How to change letter spacing of UIButton in Swift?

Question

I've found how to set letter spacing to UILabel (here) but this method is not working for UIButtons. Does anyone know how to do it?

Here is the code i'm using

    let buttonString = agreementButton.attributedTitleForState(.Normal) as! NSMutableAttributedString
    buttonString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: 1.0, range: NSMakeRange(0, buttonString.length))
    agreementButton.setAttributedTitle(buttonString, forState: .Normal)

It throws me an error: 'NSConcreteAttributedString' (0x19e508660) to 'NSMutableAttributedString' (0x19e506a40).

Answer 1

Swift 3.0

extension UIButton{
   func addTextSpacing(spacing: CGFloat){
       let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: (self.titleLabel?.text!)!)
       attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: spacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: (self.titleLabel?.text!.characters.count)!))
       self.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)
   }
}
btnRegister.addTextSpacing(spacing: 4.5)

extension UILabel{
    func addTextSpacing(spacing: CGFloat){
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: self.text!)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: spacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: self.text!.characters.count))
        self.attributedText = attributedString
    }
}
lblOne.addTextSpacing(spacing: 4.5)

extension UITextField{
    func addPlaceholderSpacing(spacing: CGFloat){
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: self.placeholder!)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: spacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: self.placeholder!.characters.count))
        self.attributedPlaceholder = attributedString
    }
}
txtUserName.addPlaceholderSpacing(spacing: 4.5)

extension UINavigationItem{
    func addSpacing(spacing: CGFloat){
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: self.title!)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: spacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: self.title!.characters.count))
        let label = UILabel()
        label.textColor = UIColor.black
        label.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: UIFontWeightBold)
        label.attributedText = attributedString
        label.sizeToFit()
        self.titleView = label
    }
}
navigationItem.addSpacing(spacing: 2.5)

Answer 2

1. Make the NSAttributedString like in the question you linked
2. Call setAttributedTitle(_ ,forState:) on your UIButton

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Try this (untested):

let title = agreementButton.titleForState(.Normal)
let attributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: title, attributes: [NSKernAttributeName: 1.0])
agreementButton.setAttributedTitle(attributedTitle, forState: .Normal)

Answer 3

Swift 4

extension UIButton{

    func addTextSpacing(_ letterSpacing: CGFloat){
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: (self.titleLabel?.text!)!)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.kern, value: letterSpacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: (self.titleLabel?.text!.count)!))
        self.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)
    }

}

// Usage: button.addTextSpacing(5.0)