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Rafael Guerra
Rafael Guerra

Reputation: 41

systemLayoutSizeFittingSize not returning a size big enough for my UILabel

I'm using a static Table View to show some data and since my data is dynamic, I need a Cell with can adjust its size according to its content. I have override the heightForRowAtIndexPath:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGFloat {
    if indexPath.row == 4 {
        let size = itemDescription.systemLayoutSizeFittingSize(UILayoutFittingCompressedSize)
        return size.height
    }
    return super.tableView(tableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath)
}

I have tried both UILayoutFittingCompressedSize and UILayoutExpandedSize and both will return a CGSize with 140 in height which is not enough to show my text.

I also tried to increase the number of lines in the UILabel, but it doesn't work either.

On storyboard, my Cell is a basic TableViewCell.

Does anyone have any idea of what's going on?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 992

Answers (1)

rshev
rshev

Reputation: 4176

To use self-sizing cells you don't need to override heightForRowAtIndexPath. Override estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath and return either an estimate or UITableViewAutomaticDimension. And, it's important, you have to have explicit constraints to all 4 sides of a cell. For UILabel specify 0 as numer of lines to enable text auto-height.

Upvotes: 3

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