Question

I need to fill in a rect with some text. The size of rect is fixed.

I use the following function:

- (void)drawText:(NSString *)text onView:(UIView *)view inRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    UILabel *lbl = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
    lbl.minimumFontSize = 1;
    lbl.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:30];
    [lbl setText:text];
    lbl.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
    [view addSubview:lbl];
    [lbl release];
}

Then I write something similar to this:

[self drawText:@"Asdfghjkl;" onView:view inRect:CGRectMake(45, 40, 85, 13)];
[self drawText:@"qwertyui" onView:view inRect:CGRectMake(173, 31, 126, 22)];

And I get the cutted text. Where is my mistake?

Answer 1

I think the main trouble is that some text fits width only but it must fit both width and height.
So the fastest solution for me is to make a bigger transparent UILabel and put a text inside it using alignment