Add Multiple lines of text in UILabel

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Any way to have multiple lines of text in UILabel like in the UITextView?

I dont wish to use more than 1 label in the view.

Please refer this [link][1] to customise the text in `UILabel`. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2210210/667586 — Abhishek Bedi, May 16 '13 at 09:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 16 '13 at 10:00

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Just use this code in your Program

textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;

edited May 16 '13 at 10:00

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answered May 16 '13 at 09:49

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UILineBreakModeWordWrap is deprecated iOS 6 onwards. Instead of using it you can use NSLineBreakByWordWrapping. – Inoka May 16 '13 at 10:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '13 at 09:48

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Yes this can be done by setting the numerOfLines property to the number of lines you want to display. Or set it to 0 if you just want to be able to add as many lines as you want.

answered May 16 '13 at 09:48

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You can check out this answer which has everything you want

You can also set Properties like numberoflines and linebreakMode

have look to documentation as well

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered May 16 '13 at 09:51

Harshal Chaudhari

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '13 at 09:50

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Use the numberOfLines property of UILabel and assign 0 for multiple lines.

answered May 16 '13 at 09:50

Inoka

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '13 at 09:52

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textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;

answered May 16 '13 at 09:52

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 16 '13 at 09:54

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set the lineBreakMode and numberOfLines property of UILabel and set the frame as see the multiple lines.

yourLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
yourLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
yourLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,150);

answered May 16 '13 at 09:54

DharaParekh

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 16 '13 at 10:04

yes,this is possible in .xib file select your label you found Lines option set value that you want to i.e. line 3

if you creating label programmatic than

 lbl.numberOfLines = 0;

CGRect currentFrame = myLabel.frame;
CGSize max = CGSizeMake(lbl.frame.size.width, 500);
CGSize expected = [myString sizeWithFont:lbl.font constrainedToSize:max lineBreakMode:lbl.lineBreakMode]; 
currentFrame.size.height = expected.height;
lbl.frame = currentFrame;

Add Multiple lines of text in UILabel

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