Change size of label's frame with animation

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to change a label's frame's width (not the fontSize or something) with a smooth animation.

I already tried the following, that did (obviously) not work:

_myLabel.frame = CGRectMake(139,193,42,21);

[UIView animateWithDuration:1 animations:^ {
    _myLabel.frame = CGRectMake(139, 193, 100, 21);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
}];

So what basically happened after running this code was that it changed the width as expected but without any animation.

Any ideas?

You need to explain what did happen, not just that it didn't work. — rdelmar, Nov 19 '14 at 05:08
Sorry I forgot, let me add this. Thanks for the advice! @rdelmar — LinusGeffarth, Nov 19 '14 at 05:09
@raki I put it into an IBAction of a button so I should be able to see it... — LinusGeffarth, Nov 19 '14 at 05:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

You can't change the frame size of labels... You can reach correct animation behavior.. set label.contentMode = UIViewContentModeCenter but it looks ugly

But you can...:

change is the bounds, rather than the frame https://stackoverflow.com/a/3304220
add an UIView and then add UILabel as its subview and animate UIView https://stackoverflow.com/a/15639093 and https://stackoverflow.com/a/22224630
Use a CGAffineTransform to do this but have some ugly side effects like distorting the text on the label https://stackoverflow.com/a/13066366
change the font of UILabel with transform Animation Animating UILabel Font Size Change

Change size of label's frame with animation

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