Add left/right horizontal padding to UILabel

Question

I need to create a UILabel with a background color, and I'd like to add some left/right leading/trailing horizontal padding.

But every solution I've found seems like a nasty hack.

What is the 'standard' way to achieve this from iOS 5 forward?

A screenshot to illustrate my scenario:

Answer 1

For a full list of available solutions, see this answer: UILabel text margin

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Try subclassing UILabel, like @Tommy Herbert suggests in the answer to [this question][1]. Copied and pasted for your convenience:

I solved this by subclassing UILabel and overriding drawTextInRect: like this:

- (void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect {     UIEdgeInsets insets = {0, 5, 0, 5};     [super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets)]; } 

Answer 2

The most important part is that you must override both intrinsicContentSize() and drawTextInRect() in order to account for AutoLayout:

var contentInset: UIEdgeInsets = .zero {     didSet {         setNeedsDisplay()     } }  override public var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {     let size = super.intrinsicContentSize     return CGSize(width: size.width + contentInset.left + contentInset.right, height: size.height + contentInset.top + contentInset.bottom) }  override public func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {     super.drawText(in: UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, contentInset)) }