font
By Using Categories, Just Create the category class named as
UILabel+UILabelDynamicHeight.h
UILabel+UILabelDynamicHeight.m
No more tension about the height calculation. Please review the below implementation.
Updates for iOS7 & Above,iOS 7 below : Dynamically calculate the UILabel height
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending)
#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 SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending)
#define iOS7_0 @"7.0"
UILabel+UILabelDynamicHeight.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface UILabel (UILabelDynamicHeight)
#pragma mark - Calculate the size the Multi line Label
/*====================================================================*/
/* Calculate the size 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+UILabelDynamicHeight.m
#import "UILabel+UILabelDynamicHeight.h"
@implementation UILabel (UILabelDynamicHeight)
#pragma mark - Calculate the size,bounds,frame of the Multi line Label
/*====================================================================*/
/* 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{
//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