Open Source NSAttributedString Wrapper Library With A Lean Readable Syntax

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Earlier this year I mentioned a great library called Masonry for working with auto-layout that allows you to control your layouts with a nice readable syntax.

Another API with an ugly syntax is NSAttributedString. Here’s a library from Pavel Kovpas inspired by Masonry that wraps NSAttributedString allowing you to use it with a clean Masonry like syntax called BOString.

BOString supports all NSAttributedString attributes, and there’s also some handy NSAttributedString substring setters.

As the readme shows you can take difficult to maintain code like this:

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Test attributed string" attributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor greenColor], NSFontAttributeName: [fnt fontWithSize:20]}];
[attributedString addAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor]
, NSFontAttributeName: [fnt2 fontWithSize:10]
, NSLigatureAttributeName: @2
, NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName: @1}
range:NSMakeRange(3, 5)];
[attributedString addAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blueColor]
, NSFontAttributeName: [fnt2 fontWithSize:30]}
range:NSMakeRange(6, 9)];
[attributedString addAttributes:@{NSStrikethroughStyleAttributeName: @(NSUnderlineStyleSingle)
, NSStrikethroughColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor]
, NSBackgroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor yellowColor]}
range:NSMakeRange(7, 4)];
_attributedTextView2.attributedText = attributedString;

And turn it into this:

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [@"Test attributed string" bos_makeString:^(BOStringMaker *make) {
make.foregroundColor([UIColor greenColor]);
make.font([fnt fontWithSize:20]);

make.with.range(NSMakeRange(3, 5), ^{
make.foregroundColor([UIColor redColor]);
make.font([fnt2 fontWithSize:10]);
make.ligature(@2);
make.baselineOffset(@1);
});

make.with.range(NSMakeRange(6, 9), ^{
make.foregroundColor([UIColor blueColor]);
make.font([fnt2 fontWithSize:30]);
});

make.with.range(NSMakeRange(7, 4), ^{
make.strikethroughStyle(@(NSUnderlineStyleSingle));
make.strikethroughColor([UIColor redColor]);
make.backgroundColor([UIColor yellowColor]);
});
}];