CocoAttributedStringBuilder

CocoAttributedStringBuilder: Elegant and Easy AttributedStringBuilder in Swift

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• SampleProjects
• Usage
• Contributors
• License

Features

• Use resultBuilder to create attributes
• Support NSShadow Attributes
• Support NSTextAttachment Attributes
• Support NSParagraphStyle Attributes
• Support NSParagraphStyle’s NextTabs
• Specify range for each attribute
• Support if-statement on builders
• Provide operator to define an attribute

Requirements

Installation

CocoaPods

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. For usage and installation instructions, visit their website. To integrate CocoAttributedStringBuilder into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

pod 'CocoAttributedStringBuilder'

Sample

I have provided one sample project in the repository. To use it clone the repo, Source files for these are in the CocoAttributedStringBuilderExamples directory in project navigator. Have fun!

Usage

Using Coco is so easy, It is inspired by SwiftUI and the very useful PropertyWrapper @resultBuilder in swift.

You just need to annotate the functions or properties which return NSAttributedString to use Coco provided builders.

import CocoAttributedStringBuilder

@CocoAttributedStringBuilder
var builder: NSAttributedString { }

@CocoAttributedStringBuilder
func build() -> NSAttributedString { }

Create Your First CocoAttributedString

In order to create an AttributedString on Coco, you should use CocoString which takes a String and a builderBlock arguments.

String which was provided as an input argument is also available on the builderBlock to avoid outer variable or self capturing.

import CocoAttributedStringBuilder

@CocoAttributedStringBuilder
var builder: NSAttributedString {
    CocoString("Test Builder") { str in 
      // attributes comes here
    }
}

@CocoAttributedStringBuilder
func build() -> NSAttributedString {
    CocoString("Test Builder") { str in 
      // attributes comes here
    }
}

Attributes

Coco supports four kind of Attributes.

Each attribute is normally added to whole string, unless you specify the range of string you demand.

Coco is not responsible for handling invalid ranges, so be more careful on specifying the ranges.

import CocoAttributedStringBuilder

@CocoAttributedStringBuilder
func build() -> NSAttributedString {
    CocoString("Test Builder") { str in
        CocoAttribute.foregroundColor(.red)
            .on(str.startIndex..<str.firstIndex(of: "r")!)

        TextAttachment {
            CocoAttachment.bounds(.infinite)
        }
        .on(str.startIndex..<str.firstIndex(of: "r")!)
        
        ParagrapghStyle {
            CocoParagraphStyle.lineHeightMultiple(8)
            CocoParagraphStyle.lineSpacing(2.3)
            TextTab {
                CocoTextTab.tab(textAlignment: .center, location: 5)
                CocoTextTab.tab(textAlignment: .center, location: 5)
            }
        }
        .on(str.startIndex..<str.firstIndex(of: "t")!)

        Shadow {
            CocoShadow.shadowOffset(.init(width: 1.5, height: 1))
            CocoShadow.shadowColor(UIColor.black)
        }
        .on(str.startIndex..<str.firstIndex(of: "d")!)
    }
}

Contributors

Feel free to share your ideas or any other problems. Pull requests are welcomed.

License

CocoAttributedStringBuilder is released under an MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

GitHub

https://github.com/kiarashvosough1999/CocoAttributedStringBuilder