Migrating to UILabel instead of using UIViews due to a bug while animating text (#27)

Updates screenshots

Updates documentation

Author: mustiikhalil

DemoApp/DemoApp/CollectionViewController.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import UIKit
 
 final class CollectionViewController: UIViewController {
 
+  // MARK: Internal
+
   var dataSource: UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource<Int, String>?
   var snapshot: NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot<Int, String>?
 
@@ -42,19 +44,7 @@ final class CollectionViewController: UIViewController {
     }
   }
 
-  private func makeSnapshot(animatingDifferences: Bool = true) {
-    var snapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot<Int, String>()
-    self.snapshot = snapshot
-    snapshot.appendSections([1])
-    snapshot.appendItems(
-      (1...10000).map { "item: \($0) + UUID: \(UUID())" },
-      toSection: 1)
-    DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
-      self?.dataSource?.apply(
-        snapshot,
-        animatingDifferences: animatingDifferences)
-    }
-  }
+  // MARK: Private
 
   private lazy var collectionView: UICollectionView = {
     let flowLayout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
@@ -70,10 +60,27 @@ final class CollectionViewController: UIViewController {
     collectionView.backgroundColor = .white
     return collectionView
   }()
+
+  private func makeSnapshot(animatingDifferences: Bool = true) {
+    var snapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot<Int, String>()
+    self.snapshot = snapshot
+    snapshot.appendSections([1])
+    snapshot.appendItems(
+      (1...10000).map { "item: \($0) + UUID: \(UUID())" },
+      toSection: 1)
+    DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
+      self?.dataSource?.apply(
+        snapshot,
+        animatingDifferences: animatingDifferences)
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 private final class CollectionCell: UICollectionViewCell {
 
+  // MARK: Lifecycle
+
   override init(frame: CGRect) {
     super.init(frame: frame)
     addSubview(label)
@@ -92,12 +99,16 @@ private final class CollectionCell: UICollectionViewCell {
     fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
   }
 
+  // MARK: Internal
+
   var text: NSAttributedString? {
     didSet {
       label.attributedText = text
     }
   }
 
+  // MARK: Private
+
   private let label: LCLabel = {
     let label = LCLabel(frame: .zero)
     label.backgroundColor = .white

DemoApp/DemoApp/ViewController.swift

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ final class LCLabelViewController: UIViewController {
       frame: CGRect(origin: rect.origin, size: rect.size),
       text: text)
     label4.numberOfLines = 0
-    label4.textAlignment = .center
+    label4.centeringTextAlignment = .center
     label4.delegate = self
 
     rect.origin.y += 100
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ final class LCLabelViewController: UIViewController {
     label.linkAttributes = [
       .foregroundColor: UIColor.white,
     ]
-    label.textAlignment = .top
+    label.centeringTextAlignment = .top
     label.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
     label.numberOfLines = 1
     label.attributedText = text

DemoApp/LCLabelUITests/LCLabelHitTests.swift

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import XCTest
 // Screenshots taken on an iPhone 13
 final class LCLabelHitTests: XCTestCase {
 
-  private var app: XCUIApplication!
+  // MARK: Internal
 
   override func setUpWithError() throws {
     continueAfterFailure = false
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ final class LCLabelHitTests: XCTestCase {
       main.staticTexts["translator"].label,
       "")
   }
+
+  // MARK: Private
+
+  private var app: XCUIApplication!
+
 }
 
 private extension XCUIApplication {

DemoApp/LCLabelUITests/LCLabelScrollTests.swift

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import XCTest
 
 final class LCLabelScrollTests: XCTestCase {
 
-  private var app: XCUIApplication!
+  // MARK: Internal
 
   override func setUpWithError() throws {
     continueAfterFailure = false
@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ final class LCLabelScrollTests: XCTestCase {
   }
 
 
+  // MARK: Private
+
+  private var app: XCUIApplication!
+
 }

LCLabel.podspec

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = 'LCLabel'
   s.version          = '0.5.0'
-  s.summary          = 'LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UIView'
-  s.description      = "LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UIView that mimics a the behaviour of UILabel & UITextView"
+  s.summary          = 'LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UILabel'
+  s.description      = "LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UILabel that mimics a the behaviour of UITextView"
   s.homepage         = 'https://github.com/mustiikhalil/LCLabel'
   s.license          = { :type => 'MIT', :file => 'LICENSE' }
   s.author           = { 'mustii' => 'mustii@mmk.one' }

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/mustiikhalil/LCLabel/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=KAH2KVQ5MQ)](https://codecov.io/gh/mustiikhalil/LCLabel)
 ![Build status](https://github.com/mustiikhalil/lclabel/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)
 
-LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UIView that mimics a the behaviour of UILabel & UITextView
+LCLabel is a TextKit 2 based UILabel that mimics a the behaviour of UITextView
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ dependencies: [
 
 ## How to use:
 
-Using LCLabel is as simple as using a UILabel
-
 ```swift
 let text = NSMutableAttributedString(
   string: "welcome to this new adventure!!!",
@@ -128,6 +126,6 @@ where both labels had zero hitches when scrolling a list around 5 times each tim
 
 `LCLabel` is [MIT-licensed](./LICENSE.md).
 
-### Disclamre 
+### Disclaimer 
 
-[UILabel](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uilabel/) and [UITextView](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextview) are Apple's own components. 
+[UILabel](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uilabel/) and [UITextView](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextview) are Apple's own components.