Set root view width equal to dynamic label's width

Question

I'm using XIB to populate tableview of a chat app (messages). It contains a view and a label on it. The label's text continuously changes. How can I find the width of label and then set width of parent view equal to that?

I'm a newbie to swift. So, in this way, is it possible to set height also?

I have set the number of lines to '0' of the uilabel

this might help : http://stackoverflow.com/a/27056980/3150830 — Ashildr, Oct 21 '16 at 02:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '16 at 03:18

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Assuming that the "Message Text" label is the only subview within the parent view, you could set the parent view's height and width like so:

if let subview = view.subviews.first {
    // where `view` is your parent view and `subview` is your text label
    view.frame.size.width = subview.frame.width
    view.frame.size.height = subview.frame.height  
}

answered Oct 21 '16 at 03:18

Aaron

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But how can I find width and height of uilabel? – Gijo Varghese Oct 21 '16 at 14:17
That's what the `subview` is in my example. `subview.frame.width` and `subview.frame.height` – Aaron Oct 21 '16 at 17:30

Set root view width equal to dynamic label's width

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