How to add font awesome icon in an NSArray in Objective C

Question

First I created class name as NSString+FontAwesome.h and NSString+FontAwesome.m in NSString+FontAwesome.h like following way

@import Foundation;
typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, FaIcon) {
FaMoonO = 0xf186,
    FaArchive = 0xf187
};

@interface NSString (AwesomeString)

//creates a string with the font awesome character
+(NSString*)awesomeIcon:(FaIcon)index;

@end

and in NSString+FontAwesome.m code is like this

#import "NSString+FontAwesome.h"
@implementation NSString (AwesomeString)

+(NSString*)awesomeIcon:(FaIcon)index
{
    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%C", (unichar)index];
}

@end

I am using code like this for label and it work properly.

label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontAwesome" size:30];
label.textColor =  [UIColor whiteColor];
label.text =  [NSString awesomeIcon:FaBook];

But I want to used it in array any advice. My array code is like this.

iconarray =[[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:[NSString awesomeIcon:FaArchive],nil];

But it don't show me anything. How can I add [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontAwesome" size:30] in an array. Please help..

I think you will not see anything, since the icon is tied up with the font you are merely saving a string that will not be readable if the fontAwesome font is not set to the label. — Joshua, Jul 12 '16 at 05:23
I also think so, But when I add UIFont it crash. Any suggetion — , Jul 12 '16 at 05:25
maybe you can show us how you add the font? edit it and post some code so we can understand better — Joshua, Jul 12 '16 at 05:32
I want to use font awesome icon in array. when other array consist its title. — , Jul 12 '16 at 05:43
NSMutableAttributedString using to achieve this refer this link https://github.com/alexdrone/ios-fontawesome — HariKrishnan.P, Jul 12 '16 at 06:29
instead of adding the icon to the array add the enum and then read the value, no? — LS_, Jul 12 '16 at 06:54
iconarray =[[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:[NSString awesomeIcon:FaArchive],nil]; — , Jul 12 '16 at 07:08
I want to display font awesomeIcon array in table view. Any suggetion — , Jul 12 '16 at 07:30
Please try this for once.. http://stackoverflow.com/a/34468957/3908884 — Meet Doshi, Jul 13 '16 at 04:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '16 at 06:27

.h file

@import Foundation;
typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, FaIcon) {
FaMoonO = 0xf186,
    FaArchive = 0xf187
};

@interface NSString (AwesomeString)

//creates a string with the font awesome character
+(NSString*)awesomeIcon:(FaIcon)index;

@end

Used Custom UITableViewCell then in table view used your same code

label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontAwesome" size:30];
label.textColor =  [UIColor whiteColor];
label.text =  [NSString awesomeIcon:FaBook];

for label. Then add that label text in array as

iconarray =[[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:[NSString awesomeIcon:FaInfo],[NSString awesomeIcon:FaEye],nil];

How to add font awesome icon in an NSArray in Objective C

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