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iOS

Posted by Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points

Diary App height for entry

I can't get the diary entries to show more than one line. I have made the margins ridiculous numbers and still just one line of text. Any suggestions?

Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points

[alt text](file://localhost/Users/jake/Desktop/iOS%20Simulator%20Screen%20shot%20Jun%2020,%202014,%2010.35.53%20AM.png "Title")

Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points 
CGRect boundingBox = [entry.body boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(200.f, CGFLOAT_MAX)
 options:(NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin|NSStringDrawingUsesFontLeading) attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: font} context:nil];

return MAX(minHeight, CGRectGetHeight(boundingBox) + topMargin + bottomMargin);

code that sets the bounding box

4 Answers

Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points

number of lines was set to 1 in storyboard, had to set it to 0 and the app works as it is suppose to.

Jonathan Fernandez
Jonathan Fernandez
8,325 Points

Thanks for this comment. It had helped me get passed the problem as well and I really appreciate this. : )

Brian Stevens
Brian Stevens
7,906 Points

Yup, had this issue too. Thanks!

Charlie O'Shea
Charlie O'Shea
18,737 Points

This worked for me but I'm sure he still had it set to 1 in the video. Unless he did another one of those really quick fixes.

Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points
Jake Wernette
Jake Wernette
3,387 Points

Ive retyped the code from the videos probably 3 times.

Gregory Serfaty
Gregory Serfaty
37,140 Points
Gregory Serfaty
Gregory Serfaty
37,140 Points

in memory you need to use this method numberOfLines

Andrew Kelly
Andrew Kelly
4,738 Points
Andrew Kelly
Andrew Kelly
4,738 Points

Thanks Jake. I was pulling my hair out trying to find the problem too!