I created a label:
NSTextField *label = [NSTextField alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(50, 50, 100, 50)];
[txtField setStringValue:inputString];
[txtField setEditable:false];
The length of inputString is unknown at compile time, so how can I resize the label so that it fits all in one line and center it after giving it the inputString?
I'm still new to Cocoa, so thanks for the help!
Use NSControl's "- (void)sizeToFit" method. That will resize the textField according to the text in it.
To make text centered, you can do it in the Interface Builder and that settings will not change as you update the size of the textField using sizeToFit.
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Hello I am trying to resize a UIImage, but even though I'm not getting any errors it is not working.
hers the code of .h file
IBOutlet UIImageView *Fish;
heres the code of .m file
Fish.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 293);
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any help
The image is probably not resizing because you are just resizing the image view. Make sure in your storyboard that you make the image view (Fish), have the move ScaleToFill. I can't do screenshot due to reputation ( sorry :( )
Alternately, if your goal is not to resize the image view but to resize the image it is holding, you can do this:
UIImage *image = Fish.image;
UIImage *image = YourImageView.image;
UIImage *tempImage = nil;
CGSize targetSize = CGSizeMake(80,60);
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(targetSize);
CGRect thumbnailRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
thumbnailRect.origin = CGPointMake(0.0,0.0);
thumbnailRect.size.width = targetSize.width;
thumbnailRect.size.height = targetSize.height;
[image drawInRect:thumbnailRect];
tempImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
YourImageView.image = tempImage;
and you would set thumbnailRect to whatever size you want.
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I bet your outlet is not hooked up. In your "viewDidLoad" method, try doing this:
if(Fish)
{
Fish.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 293);
} else {
NSLog(#"Fish is null; why did I forget to connect the outlet in my storyboard or xib?");
}
And this isn't the best way to resize your UIImageView. If you're using regular springs & struts, you can grow an outlet by clicking the springs & struts to grow based on the superview's size, e.g.:
And if you're doing AutoLayout, there's a different thing you can do (basically pin your view to all four sides of the superview).
Here is how I do it:
1) select the outlet / object you want to add constraints to (in your case, it'll be the fish image view)
2) see the segmented control at the bottom of the Interface Builder window? Click on the second one and you'll see a popover view open up with a list of possible constraints to add.
3) In my example, I'm adding constraints in my ImageView to always be 10 pixels from each edge of the superview (note the four "10"s and solid red lines meaning I'm adding four constraints).
AutoLayout is a pain to get accustomed to (and I'm still learning it myself), but I suspect that once one gets the hang of it, it'll be a powerful new tool especially as Apple brings in additional iOS screen sizes in the very near future.
I am trying to add an image as a background to a UILabel, but my UILabel's title cannot be seen, even though I tried to send the background image to the back. My code is below and any advice on how to help with this would be great, thanks!
UIImageView *labelBackground = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"]];
[myLabel addSubview:labelBackground];
[myLabel sendSubviewToBack:labelBackground];
myLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[myLabel setText:title];
When you add a view (your image view) as a subview to another view (your label), the subview will always be in front of its superview. They would either need to be siblings:
[myContainer addSubview:labelBackground];
[myContainer addSubview:myLabel];
or better yet, the label should be a subview of the image view:
[labelBackground addSubview:myLabel];
[myContainer addSubView:labelBackground];
Another solution might be to use your image as a background color for your label:
[myLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:myUIImage]];
But note that the image will be repeated instead of centered or stretched.
Try adding the UILabel as a subview of the UIImageView, rather than the other way around.
This will result in the UIImageView being the "container" of the label, and thus the label being on top of the UIImageView.
I can not set the height while running of the UITextView object in Xcode for iPhone (Version 4.6 (4H127).
I have used MainStoryboard_iPhone.storyboard to create the UITextView.
I have tried this, which makes no effect:
UITextView *textMultiLine1;
[textMultiLine1 setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 320)];
Thanks for answering, I am a very beginner in Xcode.
You first need to create an Outlet in you header file:
IBOutlet UITextView *textMultiLine1;
Then you need to connect it in the StoryBoard:
Then you must set it's frame:
textMultiline1.frame = CGRectMake(originX, originY, width, height);
Or, if you want to change only it's height:
float newHeight = 200.0;
CGRect textViewFrame = textMultiline1.frame;
textMultiline1.frame = CGRectMake(textViewFrame.origin.x, textViewFrame.origin.y, textViewFrame.size.width, newHeight);
Setting the content size will only change the inner TextView area, resulting in a longer (or shorter, depending on the values you set) scroll
I need to make a simple scroll view in xcode with width of 280 and height of 80 and with images inside thats scrolls horizontally. i want to make this programmatically.
I assume you mean the UIScrollview, which has a guide written by apple found here:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIScrollView_Class/Reference/UIScrollView.html
A guide that I personally used was this one:
http://idevzilla.com/2010/09/16/uiscrollview-a-really-simple-tutorial/
I'll take you through the quick basics of adding the scrollview to your view and adding images to it.
I'm guessing you're new to Objective C, so I'll give you a quick guide. Firstly, you'll want to make a UIScrollView object. This is done by declaring the following:
UIScrollView *aScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake (0,0,320,250)];
You'll notice I set the frame. The first two numbers of CGRectMake give you the x and y origin of the point while the last two numbers are for how wide and tall you want your object to be.
Afterwards, you'll want to add images to it. You'll need a UIImageview.
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 250)];
Note that I positioned the image at 0,0, giving it a height of a 250 and a width of 320. This ensures that it fills entire scrollview's initial view.
imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"foo.png"];
You'll attach an image to the imageView. But wait, there's more. So far you've created these objects but have not yet associated them with the view. So if we are in a ViewController class (you'll have to look up what that is), the ViewController contains a view. We can attach our objects to the view.
[aScrollView addSubview:imageView]; // Adds the image to the scrollview
[self.view addSubview:aScrollView]; // Adds the scrollview to the view.
If you want to add more images, you have to add them at different x origins. So our first added image was at 0,0. Our next added image should be at 320,0 (because the first image took up 320 pixels width).
UIImageView *secondImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(320, 0, 320, 250)];
secondImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"bar.png"];
[aScrollView addSubview:secondImageView];
There are a number of options for scrollview that you will want to explore. The ones I found useful were:
aScrollView.delegate = self; // For gesture callbacks
self.pagingEnabled = TRUE; // For one-at-a-time flick scrolling
self.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO; // Cleaner look for some apps.
self.alwaysBounceHorizontal = TRUE; // Look it up.
I have an NSButton (Push Button) with some temporary title text built in Interface Builder / Xcode. Elsewhere, the title text inside the button is changed programmatically to a string of unknown length (actually, many times to many different lengths).
I'd like the button to automatically be resized (with a fixed right position--so it grows out to the left) to fit whatever length of string is programmatically inserted as button text. But I can't figure it out. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
If you can't use Auto Layout as suggested by #jtbandes (it's only available in Lion), then you can call [button sizeToFit] after setting its string value, which will make the button resize to fit its string. You would then need to adjust its frame based on the new width.
You can't do this automatically, but it would be easy to do in a subclass of NSButton.
#implementation RKSizeToFitButton
- (void)setStringValue:(NSString*)aString
{
//get the current frame
NSRect frame = [self frame];
//button label
[super setStringValue:aString];
//resize to fit the new string
[self sizeToFit];
//calculate the difference between the two frame widths
NSSize newSize = self.frame.size;
CGFloat widthDelta = newSize.width - NSWidth(frame);
//set the frame origin
[self setFrameOrigin:NSMakePoint(NSMinX(self.frame) - widthDelta, NSMinY(self.frame))];
}
#end
This way you can just set your button's class to RKSizeToFitButton in Interface Builder and then calling setStringValue: on the button to change its label will "just work" with no additional code.
Sure! Just use Auto Layout! :)