How to know the displayed text in a UILabel

[ceperalta]

Dear dev.
I pass a long string to a UILabel; then the UILabel cut the text because the size. Now I want to know where in the original string the UILabel cut.

How to know the displayed text in a UILabel ?

This is for make custom layouts using columns ( like a newspaper, like de NYTimes iPad app)



Thank you in advance.
Charly

[qahweh]

I don't know if there is a ready-made method for that. But if there's not, you could use a fixed-width font such as Terminal and then use higher-level division math to determine the amount of characters your UILabel fits.

[ceperalta]

Originally Posted by qahweh

I don't know if there is a ready-made method for that. But if there's not, you could use a fixed-width font such as Terminal and then use higher-level division math to determine the amount of characters your UILabel fits.

Thank you! Yes, I am trying to calculate this; but using Arial and is not exactly in any case. I will use fixed-width font like Terminal and I will tell you. Do you know about others fixed-width fonts?

[qahweh]

Originally Posted by ceperalta

Do you know about others fixed-width fonts?

Samples of monospaced typefaces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ceperalta]

Originally Posted by qahweh

Samples of monospaced typefaces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you again qahweh! Anyway, is not working in all the case.. I think there must be a way to know what is really displaying the UILabel... I will tell you if I know.