Formatting UITableView Cells in iphone

I am developing an iphone app. In the image below I want the first name to be in plain font and the last name to be bold.. How can I do that? Please suggest me.. Please check this image:

Another questio..Now I think the reverse way but the problem here is the first line and second line you see are part of the same string. I want the first line to be bold and the second line to be in plain font. I am storing this in a dictionary. So my dictionary has a key and the value is a string of names and departments. I am unable to set the font. I tried to create two labels and tried to split the string according to the index and assign it to the labels I created. But, in this case the index keeps on changing as there might be a first name for a contact or there might not be any name.

In this case Prinicipal should be in plain font and name should be in bold

开发者_运维技巧Please see the below image:

Starting OS 6.0 there is a property on the UILabel called attributedText which has NSAttributedString type (Available in iOS 3.2 and later.).

Here it is how I am using it:

  NSDictionary  *firstNameAttributes = @{ NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:18.0],
                                          NSStrokeColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]};
  NSDictionary  *lastNameAttributes = @{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:20.0],
                                        NSStrokeColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]};
  NSString* first = ... first name ..;
  NSString* last = [NSString stringWithFormat:@" %@",... last name ....];
  NSMutableAttributedString * name =
    [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:first attributes:firstNameAttributes];
  NSMutableAttributedString * lastName =
  [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:last attributes:lastNameAttributes];
  [name appendAttributedString:lastName];

  [[cell textLabel] setAttributedText:name];

See also Introduction to Attributed String Programming Guide.

Since the label that you're showing the name string in defines the formatting and style, if you want to have different styles you need to have a different uilabel for each each style you want. Specifically, you will need a uilabel for the firstname: firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]; and one for the lastname: lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];.

First place the first name string is the firstNameLabel then call [firstNameLabel sizeToFit] to fit the label text within it. Then use the frame of the firstNameLabel to place the lastNameLabel directly after it.

UILabel * firstNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,10,100,25)];
firstNameLabel.tag = firstNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
firstNameLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
firstNameLabel.text = theStringRepresentingTheFirstName;
[firstNameLabel sizeToFit];

UILabel * lastNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:
    CGRectMake(10+firstNameLabel.frame.size.width+2, 10, 100, 25)];
lastNameLabel.tag = lastNameLabelTag //This should be a constant probably
lastNameLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
lastNameLabel.text = theLastNameString;.

[cell.contentView addSubview:firstNameLabel];
[cell.contentView addSubview:lastNameLabel];

And as for splitting the name string, you're probably pretty limited there. I would split on the first space and assume the first string is the last name (as in your first picture).

The principle case is similar, you need a label for each style that you want to present.

- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(UIButton *)sender {
    NSString *title = [sender titleForState:UIControlStateNormal];
    NSString *plainText = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ button pressed.", title];
    NSMutableAttributedString *styledText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:plainText];
    NSDictionary *attributes = @{ NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:self.statusLabel.font.pointSize]};
    NSRange nameRange = [plainText rangeOfString:title];
    [styledText setAttributes:attributes range:nameRange];
    self.statusLabel.attributedText = styledText;

}

You have to create a custom UITableViewCell. http://icodeblog.com/2009/05/24/custom-uitableviewcell-using-interface-builder/