text in label bleeding off screen iOS Swift

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I'm added in two labels into a table cell, the top one being left justified and the bottom being right justified, however the text isn't displaying properly.

I added the proper constraints for the tableview in storyboard but that hasn't resolved the issue. Here is the code i used to set up the labels and the resulting screenshot, I'm only using the borders for debugging purposes

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)


    var label1 = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0,0, cell.bounds.width, cell.bounds.height/3))
    var label2 = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0,cell.bounds.height/3, cell.bounds.width, cell.bounds.height/3 * 2))



    label1.textAlignment = .Left
    label1.text = "AAAA"
    label1.layer.borderColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
    label1.layer.borderWidth = 1.0


    label2.textAlignment = .Right
    label2.text = "BBBB"
    label2.layer.borderColor = UIColor.redColor().CGColor
    label2.layer.borderWidth = 1.0


    cell.addSubview(label1)
    cell.addSubview(label2)

edit: adding in new picture to show constraints

please post your constraints – Bhavin Bhadani Mar 12 '16 at 04:59 — Bhavin Bhadani, Mar 12 '16 at 04:59
adding new picture to post @EICaptain – hnaderi Mar 12 '16 at 05:01 — hnaderi, Mar 12 '16 at 05:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Remove constraints to margin when pinned all you edges ..

For more guide about constraints to margin, check this link

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Mar 12 '16 at 05:06

Bhavin Bhadani

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perfect! thank you! the text is starting right at the edge - do you happen to have a quick tip as to how to add some padding? – hnaderi Mar 12 '16 at 05:11
and if possible add label in cell and add constraints .. this is just a suggestion – Bhavin Bhadani Mar 12 '16 at 05:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '16 at 05:05

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You don't have any constraints on the cell itself. I'd recommend that you subclass UITableViewCell, add the two labels to the custom cell, set up constrains, and then modify those labels in tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier. Then you'll keep constraints as set up in storyboard.

As it currently exists, you are creating new labels each time a cell is loaded, so you would have to create constrains programmatically as well, which is not ideal.

answered Mar 12 '16 at 05:05

sschale

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i was hoping to avoid this step, it looks like the answer above is working – hnaderi Mar 12 '16 at 05:11
It will make your code cleaner and more efficient, but glad it's working. – sschale Mar 12 '16 at 05:14

text in label bleeding off screen iOS Swift

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