Line Break in Localizable.strings for MFMailComposeViewController

Question

How can I add line breaks in my language file for use in MFMailComposeViewController? The \n doesent work for me. A break with a normal klick on return key has the same result, no line breaks!

My file:

"Body_eMail"= "Hello, here is some text.\n\nLorem ipsum alsu.\n\nAnd some text, more...";

I want:

Hello,

here is some text. Lorem ipsum alsu.

And some text, more...

This works fine for UILabel (as @lawicko mentioned below) but when adding to a MFMailComposeViewController the \n characters are displayed inline, like below:

Hello, here is some text.\n\nLorem ipsum alsu.\n\nAnd some text, more...

What is the right way?

Any luck with this? I'm running into the same issue. – Joe Masilotti Mar 14 '12 at 02:16 — Joe Masilotti, Mar 14 '12 at 02:16
no.... its the same ... I have no idea. – webschnecke Mar 14 '12 at 09:24 — webschnecke, Mar 14 '12 at 09:24

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '12 at 02:58

First ensure your MFMailComposeViewController has isHTML:YES set.

MFMailComposeViewController *emailView = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
NSString *emailBody = NSLocalizedString(@"Email Body", @"");
[emailView setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:YES];

[self presentModalViewController:emailView animated:YES];

In your Localizable.strings you must use the HTML <br /> tag to produce line breaks.

"emailBody" = "Hello, here is some text.<br /><br />Lorem ipsum alsu.<br /><br />And some text, more...";

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '12 at 12:42

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Adding \n works if you display the text in the UITextView. It also works if you display the text in the UILabel if you set the appropriate numberOfLines. I just tested it on iOS5 simulator and iPod with iOS 5.0.1.

answered Feb 22 '12 at 12:42

lawicko

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Hi, the text is shown in an e-mail (no uilabel etc...)... to recommend the app... the \n doesnt work... ;-( – webschnecke Feb 24 '12 at 09:49
Do you use MFMailComposeViewController to send your emails? – lawicko Feb 24 '12 at 11:16
Yes I do ;-)-(void)displayMailComposerSheet { MFMailComposeViewController *picker = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init]; picker.mailComposeDelegate = self; [picker setSubject:NSLocalizedString(@"Betr",@"Bet")]; // Set up recipients //NSArray *toRecipients = [NSArray arrayWithObject:@""]; //[picker setToRecipients:toRecipients]; NSString *emailSharing = NSLocalizedString(@"Bdy",@"Txt"); // Fill out the email body text [picker setMessageBody:emailSharing isHTML:YES]; [self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES]; [picker release];} – webschnecke Feb 26 '12 at 21:30
Sometimes `numberOfLines` is not enough - some set phrases which look bad when are split into different lines – Vyachaslav Gerchicov Jan 12 '16 at 15:00

Line Break in Localizable.strings for MFMailComposeViewController

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