Question

Anyone able to highlight why the “[aLabel sizeToFit]” line is required in this code below, taken from here.

That is, the CGRect created has already been sized based on the text font size, so why would the sizeToFit be required? Or is it because whilst they calculated the correct CGRect size they actually didn’t set the pre-agreed font (system font) to the UILabel yet? (and therefore effectively called sizeToFit instead of setting the font)

- (CGRect)RAD_frameForCellLabelWithSystemFontOfSize:(CGFloat)size {
    CGFloat width = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width - 50;
    CGFloat height = [self RAD_textHeightForSystemFontOfSize:size] + 10.0;
    return CGRectMake(10.0f, 10.0f, width, height);
}

- (void)RAD_resizeLabel:(UILabel *)aLabel WithSystemFontOfSize:(CGFloat)size {
    aLabel.frame = [self RAD_frameForCellLabelWithSystemFontOfSize:size];
    aLabel.text = self;
    [aLabel sizeToFit];    // WHY IS THIS REQUIRED
}

Answer 1

From docs:

Call this method when you want to
resize the current view so that it
uses the most appropriate amount of
space. Specific UIKit views resize
themselves according to their own
internal needs. In some cases, if a
view does not have a superview, it may
size itself to the screen bounds.
Thus, if you want a given view to size
itself to its parent view, you should
add it to the parent view before
calling this method.

Choose the right one, that is appropriate for your case.