Parsing HTML into NSAttributedText - how to set font?
Figured it out. Bit of a bear, and maybe not the best answer.
This code will go through all the font changes. I know that it is using "Times New Roman" and "Times New Roman BoldMT" for the fonts. But regardless, this will find the bold fonts and let me reset them. I can also reset the size while I'm at it.
I honestly hope/think there is a way to set this up at parse time, but I can't find it if there is.
NSRange range = (NSRange){0,[str length]};
[str enumerateAttribute:NSFontAttributeName inRange:range options:NSAttributedStringEnumerationLongestEffectiveRangeNotRequired usingBlock:^(id value, NSRange range, BOOL *stop) {
UIFont* currentFont = value;
UIFont *replacementFont = nil;
if ([currentFont.fontName rangeOfString:@"bold" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch].location != NSNotFound) {
replacementFont = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold" size:25.0f];
} else {
replacementFont = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Thin" size:25.0f];
}
[str addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:replacementFont range:range];
}];
#import "UILabel+HTML.h"
@implementation UILabel (HTML)
- (void)jaq_setHTMLFromString:(NSString *)string {
string = [string stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<style>body{font-family: '%@'; font-size:%fpx;}</style>",
self.font.fontName,
self.font.pointSize]];
self.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithData:[string dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding]
options:@{NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType,
NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute: @(NSUTF8StringEncoding)}
documentAttributes:nil
error:nil];
}
@end
This way you don't need to specify which font you want, it will take the label font and size.
I actually found a working solution to this problem:
Changing the font in your HTML response string before it gets parsed.
NSString *aux = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<span style=\"font-family: YOUR_FONT_NAME; font-size: SIZE\">%@</span>", htmlResponse];
Example:
NSString *aux = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Thin; font-size: 17\">%@</span>", [response objectForKey:@"content"]];
Swift version:
let aux = "<span style=\"font-family: YOUR_FONT_NAME; font-size: SIZE\">\(htmlResponse)</span>"
Swift 2 version, based on the answer given by Javier Querol
extension UILabel {
func setHTMLFromString(text: String) {
let modifiedFont = NSString(format:"<span style=\"font-family: \(self.font!.fontName); font-size: \(self.font!.pointSize)\">%@</span>", text) as String
let attrStr = try! NSAttributedString(
data: modifiedFont.dataUsingEncoding(NSUnicodeStringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: true)!,
options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType, NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute: NSUTF8StringEncoding],
documentAttributes: nil)
self.attributedText = attrStr
}
}
Swift 3.0 and iOS 9+
extension UILabel {
func setHTMLFromString(htmlText: String) {
let modifiedFont = String(format:"<span style=\"font-family: '-apple-system', 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: \(self.font!.pointSize)\">%@</span>", htmlText)
let attrStr = try! NSAttributedString(
data: modifiedFont.data(using: .unicode, allowLossyConversion: true)!,
options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType, NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue],
documentAttributes: nil)
self.attributedText = attrStr
}
}
Swift 5 and iOS 11+
extension UILabel {
func setHTMLFromString(htmlText: String) {
let modifiedFont = String(format:"<span style=\"font-family: '-apple-system', 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: \(self.font!.pointSize)\">%@</span>", htmlText)
let attrStr = try! NSAttributedString(
data: modifiedFont.data(using: .unicode, allowLossyConversion: true)!,
options: [.documentType: NSAttributedString.DocumentType.html, .characterEncoding:String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue],
documentAttributes: nil)
self.attributedText = attrStr
}
}