Having multiple color fonts in one sentence in xcode/iphone

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I want to implement a feature in my iphone app that does something similar to this. To have 2 different color fonts in 1 sentence. I read somewhere on stack overflow about three 20, but three 20 won't work on my app. I also read something about textview? but I tried to read the documentation for that, but i didn't really understand.

Anyone have some sample code or any other suggestions??

thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '11 at 21:21

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TTTAttributedLabel is a drop-in replacement for UILabel that will let you have multiple fonts, colors, and styles applied to a single label. All you need to do is pass in an NSAttributedString! It's definitely a lot easier and more performant than loading in something gigantic like Three20 or using a UIWebView.

answered Jun 02 '11 at 21:21

mattt

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It has some memory issues, though. I notice quite a few leaks when monitoring it in Instruments. – sudo rm -rf Jun 12 '11 at 16:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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Take a look at the NSAttributedString class.

EDIT: There are a few posts on SO that provide some guidance in using this class. One such example can be found here.

Does that help?

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answered May 21 '11 at 07:24

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even if this is a label, i can add this? – anc1revv May 21 '11 at 07:26
No, you have to draw it yourself. I haven't done this, but from what I've read, it shouldn't be too difficult. – csano May 21 '11 at 07:38

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '11 at 09:06

There are a few NSAttributedString OpenSource projects on GitHub that allow this sort of thing.

Before NSAttributed string was available we all used a UIWebView and "styled" HTML to achieve the same affect. This may be an option depending on your final needs.

Having multiple color fonts in one sentence in xcode/iphone

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