How to embed small icon in UILabel

Question

I need to embed small icons   sort of custom bullets   to my UILabel in iOS7  How can I do this in interface designer  Or at least in code   In Android there are leftDrawable and rightDrawable for labels  but how it is done in iOS  Sample in android

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Here is the way to embed icon in UILabel.

Also to Align the Icon use attachment.bounds

Swift 5.1

// Create Attachment
let imageAttachment = NSTextAttachment()
imageAttachment.image = UIImage(named:"iPhoneIcon")
// Set bound to reposition
let imageOffsetY: CGFloat = -5.0
imageAttachment.bounds = CGRect(x: 0, y: imageOffsetY, width: imageAttachment.image!.size.width, height: imageAttachment.image!.size.height)
// Create string with attachment
let attachmentString = NSAttributedString(attachment: imageAttachment)
// Initialize mutable string
let completeText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "")
// Add image to mutable string
completeText.append(attachmentString)
// Add your text to mutable string
let textAfterIcon = NSAttributedString(string: "Using attachment.bounds!")
completeText.append(textAfterIcon)
self.mobileLabel.textAlignment = .center
self.mobileLabel.attributedText = completeText

Objective-C Version

NSTextAttachment *imageAttachment = [[NSTextAttachment alloc] init];
imageAttachment.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"iPhoneIcon"];
CGFloat imageOffsetY = -5.0;
imageAttachment.bounds = CGRectMake(0, imageOffsetY, imageAttachment.image.size.width, imageAttachment.image.size.height);
NSAttributedString *attachmentString = [NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:imageAttachment];
NSMutableAttributedString *completeText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@""];
[completeText appendAttributedString:attachmentString];
NSAttributedString *textAfterIcon = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Using attachment.bounds!"];
[completeText appendAttributedString:textAfterIcon];
self.mobileLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
self.mobileLabel.attributedText = completeText;

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Swift 2 0 version      Get image and set it s size let image   UIImage named   imageNameWithHeart   let newSize   CGSize width  10  height  10     Resize image UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions newSize  false  0 0  image  drawInRect CGRectMake 0  0  newSize width  newSize height   let imageResized   UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext   UIGraphicsEndImageContext      Create attachment text with image var attachment   NSTextAttachment   attachment image   imageResized var attachmentString   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment  var myString   NSMutableAttributedString string   I love swift    myString appendAttributedString attachmentString  myLabel attributedText   myString

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you have to make a custom object where you used a UIView and inside you put a UIImageView and a UILabel

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You can do this with iOS 7 s text attachments  which are part of TextKit  Some sample code   NSTextAttachment  attachment     NSTextAttachment alloc  init   attachment image    UIImage imageNamed   MyIcon png     NSAttributedString  attachmentString    NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment attachment    NSMutableAttributedString  myString    NSMutableAttributedString alloc  initWithString   My label text     myString appendAttributedString attachmentString    myLabel attributedText   myString

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Swift 4 UIlabel Extension to add Image to Label with reference to above answers  extension UILabel     func set image  UIImage  with text  String        let attachment   NSTextAttachment       attachment image   image     attachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  0  width  10  height  10      let attachmentStr   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment       let mutableAttributedString   NSMutableAttributedString       mutableAttributedString append attachmentStr       let textString   NSAttributedString string  text  attributes    font  self font       mutableAttributedString append textString       self attributedText   mutableAttributedString

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I ve made an implementation of this feature in swift here  https   github com anatoliyv SMIconLabel  Code is as simple as it s possible   var labelLeft   SMIconLabel frame  CGRectMake 10  10  view frame size width - 20  20   labelLeft text    Icon on the left  text on the left      Here is the magic labelLeft icon   UIImage named   Bell      Set icon image labelLeft iconPadding   5                  Set padding between icon and label labelLeft numberOfLines   0                Required labelLeft iconPosition   SMIconLabelPosition Left    Icon position view addSubview labelLeft    Here is how it looks

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You could use a UITextField with the leftView property and then set the enabled property to NO  Or use a UIButton and setImage forControlState

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try this way       self lbl text   Drawble Left       UIImageView  img   UIImageView alloc initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0  20  20        img image  UIImage imageNamed   Star png         self lbl addSubview img

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Swift 4 2   let attachment   NSTextAttachment           attachment image   UIImage named   yourIcon png   let attachmentString   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment  let myString   NSMutableAttributedString string  price  myString append attachmentString  label attributedText   myString

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func atributedLabel str  String  img  UIImage - gt NSMutableAttributedString     let iconsSize   CGRect x  0  y  -2  width  16  height  16      let attributedString   NSMutableAttributedString       let attachment   NSTextAttachment       attachment image   img     attachment bounds   iconsSize     attributedString append NSAttributedString attachment  attachment       attributedString append NSAttributedString string  str        return attributedString      You can use this function to add images or small icons to the label

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Swift 5 Easy Way Just CopyPaste and change what you want  let fullString   NSMutableAttributedString string  To start messaging contacts who have Talklo  tap         create our NSTextAttachment let image1Attachment   NSTextAttachment    image1Attachment image   UIImage named   chatEmoji   image1Attachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  -8  width  25  height  25      wrap the attachment in its own attributed string so we can append it let image1String   NSAttributedString attachment  image1Attachment       add the NSTextAttachment wrapper to our full string  then add some more text    fullString append image1String   fullString append NSAttributedString string   at the right bottom of your screen         draw the result in a label  self lblsearching attributedText   fullString

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In Swift 5  By using UILabel extensions to embed icon in leading as well as trailing side of the text as follows - extension UILabel            func addTrailing image  UIImage  text String            let attachment   NSTextAttachment           attachment image   image          let attachmentString   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment          let string   NSMutableAttributedString string  text  attributes                string append attachmentString          self attributedText   string                func addLeading image  UIImage  text String            let attachment   NSTextAttachment           attachment image   image          let attachmentString   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment          let mutableAttributedString   NSMutableAttributedString           mutableAttributedString append attachmentString                   let string   NSMutableAttributedString string  text  attributes               mutableAttributedString append string          self attributedText   mutableAttributedString          To use above mentioned code in your desired label as - Image in right of text then - statusLabel addTrailing image  UIImage named   quot rightTick quot      UIImage    text   quot  Verified  quot    Image in left of text then - statusLabel addLeading image  UIImage named   quot rightTick quot      UIImage    text   quot  Verified  quot    Output -

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In Swift 2 0    My solution to the problem is a combination of a couple of answers on this question  The problem I faced in  Phil s answer was that I couldn t change the position of the icon  and it always appeared in right the corner  And the one answer from  anatoliy v  I couldn t resize the icon size I want to append to the string    To make it work for me  I first did a pod  SMIconLabel  and then created this function    func drawTextWithIcon labelName  SMIconLabel  imageName  String  labelText  String    width  Int  height  Int             let newSize   CGSize width  width  height  height          let image   UIImage named  imageName          UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions newSize  false  0 0          image  drawInRect CGRectMake 0  0  newSize width  newSize height           let imageResized   UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext           UIGraphicsEndImageContext            labelName text       labelText           labelName icon   imageResized         labelName iconPosition    Left         This solution will not only help you place the image but will also allow you to make necessary changes to the icon size and other attributes    Thank You

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Try dragging a UIView onto the screen in IB  From there you can drag a UIImageView and UILabel into the view you just created  Set the image of the UIImageView in the properties inspector as the custom bullet image  which you will have to add to your project by dragging it into the navigation pane  and you can write some text in the label

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Swift 3 UILabel extention  Tip  If you need some space between the image and the text just use a space or two before the labelText   extension UILabel       func addIconToLabel imageName  String  labelText  String  bounds x  Double  bounds y  Double  boundsWidth  Double  boundsHeight  Double            let attachment   NSTextAttachment           attachment image   UIImage named  imageName          attachment bounds   CGRect x  bounds x  y  bounds y  width  boundsWidth  height  boundsHeight          let attachmentStr   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment          let string   NSMutableAttributedString string              string append attachmentStr          let string2   NSMutableAttributedString string  labelText          string append string2          self attributedText   string

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Swift 3 version  let attachment   NSTextAttachment   attachment image   UIImage named   plus   attachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  0  width  10  height  10  let attachmentStr   NSAttributedString attachment  attachment  let myString   NSMutableAttributedString string      myString append attachmentStr  let myString1   NSMutableAttributedString string   My label text   myString append myString1  lbl attributedText   myString   UILabel Extension  extension UILabel        func set text String  leftIcon  UIImage    nil  rightIcon  UIImage    nil             let leftAttachment   NSTextAttachment           leftAttachment image   leftIcon         leftAttachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  -2 5  width  20  height  20          if let leftIcon   leftIcon               leftAttachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  -2 5  width  leftIcon size width  height  leftIcon size height                    let leftAttachmentStr   NSAttributedString attachment  leftAttachment           let myString   NSMutableAttributedString string               let rightAttachment   NSTextAttachment           rightAttachment image   rightIcon         rightAttachment bounds   CGRect x  0  y  -5  width  20  height  20          let rightAttachmentStr   NSAttributedString attachment  rightAttachment            if semanticContentAttribute     forceRightToLeft               if rightIcon    nil                   myString append rightAttachmentStr                  myString append NSAttributedString string                                  myString append NSAttributedString string  text               if leftIcon    nil                   myString append NSAttributedString string                        myString append leftAttachmentStr                          else               if leftIcon    nil                   myString append leftAttachmentStr                  myString append NSAttributedString string                                  myString append NSAttributedString string  text               if rightIcon    nil                   myString append NSAttributedString string                        myString append rightAttachmentStr                                  attributedText   myString

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Your reference image looks like a button  Try  can also be done in Interface Builder      UIButton  button    UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeCustom    button setFrame CGRectMake 50  50  100  44     button setImage  UIImage imageNamed   img   forState UIControlStateNormal    button setImageEdgeInsets UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  -30  0  0     button setTitle   Abc  forState UIControlStateNormal    button setTitleColor  UIColor blackColor  forState UIControlStateNormal    button setBackgroundColor  UIColor yellowColor     view addSubview button

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