in xcode, a right pointing arrow character in a label looks like an icon instead of text, why? and how to fix this?

Asked Apr 03 '16 at 12:23

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As you can see in the image below, the right pointing arrow is not an image, believe it or not, it's a label !!!

    let triCharacter = "▶"
    labelTri1.frame = CGRectMake(200,300,50,50)
    labelTri1.text = triCharacter
    self.view.addSubview(labelTri1)

This is the code I use, I want the right pointing arrow to like like this in a regular label, ▶ , why XCode turned this into an image? also what is the list of characters that can be converted to images? Maybe that will be in handy some day, thanks.

asked Apr 03 '16 at 12:23

DeyaEldeen

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I don't understand. Is it label or image ? – emresancaktar Apr 03 '16 at 12:26
it's a label, but the strange thing it get's rendered as an image as illustrated. – DeyaEldeen Apr 03 '16 at 12:27
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Haa ok. I see now. Could you try with this "▸" I really wonder what happens :) Maybe your character represent something in iOS – emresancaktar Apr 03 '16 at 12:31
@emresancaktar : so ▸ works and ▶ get's converted into an emoji, interesting. – DeyaEldeen Apr 03 '16 at 14:37

in xcode, a right pointing arrow character in a label looks like an icon instead of text, why? and how to fix this?

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