UILabel Align Text to center

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How do I align text in UILabel?

score 579 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 30 '18 at 11:58

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From iOS 6 and later UITextAlignment is deprecated. use NSTextAlignment

myLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

Swift Version from iOS 6 and later

myLabel.textAlignment = .center

edited Apr 30 '18 at 11:58

Linus Unnebäck

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answered Jul 12 '12 at 08:20

Aravindhan

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swift version could be simplified :) myLabel.textAlignment = .Center – aryaxt Jun 02 '15 at 22:34
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.center ← lowercase – Lucas Apr 28 '17 at 16:55

score 83 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 28 '17 at 19:03

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Here is a sample code showing how to align text using UILabel:

label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 30, 200, 12)];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

You can read more about it here UILabel

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answered Apr 19 '11 at 21:14

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`UITextAlignment` is deprecated since iOS 5. Use `NSTextAlignment` instead. – Philip007 Nov 07 '12 at 15:43
False, UITextAligment is deprecated. In UIStringDrawing.h (UIKit) you can find this code: `// Deprecated: use NSTextAlignment enum in UIKit/NSText.h typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, UITextAlignment) { UITextAlignmentLeft = 0, UITextAlignmentCenter, UITextAlignmentRight, // could add justified in future } NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0,6_0); ` – aramusss Jun 10 '15 at 11:36

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '14 at 04:34

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To center text in a UILabel in Swift (which is targeted for iOS 7+) you can do:

myUILabel.textAlignment = .Center

Or

myUILabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center

answered Aug 24 '14 at 04:34

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John Parker · Answer 4 · 2013-11-01T09:31:48.987

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N.B.: As per the UILabel class reference, as of iOS 6 this approach is now deprecated.

Simply use the textAlignment property to see the required alignment using one of the UITextAlignment values. (UITextAlignmentLeft, UITextAlignmentCenter or UITextAlignmentRight.)

e.g.: [myUILabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];

See the UILabel Class Reference for more information.

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answered Apr 19 '11 at 21:13

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score 6 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 12 '14 at 23:25

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Use yourLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter; for iOS >= 6.0 and yourLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter; for iOS < 6.0.

edited Feb 12 '14 at 23:25

Intrications

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answered Dec 11 '13 at 09:24

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 19 '16 at 09:27

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For Swift 3 it's:

label.textAlignment = .center

answered Dec 19 '16 at 09:27

Michał Kwiecień

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:25

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IO6.1 [lblTitle setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];

answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:25

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score 3 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 18 '14 at 10:26

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Label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

edited Jul 18 '14 at 10:26

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answered Apr 23 '14 at 09:30

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score 3 · Answer 9 · edited Dec 16 '16 at 07:11

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In xamarin ios suppose your label name is title then do the following

title.TextAlignment = UITextAlignment.Center;

edited Dec 16 '16 at 07:11

FelixSFD

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answered Dec 16 '16 at 07:09

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The question is not about Xamarin. And `UITextAlignment` is [deprecated in iOS 6](https://developer.apple.com/reference/uikit/uitextalignment?language=objc)! – FelixSFD Dec 16 '16 at 07:12

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 12 '18 at 10:40

In Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10

let lbl = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 10, y: 50, width: 230, height: 21))
lbl.textAlignment = .center //For center alignment
lbl.text = "This is my label fdsjhfg sjdg dfgdfgdfjgdjfhg jdfjgdfgdf end..."
lbl.textColor = .white
lbl.backgroundColor = .lightGray//If required
lbl.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 17)

 //To display multiple lines in label
lbl.numberOfLines = 0
lbl.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping

lbl.sizeToFit()//If required
yourView.addSubview(lbl)

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