Convert NSMutableAttributedString to NSString

Question

Can we not convert NSMutableAttributedString to NSString?

I have two NSMutableAttributedStrings and I am appending the 2nd string onto 1st as below:

[string1 appendAttributedString:string2];

Since I have to display string1 on a label I do:

self.label1.text = (NSString *)string1;

I am getting "unrecognized selector sent to instance" error.

Am I doing anything wrong here? Isn't this the correct way to assign a NSMutableAttributedString to text property of a label?

Solution 1

You can't use a cast to convert an object from one type to another. Use the provided method:

label1.text = [string1 string];

Better yet, use the attributed string:

label1.attributedText = string1

Solution 2

NSAttributtedString includes a .string property. From there, you can take NSString without attributes.

So:

NSAttributtedString* someString;
NSString* string = someString.string;

Comments

[tech_human]

Yeah I just realized the label has attributedText property as well. Thanks for the reply though!! :)

[Nasir]

You saved me buddy. sorry stackoverflow does not allow me to upvote this more than one.

[Lewis Edward Garrett]

I agree. I wish I could upvote more than once. This greatly simplified my code.