Question

I am custom drawing some text:

point = CGPointMake(77, 5);
    [[message valueForKey:@"user_login"] drawAtPoint:point forWidth:200 
                                            withFont:mainFont 
                                         minFontSize:MIN_MAIN_FONT_SIZE 
                                      actualFontSize:NULL 
                                       lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeTailTruncation 
                                  baselineAdjustment:UIBaselineAdjustmentAlignBaselines];

How can I make it draw 5 lines? Equivalent to:

rect = CGRectMake(77, 25, 238, 68);
bodyLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
bodyLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size:12];
bodyLabel.numberOfLines = 5;
bodyLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
    bodyLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    [self.contentView addSubview: bodyLabel];

Answer 1

The documentation for -drawAtPoint:withFont:... says “This method does not perform any line wrapping during drawing.” If you use -drawInRect:withFont: instead of -drawAtPoint:withFont:..., then it will draw multiple lines. You can also use -sizeWithFont:constrainedToSize: to figure out what the size will be.