UILabel Align Text to center

Question

How do I align text in UILabel?

Solution 1

From iOS 6 and later UITextAlignment is deprecated. use NSTextAlignment

myLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

Swift Version from iOS 6 and later

myLabel.textAlignment = .center

Solution 2

Here is a sample code showing how to align text using UILabel:

label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 30, 200, 12)];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

You can read more about it here UILabel

Solution 3

To center text in a UILabel in Swift (which is targeted for iOS 7+) you can do:

myUILabel.textAlignment = .Center

Or

myUILabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center

Solution 4

N.B.: As per the UILabel class reference, as of iOS 6 this approach is now deprecated.

Simply use the textAlignment property to see the required alignment using one of the UITextAlignment values. (UITextAlignmentLeft, UITextAlignmentCenter or UITextAlignmentRight.)

e.g.: [myUILabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];

See the UILabel Class Reference for more information.

Solution 5

Use yourLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter; for iOS >= 6.0 and yourLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter; for iOS < 6.0.

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Comments

[Philip007]

UITextAlignment is deprecated since iOS 5. Use NSTextAlignment instead.

[aryaxt]

swift version could be simplified :) myLabel.textAlignment = .Center

[aramusss]

False, UITextAligment is deprecated. In UIStringDrawing.h (UIKit) you can find this code: // Deprecated: use NSTextAlignment enum in UIKit/NSText.h typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, UITextAlignment) { UITextAlignmentLeft = 0, UITextAlignmentCenter, UITextAlignmentRight, // could add justified in future } NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0,6_0);

[FelixSFD]

The question is not about Xamarin. And UITextAlignment is deprecated in iOS 6!

[Lucas]

.center ← lowercase