NSAttributedString add text alignment

Question

 NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle.new;
 paragraphStyle.alignment                = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

 NSAttributedString *attributedString   = 
[NSAttributedString.alloc initWithString:@"someText" 
                              attributes:
         @{NSParagraphStyleAttributeName:paragraphStyle}];

Swift 4.2

let paragraphStyle: NSMutableParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
    paragraphStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignment.center

    let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string: "someText", attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStyle : paragraphStyle])

I was searching for the same issue and was able to center align the text in a NSAttributedString this way:

NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc]init] ;
[paragraphStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];

NSMutableAttributedString *attribString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:string];
[attribString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragraphStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, [string length])];

Swift 4.0+

let titleParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
titleParagraphStyle.alignment = .center

let titleFont = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: UIFontTextStyle.headline)
let title = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "You Are Registered", 
    attributes: [.font: titleFont,    
    .foregroundColor: UIColor.red, 
    .paragraphStyle: titleParagraphStyle])

Swift 3.0+

let titleParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
titleParagraphStyle.alignment = .center

let titleFont = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: UIFontTextStyle.headline)
let title = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "You Are Registered", 
    attributes: [NSFontAttributeName:titleFont,    
    NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.red, 
    NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: titleParagraphStyle])

(original answer below)

Swift 2.0+

let titleParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
titleParagraphStyle.alignment = .Center

let titleFont = UIFont.preferredFontForTextStyle(UIFontTextStyleHeadline)
let title = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "You Are Registered",
    attributes:[NSFontAttributeName:titleFont,   
    NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.redColor(), 
    NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: titleParagraphStyle])

As NSAttributedString is primarily used with Core Text on iOS, you have to use CTParagraphStyle instead of NSParagraphStyle. There is no mutable variant.

For example:

CTTextAlignment alignment = kCTCenterTextAlignment;

CTParagraphStyleSetting alignmentSetting;
alignmentSetting.spec = kCTParagraphStyleSpecifierAlignment;
alignmentSetting.valueSize = sizeof(CTTextAlignment);
alignmentSetting.value = &alignment;

CTParagraphStyleSetting settings[1] = {alignmentSetting};

size_t settingsCount = 1;
CTParagraphStyleRef paragraphRef = CTParagraphStyleCreate(settings, settingsCount);
NSDictionary *attributes = @{(__bridge id)kCTParagraphStyleAttributeName : (__bridge id)paragraphRef};
NSAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Hello World" attributes:attributes];

Swift 4 answer:

// Define paragraph style - you got to pass it along to NSAttributedString constructor
let paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
paragraphStyle.alignment = .center

// Define attributed string attributes
let attributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle]

let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string:"Test", attributes: attributes)