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triveni
triveni

Reputation: 377

How to find UITextView number of lines

I have to find the number of lines of a UITextView. There is no property available, like anumberOfLines, on UITextView. I use the following formula, but it not doesn't work. Does anybody have an idea about this? 

int numLines = txtview.contentSize.height/txtview.font.lineHeight;

Upvotes: 7

Views: 13468

Answers (3)

iWheelBuy
iWheelBuy

Reputation: 5679

Swift 4 way to calculate number of lines in UITextView using UITextInputTokenizer:

public extension UITextView {
    /// number of lines based on entered text
    public var numberOfLines: Int {
        guard compare(beginningOfDocument, to: endOfDocument).same == false else {
            return 0
        }
        let direction: UITextDirection = UITextStorageDirection.forward.rawValue
        var lineBeginning = beginningOfDocument
        var lines = 0
        while true {
            lines += 1
            guard let lineEnd = tokenizer.position(from: lineBeginning, toBoundary: .line, inDirection: direction) else {
                fatalError()
            }
            guard compare(lineEnd, to: endOfDocument).same == false else {
                break
            }
            guard let newLineBeginning = tokenizer.position(from: lineEnd, toBoundary: .character, inDirection: direction) else {
                fatalError()
            }
            guard compare(newLineBeginning, to: endOfDocument).same == false else {
                return lines + 1
            }
            lineBeginning = newLineBeginning
        }
        return lines
    }
}

public extension ComparisonResult {

    public var ascending: Bool {
        switch self {
        case .orderedAscending:
            return true
        default:
            return false
        }
    }

    public var descending: Bool {
        switch self {
        case .orderedDescending:
            return true
        default:
            return false
        }
    }

    public var same: Bool {
        switch self {
        case .orderedSame:
            return true
        default:
            return false
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Evan Mulawski
Evan Mulawski

Reputation: 55334

If you are using iOS 3, you need to use the leading property:

int numLines = txtview.contentSize.height / txtview.font.leading;

If you are using iOS 4, you need to use the lineHeight property:

int numLines = txtview.contentSize.height / txtview.font.lineHeight;

And, as @thomas pointed out, be careful of rounding if you need an exact result.

Upvotes: 20

Nikunj Jadav
Nikunj Jadav

Reputation: 3402

You can look at the contentSize property of your UITextView to get the height of the text in pixels, and divide by the line spacing of the UITextView's font to get the number of text lines in the total UIScrollView (on and off screen), including both wrapped and line broken text.

int numLines = txtview.contentSize.height/txtview.font.leading;

Upvotes: 1

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