Usage of Labels

Labels are used to display static content, including a single line or multiple lines.

Important Properties

• textAlignment
• textColor
• text
• numberOflines
• lineBreakMode

Add custom method addLabel

-(void)addLabel{
    UILabel *aLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:
    CGRectMake(20, 200, 280, 80)];
    aLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
    aLabel.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    aLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    aLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
    aLabel.text = @"This is a sample text\n of multiple lines.
    here number of lines is not limited.";
    [self.view addSubview:aLabel];
}

Update viewDidLoad in ViewController.m as follows:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    //The custom method to create our label is called
    [self addLabel];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}

Output

Run the application, and you will get the following output:

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