IOS Multiple right and left align on same line

Question

I want to write on the same line of my tableview cell detailTextLabel.

For example Left string right string.

I'm doing this :

NSMutableAttributedString *descriptionAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:descriptionString];
NSMutableAttributedString *dateAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:finalDate];
NSMutableAttributedString *shareAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Share"];

NSMutableParagraphStyle *dateStyle = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
[dateStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentLeft];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *shareStyle = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
[shareStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentRight];

[dateAttribute addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor grayColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, 13)];
[dateAttribute addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:dateStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, 13)];
[shareAttribute addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor grayColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, 8)];
[shareAttribute addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:shareStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, 5)];

[descriptionAttribute appendAttributedString:[dateAttribute mutableCopy]];
[descriptionAttribute appendAttributedString:[shareAttribute mutableCopy]];

myTableViewcell.detailTextLabel.attributedText = descriptionAttribute;

If I add a \n between date and share attribute string, the result is good.

But i want to have two string on the same line..

An idea ?

Thanks

Answer 1

try this

added a NSKernAttributeName after date

NSMutableAttributedString *descriptionAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"hello how are you"];
    NSMutableAttributedString *dateAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"\nfinal datetime"];
    NSMutableAttributedString *shareAttribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Share"];



    NSMutableParagraphStyle *dateStyle = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];

    [dateStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentLeft];
    NSMutableParagraphStyle *shareStyle = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
    [shareStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentRight];

    [dateAttribute addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor grayColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, dateAttribute.length)];
    [dateAttribute addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:dateStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, 13)];
    [dateAttribute addAttribute:NSKernAttributeName value:@170 range:NSMakeRange(dateAttribute.length-1, 1)];

    [shareAttribute addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor grayColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, 2)];
    [shareAttribute addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:shareStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, 5)];



    [descriptionAttribute appendAttributedString:[dateAttribute mutableCopy]];

    [descriptionAttribute appendAttributedString:[shareAttribute mutableCopy]];

    theCell.detailTextLabel.attributedText = descriptionAttribute;