NSAttributedStringHelper

A collection of helper methods to make NSAttributedStrings a little bit easier and more convenient to deal with. All methods have the "ash_" prefix to fulfill to category best practices.

Examples

NSString objects have the very convenient method

[stringVar stringByAppendingString:@""]

However, if you want to append an attributed string to another, you have to create a NSMutableAttributedString. The given convenience methods add this possibility to NSAttributedStrings:

[attributedStringVar ash_attributedStringByAppendingAttributedString:anotherAttributedStringVar]

Another example is the handling of UIFontTextStyles, e.g. UIFontTextStyleBody. You can use those styles to retrieve a UIFont, but it is decoupled from NSAttributedStrings. Therefore, NSAttributedStringHelper contains methods like

+ (NSDictionary *)ash_attributesForTextStyle:(ASH_UIFontTextStyle)textStyle;
+ (NSAttributedString *)ash_attributedStringWithString:(NSString *)string textStyle:(ASH_UIFontTextStyle)style;

Contribution

The current collection of methods is pretty small and contribution is very welcome. Feel free to add your own methods and send pull requests.

Credits

CPStampAnimation was created by Codepool GmbH, a software company based in Linz, Austria. Idea and initial commits by Florian Rath.