I'm using a table view that uses a custom UITableViewCell subclass, NoteCell
. The subclass has two text labels, a name label and a date label which are side-by-side in the cell. My goal is to have the name label resize itself so that the full date is shown no matter what.
in cellForRowAtIndexPath, I try to calculate and set the widths of the two text views so that the date is fully displayed and the name label is truncated.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"NoteCell";
NoteCell *cell = (NoteCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
// Configure the cell...
cell.dateLabel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin;
cell.nameLabel.text = @"A name that should be truncated";
cell.dateLabel.text = @"A long date to use as an example";
// Set the widths
// First calculate how wide the date label needs to be.
cell.dateLabel.text = @"A really long date";
CGSize dateLabelSize = [cell.dateLabel.text sizeWithFont:cell.dateLabel.font];
CGFloat dateExpansionAmount = fabsf(dateLabelSize.width - cell.dateLabel.frame.size.width) + 10.0f;
cell.dateLabel.frame = CGRectMake(cell.dateLabel.frame.origin.x - dateExpansionAmount,
cell.dateLabel.frame.origin.y,
dateLabelSize.width,
cell.dateLabel.frame.size.height);
CGFloat nameLabelWidth = cell.dateLabel.frame.origin.x - cell.nameLabel.frame.origin.x;
cell.nameLabel.frame = CGRectMake(cell.nameLabel.frame.origin.x,
cell.nameLabel.frame.origin.y,
nameLabelWidth,
cell.nameLabel.frame.size.height);
}
Unfortunately, the results are not correct because I don't think I'm setting/calculating the frame bounds correctly. See the image below.
Disregarding the problems with the frame calculations is there a better way to approach this problem or is manually positioning the text label frame the only way?