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    <p>When I needed to do this with a UILabel, I created a subclass of UIView and implemented custom drawing myself. It's very detailed, but it's not that complex. I ended up passing in HTML-like syntax that handled for bold (&lt; b > and &lt; / b >) and new line (&lt; br >) formatting. I think you could likely do the same for underline using (&lt; u > and &lt; / u >). </p> <p>Basically, my technique was to split the string using the HTML-like tokens (spitting first on the "br" tags, then on "b" tags) and then split each substring into "words", and then handle measuring and drawing each word on its own. If a word didn't fit on the current line, I'd wrap to the next line. It's not perfect, and it doesn't handle for a LOT of scenarios (for instance, a new line tag cannot be placed inside a bold tag), but it works for my intentions. </p> <p>Unfortunately, I don't know why text formatting isn't better supported in some (most/all?) of the iOS basic text display controls. </p> <hr> <p><em><strong>Edit/Update:</em></strong><br> I'll go ahead and add the UIView subclass (replacement for UILabel) I wrote. Use at your own risk! :-)</p> <p><code>MMFormattedTextView.h</code></p> <pre><code>#import &lt;UIKit/UIKit.h&gt;&lt;br&gt; @interface MMFormattedTextView : UIView { int InsetLeft; int InsetTop; NSString *LabelText; UIFont *LabelFont; } @property (assign, nonatomic) int InsetLeft; @property (assign, nonatomic) int InsetTop; @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *LabelText; @property (strong, nonatomic) UIFont *LabelFont; - (NSInteger)numberOfLinesForRect:(CGRect)rect; @end </code></pre> <p><code>MMFormattedTextView.m</code></p> <pre><code>#import "MMFormattedTextView.h" @implementation MMFormattedTextView @synthesize InsetLeft; @synthesize InsetTop; @synthesize LabelFont; @synthesize LabelText; // LIMITATION: Each bolded section must reside IN BETWEEN &lt;br&gt; tags; it MAY NOT span &lt;br&gt; tags!!!! - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); CGContextClearRect(ctx, rect); // Sets up the first position, which is 1 line "off the top", // adjusted so that the text will be centered when it's all drawn CGFloat howManyLinesWouldFit = rect.size.height / [[self LabelFont] lineHeight]; NSInteger howManyLinesDoWeHave = [self numberOfLinesForRect:rect]; CGFloat lineOffset = (howManyLinesWouldFit - howManyLinesDoWeHave) / 2.0; CGPoint topLeft = CGPointMake([self InsetLeft], [self InsetTop] - [[self LabelFont] lineHeight] + (lineOffset * [[self LabelFont] lineHeight])); // Split the text into hard-split lines (actual &lt;br&gt; tags in the text) NSArray *lines = [[self LabelText] componentsSeparatedByString:@"&lt;br&gt;"]; // Iterate through each hard-coded line for (NSString *line in lines) { // Iterate to the next line topLeft = CGPointMake([self InsetLeft], topLeft.y + [[self LabelFont] lineHeight]); NSArray *pieces = [line componentsSeparatedByString:@"&lt;b&gt;"]; BOOL bold = YES; for (NSString *piece in pieces) { bold = !bold; UIFont *fontToUse; if (bold) { fontToUse = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[[self LabelFont] pointSize]]; } else { fontToUse = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[[self LabelFont] pointSize]]; } NSArray *words = [piece componentsSeparatedByString:@" "]; for (NSString *word in words) { if ([word isEqualToString:@""]) continue; NSString *wordWithSpace = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ ", word]; CGSize wordSize = [wordWithSpace sizeWithFont:fontToUse]; if ((topLeft.x + wordSize.width) &gt; (rect.size.width - [self InsetLeft])) { // This runs off this line, so go to the next line topLeft = CGPointMake([self InsetLeft], topLeft.y + [[self LabelFont] lineHeight]); } [wordWithSpace drawAtPoint:topLeft withFont:fontToUse]; topLeft = CGPointMake(topLeft.x + wordSize.width, topLeft.y); } } } } - (NSInteger)numberOfLinesForRect:(CGRect)rect { int retVal = 0; int left = [self InsetLeft]; NSArray *lines = [[self LabelText] componentsSeparatedByString:@"&lt;br&gt;"]; // Iterate through each hard-coded line for (NSString *line in lines) { // Iterate to the next line retVal = retVal + 1; left = [self InsetLeft]; NSArray *pieces = [line componentsSeparatedByString:@"&lt;b&gt;"]; BOOL bold = YES; for (NSString *piece in pieces) { bold = !bold; UIFont *fontToUse; if (bold) { fontToUse = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[[self LabelFont] pointSize]]; } else { fontToUse = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[[self LabelFont] pointSize]]; } NSArray *words = [piece componentsSeparatedByString:@" "]; for (NSString *word in words) { if ([word isEqualToString:@""]) continue; NSString *wordWithSpace = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ ", word]; CGSize wordSize = [wordWithSpace sizeWithFont:fontToUse]; if ((left + wordSize.width) &gt; (rect.size.width - [self InsetLeft])) { // This runs off this line, so go to the next line retVal = retVal + 1; left = [self InsetLeft]; } left = left + wordSize.width; } } } return retVal; } @end </code></pre>
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    1. COyes i have already tried that using html in my program but it seemed a little bit like a workaround. i am trying to find out if there is a 3rd party nativish solution for that .. :)
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    2. COWell, you can try the UIWebView route, which is slow and annoying to me. Alternatively, you can attempt to implement the three20 component library into your app. I started down that path and it proved more complicated to get their code working than to simply write my own! Their library is large and complex, which was more than I needed to have partial underlining in UILabels.
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    3. COAlso, I implemented ***pseudo***-HTML code, not real HTML. I just thought it would be fairly easy to split my strings on those tags, which I was certain wouldn't exist in my label text. I haven't done anything that actually parses HTML, as such.
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