Auto resizing the label according to the words

Question

I would like to resize the label font according to the number of words in the label field. How do i do that? I can use a fixed size and it doesn't look nice. It will be best if it works fine for both iOS5 and iOS6.

Need some guidance. Thanks

EDIT:

NSArray *versionCompatibility = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];

    if ( 6 == [[versionCompatibility objectAtIndex:0] intValue] ) { 

        // Put iOS-6 code here
        titleLabel.minimumScaleFactor = 0.5;

    } else { 

        // Put iOS-5 code here
        titleLabel.minimumFontSize = 5;

    }

Anoop Vaidya · Answer 1 · 2013-03-08T06:49:58.000

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You can do as this:

if(yourLabel.text.length <10){
    yourLabel.font=[yourLabel.font fontWithSize:20]
}
else if(yourLabel.text.length <15){
    yourLabel.font=[yourLabel.font fontWithSize:15]
}
else { //>20
    yourLabel.font=[yourLabel.font fontWithSize:10]
}

Alternatively,

Check that your label is set to automatically resize. In IB, it's called "Autoshrink". Programmatically: it is called adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth

edited Mar 08 '13 at 06:49

answered Mar 08 '13 at 03:50

Anoop Vaidya

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so i can put it as [yourlabel adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth]; am i right? – lakshmen Mar 08 '13 at 03:52
have a try and let me know – Anoop Vaidya Mar 08 '13 at 03:57
doesn't help. need to use other method... – lakshmen Mar 08 '13 at 06:46
what about conditional fontSizing? – Anoop Vaidya Mar 08 '13 at 06:50
there is no autoresizing of fonts for iOS5 is it? only for iOS6? – lakshmen Mar 08 '13 at 06:56
sorry lakesh, am very new to ios, still learning, i am mac osx developer ;( – Anoop Vaidya Mar 08 '13 at 06:57
same here.. let's learn together... – lakshmen Mar 08 '13 at 06:59
send me add req in gtalk, address in my profile – Anoop Vaidya Mar 08 '13 at 07:04

Auto resizing the label according to the words

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