Setting label's width and height according to the text length within a UITableViewCell using UITableViewAutomaticDimension

Question

I need a UITableView with cells like this: I tried and ended up in this:

I used UITableViewAutomaticDimension with Autolayout (pinning the label to 4 sides of the superview and not giving a height constraint) and was able to give dynamic height to the cells. But what I also want is the width of the label to be adjusted according to the size of the text (see first image).

Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

does your problem still exists? – Govind Kumawat Apr 27 '18 at 04:53 — Govind Kumawat, Apr 27 '18 at 04:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '18 at 17:47

For that all you need to add flexible constraint that adjust according to message label.

Give message label trailing to Main SuperView (ContentView) in Greater than or equal to (>=) let say 20 pixels (so it's basically means always maintain that margin of 20 pixels space so it can go more then 20 pixels but not less then that). now you can give trailing of your ChatView to Message label let say 20 pixels.

also add tailing margin of 20 pixels as in Greater than or equal to (>=) Date label so when the message get very small your background view of message label will not go inside of date.

Thanks @Govind, that was the perfect solution. – Aftab Baig May 02 '18 at 01:15 — Aftab Baig, May 02 '18 at 01:15

Setting label's width and height according to the text length within a UITableViewCell using UITableViewAutomaticDimension

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