iPhone app: How to display formatted text?

Question

I need to display some simple formatted text inside a small section of a View. The background needs to be transparent because there's a background gradient image.

How I should I go about this? Maybe the Web View control will do the trick? thanks

Answer 1

An UIWebView with a transparent background should do the trick, indeed. You could use something like:

UIWebView *formattedText = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 50)]; [formattedText loadHTMLString:@"My <strong>formatted</strong> text" baseURL:nil];

Be careful though: UIWebViews are heavy objects that suck a lot of memory, plus they may take some time to load and render your text. You should release your label as soon as you don't need it anymore.