Formatting UITableView Cells in iphone

Question

Hi All, I am developing an iphone app. In the image below I want the first name to be in plain font and the last name to be bold.. How can I do that?? please suggest me..Please check this image

Another ques..Now I think the reverse way but the problem here is the first line and second line you see are part of the same string. I want the first line to be bold and the second line to be in plain font. I am storing this in a dictionary. So my dictionary has a key and the value is a string of names and departments. I am unable to set the font. I tried to create two labels and tried to split the string according to the index and assign it to the labels I created. But, in this case the index keeps on changing as there might be a first name for a contact or there might not be any name.

In this case Prinicipal should be in plain font and name should be in bold

Please see the below image..

Answer 1

You have to create a custom UITableViewCell. http://icodeblog.com/2009/05/24/custom-uitableviewcell-using-interface-builder/

Answer 2

Since the label that you're showing the name string in defines the formatting and style, if you want to have different styles you need to have a different uilabel for each each style you want. Specifically, you will need a uilabel for the firstname: firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]; and one for the lastname: lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];.

First place the first name string is the firstNameLabel then call [firstNameLabel sizeToFit] to fit the label text within it. Then use the frame of the firstNameLabel to place the lastNameLabel directly after it.

UILabel * firstNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,10,100,25)];
firstNameLabel.tag = firstNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
firstNameLabel.text = theStringRepresentingTheFirstName;
[firstNameLabel sizeToFit];

UILabel * lastNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:
    CGRectMake(10+firstNameLabel.frame.size.width+2, 10, 100, 25)];
lastNameLabel.tag = lastNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
lastNameLabel.text = theLastNameString;.

[cell.contentView addSubview:firstNameLabel];
[cell.contentView addSubview:lastNameLabel];

And as for splitting the name string, you're probably pretty limited there. I would split on the first space and assume the first string is the last name (as in your first picture).

The principle case is similar, you need a label for each style that you want to present.