UILabel auto resize and add scroll bar if necessary?

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I've looked around for an answer here but didn't come along one that really helped me. directing me to a proper answer I may have missed is greatly appreciated too.

I have a label defined in the simplest manner :

    IBOutlet UILabel *eventIDLabel;
    IBOutlet UILabel *eventTitleLabel;
    IBOutlet UILabel *eventDescriptionLabel;

now the description label can vary in content. May have 1 line or multiple lines. I want the label to resize automatically. Now I also want that if more lines than current screen can show, user is enable to scroll down and see the whole content of label.

Very trivial question probably but I am really new and hoping you guys could help.

thanks :D

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '13 at 16:36

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You could use a UITextView. UITextView automatically can be scrolled, when the entered text ist to long.

answered Jan 27 '13 at 16:36

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excellent looks like what I really needed. What about justifying it? It is aligned to the left. I can understand if you do not wish to answer 2nd question here – sys_debug Jan 27 '13 at 16:38
To justify set textAlignment property of UITextView. But for this kind of questions, you really should just check the documentation. – pre Jan 27 '13 at 16:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You can use [myLabel sizeToFit]

You can also read more about it here

Also if you know it's going to be relatively long, you can consider using TextView which will provide the text scrolling

Hope I helped

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Jan 27 '13 at 16:34

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UILabel auto resize and add scroll bar if necessary?

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