/// <summary>
/// Creates and styles a new Text container (UIlabel, UITextView, UITextField)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="styleID">The CSS selector name for the style</param>
/// <param name="text">Text to display including html tags</param>
/// <param name="customTags">A list of custom <c>CSSTagStyle</c> instances that set the styling for the html</param>
/// <param name="useExistingStyles">Existing CSS styles willl be used If set to <c>true</c></param>
/// <param name="encoding">String encoding type</param>
/// <typeparam name="T">Text container type (UIlabel, UITextView, UITextField)</typeparam>
public static T Create <T> (string styleID, string text = "", List <CssTagStyle> customTags = null, bool useExistingStyles = true)
{
var isHTML = (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text) && Common.MatchHtmlTags.IsMatch(text));
var target = Activator.CreateInstance <T> ();
// If this is a plain string view, style it and return it
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text) && !isHTML)
{
Style <T> (target, styleID, text);
return(target);
}
else if (isHTML)
{
SetBaseStyle(styleID, ref customTags);
}
var formattedText = isHTML ?
TextStyle.CreateHtmlString(text, customTags, useExistingStyles) :
TextStyle.CreateStyledString(styleID, text);
var type = typeof(T);
if (type == typeLabel)
{
var label = target as UILabel;
label.AttributedText = formattedText;
if (!isHTML)
{
StyleUILabel(label, GetStyle(styleID), true);
}
}
else if (type == typeTextView)
{
var textView = target as UITextView;
textView.AttributedText = formattedText;
if (!isHTML)
{
StyleUITextView(textView, GetStyle(styleID), true);
}
}
else if (type == typeTextField)
{
var textField = target as UITextField;
textField.AttributedText = formattedText;
if (!isHTML)
{
StyleUITextField(textField, GetStyle(styleID), true);
}
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("The specified type is not supported, please use a UILabel, UITextView or UITextField: " + type.ToString());
}
return(target);
}
public void UpdateText(string value = null)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
_rawText = value;
}
var style = TextStyle.GetStyle(StyleID);
TextValue = TextStyle.ParseString(style, _rawText);
AttributedValue = ContainsHtml ? TextStyle.CreateHtmlString(TextValue, CustomTags) : TextStyle.CreateStyledString(style, TextValue);
}