UILabel won't adjust height to fit content

Question

I can't get this dynamic label to resize its height according to the content. It logs the correct info but the label is always the same height. Any ideas? (code based on this answer)

        self.descriptionLabel.text = string;
        self.descriptionLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
      
        
        self.descriptionLabel.numberOfLines=0;
        CGSize maximumLabelSize = CGSizeMake(296,9999);
        
        CGSize expectedLabelSize = [string sizeWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:14] constrainedToSize:maximumLabelSize lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
        
        //adjust the label the the new height.
        CGRect newFrame = self.descriptionLabel.frame;
        newFrame.size.height = expectedLabelSize.height;
        NSLog(@"the height %f", newFrame.size.height);
        self.descriptionLabel.frame = newFrame;

You got it!! I thought my code would override any constraints. oops — vinylDeveloper, Apr 02 '13 at 21:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '13 at 07:22

        CGSize constraintSize = CGSizeMake(requiredWidth, MAXFLOAT);

        CGSize labelSize = [requiredLableText sizeWithFont:requiredFont constrainedToSize:constraintSize lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];

        returned size will give u the dynamic height of the UILabel

UILabel won't adjust height to fit content

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