text format trouble objective-c - objective-c

Question

need to make effect, that text is interrupted by another text/uiimageview, but cannot understand how does it works. For example i need to make interface similar to ios7 status bar where operator name such a "Oper ..." + icon + time. So i cannot do this right way
operatorName = [self getOperatorName];
UILabel *operatorLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
operatorLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
operatorLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:kStatusBarFontOperatorSize];
operatorLabel.textColor = kStatusBarTextColor;
operatorLabel.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.f, -0.6);
operatorLabel.shadowColor = kStatusBarTextShadow;
operatorLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
operatorLabel.text = operatorName;
operatorLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, operatorStrSize.width, operatorStrSize.height);
[operatorLabel sizeToFit];
/* connection type */
UIImageView *conImgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:conImg];
/* time in status bar */
time = [self getStatusBarTime];
UILabel *statusBarLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
statusBarLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Medium" size:kStatusBarFontSize];
statusBarLabel.textColor = kStatusBarTextColor;
statusBarLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
statusBarLabel.text = time;
int maxDistance = imgView.frame.size.width/2 - timeStrSize.width/2;
int connectionPower = 44;
double delimiter = 0;
NSString *cName = [self returnChoosenConnectionName];
if ([cName isEqualToString:#"Wi-Fi"]) {
delimiter = 6.5;
} else {
delimiter = 9.5;
}
int fullLine = connectionPower + operatorLabel.frame.size.width + delimiter + conImgView.frame.size.width;
if (fullLine > maxDistance) {
// need to interrupt text in operator name, but how ?
} else {
// all good placed
x = 44.0;
operatorLabel.frame = CGRectMake(x, 3.0, operatorStrSize.width , operatorStrSize.height);
[operatorLabel sizeToFit];
NSString *cName = [self returnChoosenConnectionName];
if ([cName isEqualToString:#"Wi-Fi"]) {
x += operatorLabel.frame.size.width + 6.5;
} else {
x += operatorLabel.frame.size.width + 9.5;
}
conImgView.frame = CGRectMake(x, 0.0, conImgView.frame.size.width, conImgView.frame.size.height);
[imgView addSubview:operatorLabel];
[imgView addSubview:conImgView];
}
statusBarLabel.frame = CGRectMake(imgView.frame.size.width/2 - timeStrSize.width/2, 2.5, timeStrSize.width , timeStrSize.height);
[imgView addSubview:statusBarLabel];
What i need:
what i have:

Answer 1

I would suggest to use autolayout rather than trying to calculate everything yourself. You may use XIB and set constraints in there or you may do everything programmatically. Here is a sample code that will get you started. It creates controls and sets constraints programatically; it doesn't use XIB.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
/*
Uncomment this if you would like to translate your subviews vertically.
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 40, self.view.frame.size.width, 50)];
[self.view addSubview:view];
UIView *superview = view;
*/
UIView *superview = self.view;
UILabel *label1 = [[UILabel alloc] init];
label1.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:14.0];
label1.text = #"MTS";
[label1 sizeToFit];
[label1 setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
UILabel *label2 = [[UILabel alloc] init];
label2.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Medium" size:14.0];
label2.text = #"1:22 PM";
[label2 sizeToFit];
[label2 setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
UIImageView *image1 = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"strength.png"]];
UIImageView *image2 = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"carrier.png"]];
[image1 setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[image2 setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[image1 sizeToFit];
[image2 sizeToFit];
[superview addSubview:image1];
[superview addSubview:label1];
[superview addSubview:image2];
[superview addSubview:label2];
NSDictionary *viewsDictionary = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(image1, image2, label1, label2);
NSString *format = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"|-[image1(<=%f)]-[label1]-[image2(<=%f)]-[label2(>=20)]-|",
image1.frame.size.width, image2.frame.size.width];
NSArray *constraints;
constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:format
options:NSLayoutFormatAlignAllCenterY
metrics:nil
views:viewsDictionary];
[self.view addConstraints:constraints];
}
When adding views to a layout in code iOS will attempt to convert the autosizing mask for that view to auto layout constraints. Those auto-generated constraints will conflict with any constraints added within the application code. It is essential to turn the translation off:
setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO
The result of the code is: