Corner Radius property of UILabel is not working in iOS 7.1

Question

I am setting the cornerRadius property for UILabel. Its working fine all version of iOS < 7.1. Following code i have used,

UILabel *originaltagLbl = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(startX, startY, 100,30)];    
[originaltagLbl setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"MuseoSans-500" size:15]];
[originaltagLbl setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
[originaltagLbl setTextColor:UIColorFromRGB(0xffffff)];
originaltagLbl.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
originaltagLbl.layer.cornerRadius = 5;
originaltagLbl.layer.borderColor = [UIColor redColor].CGColor;
originaltagLbl.layer.borderWidth = 1;
[scrollView addSubview:originaltagLbl];

if i use this, just simply displaying the label as rectanglular box, So how to set the corner radius of UILabel in iOS 7.1

Are you sure your label has the `.clipsToBounds` property set to YES? — Eugene, Mar 12 '14 at 10:23

iOS Dev · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-07T11:05:42.330

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Add the next line to your code:

// Swift:
originaltagLbl.layer.masksToBounds = true

// Objective C:
originaltagLbl.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

For information see this SO answer, or read documentation.

edited Aug 07 '21 at 11:05

answered Mar 12 '14 at 10:24

iOS Dev

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Interesting. This works, but why did it change? I've never had to use layer.masksToBounds on UILabels for cornerRadius before. – Andrew Robinson Mar 18 '14 at 19:27
@AndrewRobinson I added to answer some sources where is explained how it works. – iOS Dev Mar 19 '14 at 06:34
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I understand how it works, I'm wondering when/why it changed. I have been using cornerRadius on UILabels forever and haven't had to use masksToBounds. – Andrew Robinson Mar 19 '14 at 15:17
thank you so much for this. I have been searching this for so long – phyzalis Jun 09 '14 at 08:30

Shakeel Ahmed · Answer 2 · 2019-06-27T11:12:11.803

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Swift 3/4/5

    yourlabel.layer.cornerRadius = 8 //your desire radius
    yourlabel.layer.masksToBounds = true

edited Jun 27 '19 at 11:12

answered Mar 02 '17 at 11:00

Shakeel Ahmed

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 10:25

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Try setting the UILabel's clipsToBounds property to YES

answered Mar 12 '14 at 10:25

nnarayann

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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It's true that clipsToBounds works in 7.1, but the problem is in situations where you're scrolling/animating it's really slow and makes everything laggy.

Setting the background color on the layer instead of the uiview is all that is needed.

See: UILabel layer cornerRadius negatively impacting performance

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Jul 04 '14 at 21:15

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 14:49

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Swift 2 solution :

@IBOutlet weak var your_label: UILabel!

your_label.layer.cornerRadius = 5
your_label.layer.masksToBounds = true

answered Aug 22 '16 at 14:49

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 11 '16 at 11:37

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You can use below code,

[[myLabel layer] setCornerRadius:5.0f];
[[myLabel layer] setMasksToBounds:YES];

thanks,

answered Mar 11 '16 at 11:37

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Corner Radius property of UILabel is not working in iOS 7.1

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