How do you show multiple lines of text in a UILabel using Swift?

Question

Is it possible to show multiple lines of text in a UILabel in Swift?

I currently use a UITextView which has an internal scroll and I would like to avoid a scroll and display statically. I’ve tried placing a number of constraints to achieve this but it doesn’t prevent an internal scroll on the UITextView.

set `label.numberOfLines = 0` to have unlimited amount of rows and `textField.isScrollingEnabled = false` to inactivate the scroll in the text field — Vollan, Apr 12 '18 at 08:17
Possibly related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24134905/how-do-i-set-adaptive-multiline-uilabel-text — Ahmad F, Apr 12 '18 at 08:21

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '18 at 08:28

I think you mean UITextView.

Change your text to a UILabel and hook it up as an IBOutlet and then add the following code:

myLabel.numberOfLines = 0

Example:

@IBOutlet weak var myLabel: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    myLabel.text = "This is where all of your text goes..."
    myLabel.numberOfLines = 0

}

Set your constraints as normal and this should display the UILabel on multiple lines dependent on how much text you have displayed.

Thank you this makes much more sense – Jansenbase Apr 12 '18 at 08:30 — Jansenbase, Apr 12 '18 at 08:30

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '18 at 08:16

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You can simply do the following :

myLabel.numberOfLine = 2

You can also specify 0 to allow your label to use the necessary number of line to display all the content.

answered Apr 12 '18 at 08:16

CZ54

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '18 at 08:40

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You can do that Using StoryBoard also:

Make the lines to 0 or any amount of lines you want

answered Apr 12 '18 at 08:40

Abhirajsinh Thakore

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How do you show multiple lines of text in a UILabel using Swift?

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