Vertically align UILabel

Question

I am trying to vertically align the text in the UILabel view of my app. The problem is that I want the text to be vertically aligned to the top and the size of the label to be 280 x 150. I am only able to achieve one of these 2 things. If I remove the line

[myLabel sizeToFit];

then the alignment of the text is alright but the size is messed up. But if I add the above line, then the alignment is messed up but the size is alright. How do I fix this problem.

I've added the code below -

CGRect labelFrame = CGRectMake(22, 50, 280, 150);
UILabel *myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:labelFrame];
[myLabel setText:finalRecipe];
[myLabel setBackgroundColor: [UIColor lightGrayColor]];
[myLabel setNumberOfLines:0];
[myLabel sizeToFit];
[self.view addSubview:myLabel];

Answer 1

dont use UILabel for this. Use UIButton with UserInteractionEnabled = NO; and that has options to vertical or horizontal align text inside it.

Here you go:

Swift:

btnDetail.titleLabel?.numberOfLines = 5
btnDetail.titleLabel?.lineBreakMode = .byCharWrapping
btnDetail.contentVerticalAlignment = .top
btnDetail.contentHorizontalAlignment = .left
btnDetail.isUserInteractionEnabled = false
btnDetail.autoresizesSubviews = true
btnDetail.autoresizingMask = .flexibleWidth

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Obj-C

[btnDetail.titleLabel setNumberOfLines:5];
[btnDetail.titleLabel setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByCharWrapping];
[btnDetail setContentVerticalAlignment:UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentTop];
[btnDetail setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft];
[btnDetail setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
btnDetail.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
btnDetail.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;