set label border in iphone

Question

How can I set label's border which is dynamically generated (Not from Interface Builder)?

Answer 1

I'm not sure you can by default with UILabel. You might want to consider using a read-only (field.editing = NO) UITextField and setting it's borderStyle (which can be done programmatically using a UITextBorderStyle). That may be a little 'heavy' though. Another option may be to sub-class UILabel to draw your border.

Alternatively, and depending on your needs this may be better, use the backing CALayer and draw a border using it's borderColor and borderWidth properties.

Answer 2

you can do it by

Label.layer.borderColor = [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor;
Label.layer.borderWidth = 4.0;

Answer 3

You can also try to subclass your label and override the drawRect: method to draw or a border or whatever you like:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    [super drawRect:rect];
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [[UIColor blackColor] setStroke];
    CGContextStrokeRect(context, self.bounds);
}