Add "...Read More" to the end of UILabel

Swift4 (IOS 11.2)

Readmore at the end of the label without action

extension UILabel {

    func addTrailing(with trailingText: String, moreText: String, moreTextFont: UIFont, moreTextColor: UIColor) {
        let readMoreText: String = trailingText + moreText

        let lengthForVisibleString: Int = self.visibleTextLength
        let mutableString: String = self.text!
        let trimmedString: String? = (mutableString as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: NSRange(location: lengthForVisibleString, length: ((self.text?.count)! - lengthForVisibleString)), with: "")
        let readMoreLength: Int = (readMoreText.count)
        let trimmedForReadMore: String = (trimmedString! as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: NSRange(location: ((trimmedString?.count ?? 0) - readMoreLength), length: readMoreLength), with: "") + trailingText
        let answerAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(string: trimmedForReadMore, attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: self.font])
        let readMoreAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(string: moreText, attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: moreTextFont, NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: moreTextColor])
        answerAttributed.append(readMoreAttributed)
        self.attributedText = answerAttributed
    }

    var visibleTextLength: Int {
        let font: UIFont = self.font
        let mode: NSLineBreakMode = self.lineBreakMode
        let labelWidth: CGFloat = self.frame.size.width
        let labelHeight: CGFloat = self.frame.size.height
        let sizeConstraint = CGSize(width: labelWidth, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)

        let attributes: [AnyHashable: Any] = [NSAttributedStringKey.font: font]
        let attributedText = NSAttributedString(string: self.text!, attributes: attributes as? [NSAttributedStringKey : Any])
        let boundingRect: CGRect = attributedText.boundingRect(with: sizeConstraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil)

        if boundingRect.size.height > labelHeight {
            var index: Int = 0
            var prev: Int = 0
            let characterSet = CharacterSet.whitespacesAndNewlines
            repeat {
                prev = index
                if mode == NSLineBreakMode.byCharWrapping {
                    index += 1
                } else {
                    index = (self.text! as NSString).rangeOfCharacter(from: characterSet, options: [], range: NSRange(location: index + 1, length: self.text!.count - index - 1)).location
                }
            } while index != NSNotFound && index < self.text!.count && (self.text! as NSString).substring(to: index).boundingRect(with: sizeConstraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: attributes as? [NSAttributedStringKey : Any], context: nil).size.height <= labelHeight
            return prev
        }
        return self.text!.count
    }
}

Swift 4.2

extension UILabel {

        func addTrailing(with trailingText: String, moreText: String, moreTextFont: UIFont, moreTextColor: UIColor) {
            let readMoreText: String = trailingText + moreText

            let lengthForVisibleString: Int = self.vissibleTextLength
            let mutableString: String = self.text!
            let trimmedString: String? = (mutableString as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: NSRange(location: lengthForVisibleString, length: ((self.text?.count)! - lengthForVisibleString)), with: "")
            let readMoreLength: Int = (readMoreText.count)
            let trimmedForReadMore: String = (trimmedString! as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: NSRange(location: ((trimmedString?.count ?? 0) - readMoreLength), length: readMoreLength), with: "") + trailingText
            let answerAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(string: trimmedForReadMore, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: self.font])
            let readMoreAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(string: moreText, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: moreTextFont, NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: moreTextColor])
            answerAttributed.append(readMoreAttributed)
            self.attributedText = answerAttributed
        }

        var vissibleTextLength: Int {
            let font: UIFont = self.font
            let mode: NSLineBreakMode = self.lineBreakMode
            let labelWidth: CGFloat = self.frame.size.width
            let labelHeight: CGFloat = self.frame.size.height
            let sizeConstraint = CGSize(width: labelWidth, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)

            let attributes: [AnyHashable: Any] = [NSAttributedString.Key.font: font]
            let attributedText = NSAttributedString(string: self.text!, attributes: attributes as? [NSAttributedString.Key : Any])
            let boundingRect: CGRect = attributedText.boundingRect(with: sizeConstraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil)

            if boundingRect.size.height > labelHeight {
                var index: Int = 0
                var prev: Int = 0
                let characterSet = CharacterSet.whitespacesAndNewlines
                repeat {
                    prev = index
                    if mode == NSLineBreakMode.byCharWrapping {
                        index += 1
                    } else {
                        index = (self.text! as NSString).rangeOfCharacter(from: characterSet, options: [], range: NSRange(location: index + 1, length: self.text!.count - index - 1)).location
                    }
                } while index != NSNotFound && index < self.text!.count && (self.text! as NSString).substring(to: index).boundingRect(with: sizeConstraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: attributes as? [NSAttributedString.Key : Any], context: nil).size.height <= labelHeight
                return prev
            }
            return self.text!.count
        }
    }

Usage

let readmoreFont = UIFont(name: "Helvetica-Oblique", size: 11.0)
let readmoreFontColor = UIColor.blue
DispatchQueue.main.async {
    self.yourLabel.addTrailing(with: "... ", moreText: "Readmore", moreTextFont: readmoreFont!, moreTextColor: readmoreFontColor)
}

Result

NOTE: - Action is not included for Readmore

So this is what I did to add the Read More... button to the UITextView, UITextField or UILabel:

- (void)addReadMoreStringToUILabel:(UILabel*)label
{
    NSString *readMoreText = @" ...Read More";
    NSInteger lengthForString = label.text.length;
    if (lengthForString >= 30)
    {
        NSInteger lengthForVisibleString = [self fitString:label.text intoLabel:label];
        NSMutableString *mutableString = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:label.text];
        NSString *trimmedString = [mutableString stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(lengthForVisibleString, (label.text.length - lengthForVisibleString)) withString:@""];
        NSInteger readMoreLength = readMoreText.length;
        NSString *trimmedForReadMore = [trimmedString stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange((trimmedString.length - readMoreLength), readMoreLength) withString:@""];
        NSMutableAttributedString *answerAttributed = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:trimmedForReadMore attributes:@{
                                                                                                                                        NSFontAttributeName : label.font
                                                                                                                                        }];

        NSMutableAttributedString *readMoreAttributed = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:readMoreText attributes:@{
                                                                                                                                        NSFontAttributeName : Font(TWRegular, 12.),
                                                                                                                                        NSForegroundColorAttributeName : White
                                                                                                                                        }];

        [answerAttributed appendAttributedString:readMoreAttributed];
        label.attributedText = answerAttributed;

        UITagTapGestureRecognizer *readMoreGesture = [[UITagTapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(readMoreDidClickedGesture:)];
        readMoreGesture.tag = 1;
        readMoreGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
        [label addGestureRecognizer:readMoreGesture];

        label.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    }
    else {

        NSLog(@"No need for 'Read More'...");

    }
}

There is a use of fitString:intoLabel method which can be found here.

As for the UITagTapGestureRecognizer is just a normal UITapGestureRecognizer subclass with a NSInteger property called tag. I did that because I want to identify which Read More... were clicked in I case I have more than one in the same UIViewController. You can use a normal UITapGestureRecognizer.

Enjoy!