The problem with
CGRect r = [text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(200, 0)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize]}
context:nil];
is boundingRectWithSize which determines the maximum value that CGRect can have.
My solution for this problem is to check if it exceeds, if not then text can fit into the label. I did it by using loops.
NSString *text = @"This is a long sentence. Wonder how much space is needed?";
CGFloat width = 100;
CGFloat height = 100;
bool sizeFound = false;
while (!sizeFound) {
NSLog(@"Begin loop");
CGFloat fontSize = 14;
CGFloat previousSize = 0.0;
CGFloat currSize = 0.0;
for (float fSize = fontSize; fSize < fontSize+6; fSize++) {
CGRect r = [text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(width, height)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:fSize]}
context:nil];
currSize =r.size.width*r.size.height;
if (previousSize >= currSize) {
width = width*11/10;
height = height*11/10;
fSize = fontSize+10;
}
else {
previousSize = currSize;
}
NSLog(@"fontSize = %f\tbounds = (%f x %f) = %f",
fSize,
r.size.width,
r.size.height,r.size.width*r.size.height);
}
if (previousSize == currSize) {
sizeFound = true;
}
}
NSLog(@"Size found with width %f and height %f", width, height);
After each iteration the size of height and width increments 10% of its value.
The reason why I picked 6 is because I did not want the label to be too squishy.
For a solution that does not use loops:
NSString *text = @"This is a long sentence. Wonder how much space is needed?";
CGFloat width = 100;
CGFloat height = 100;
CGFloat currentFontSize = 12;
CGRect r1 = [text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(width, height)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:currentFontSize+6]}
context:nil];
CGRect r2 = [text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(width, height)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesFontLeading
attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:currentFontSize+6]}
context:nil];
CGFloat firstVal =r1.size.width*r1.size.height;
CGFloat secondVal =r2.size.width*r2.size.height;
NSLog(@"First val %f and second val is %f", firstVal, secondVal);
if (secondVal > firstVal) {
float initRat = secondVal/firstVal;
float ratioToBeMult = sqrtf(initRat);
width *= ratioToBeMult;
height *= ratioToBeMult;
}
NSLog(@"Final width %f and height %f", width, height);
//for verifying
for (NSNumber *n in @[@(12.0f), @(14.0f), @(17.0f)]) {
CGFloat fontSize = [n floatValue];
CGRect r = [text boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(width, height)
options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize]}
context:nil];
NSLog(@"fontSize = %f\tbounds = (%f x %f) = %f",
fontSize,
r.size.width,
r.size.height,r.size.width*r.size.height);
firstVal =r.size.width*r.size.height;
}
Where the last loop is proof that larger font can give a higher size result.
UILabelwithadjustFontSizeToFitWidthandminimumScaleFactorand iOS will do the work for you. – Motivation