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Bold & Non-Bold Text In A Single UILabel?

October 5, 2022 by Tarik

Update In Swift we don’t have to deal with iOS5 old stuff besides syntax is shorter so everything becomes really simple: Swift 5 func attributedString(from string: String, nonBoldRange: NSRange?) -> NSAttributedString { let fontSize = UIFont.systemFontSize let attrs = [ NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: fontSize), NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.black ] let nonBoldAttribute = [ NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: fontSize), ] let … Read more

Create tap-able “links” in the NSAttributedString of a UILabel?

October 1, 2022 by Tarik

In general, if we want to have a clickable link in text displayed by UILabel, we would need to resolve two independent tasks: Changing the appearance of a portion of the text to look like a link Detecting and handling touches on the link (opening an URL is a particular case) The first one is … Read more

How do you use NSAttributedString?

September 28, 2022 by Tarik

When building attributed strings, I prefer to use the mutable subclass, just to keep things cleaner. That being said, here’s how you create a tri-color attributed string: NSMutableAttributedString *string = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@”firstsecondthird”]; [string addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor redColor] range:NSMakeRange(0,5)]; [string addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor greenColor] range:NSMakeRange(5,6)]; [string addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor blueColor] range:NSMakeRange(11,5)]; typed in a browser. caveat implementor Obviously … Read more

How do I make an attributed string using Swift?

September 24, 2022 by Tarik

This answer has been updated for Swift 4.2. Quick Reference The general form for making and setting an attributed string is like this. You can find other common options below. // create attributed string let myString = “Swift Attributed String” let myAttribute = [ NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.blue ] let myAttrString = NSAttributedString(string: myString, attributes: myAttribute) // … Read more