madebywindmill/markdowntoattributedstring

Compatibility

MarkdownToAttributedString works on all versions of iOS, macOS (well, Mac OS X+, ha), and watchOS.

Supported Markdown Types

• [x] Strong
• [x] Emphasis
• [x] Strikethrough
• [x] Inline code
• [x] Code blocks
• [x] ATX headings
• [x] Setex headings
• [x] Links
• [x] Unordered lists
• [x] Ordered lists
• [ ] Tables
• [ ] Task lists (aka checkboxes)
• [ ] Images
• [ ] HTML

Usage

Basic Example

    import MarkdownToAttributedString

    @IBOutlet weak var someLabel: UILabel!

    let md = """
Some **bold text**, some *emphasized text*, some `inline code`.

Some ~~strikethrough text with **embedded** *style*~~.

\```
// A block of code
static let textColor = CocoaColor.black
static let cellPadding: CGFloat = 9
\```

* This is a list
    * **Item 1.1 (bold)**
    * Item 1.2
        * Item 1.2.1
* Item 2

**`some code` within a bold span**
*`some code` within an italics span*

1. An ordered list
1. with
    1. two
    1. sub-items

# Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

This is my website .

"""

someLabel.attributedText = AttributedStringFormatter.format(markdown: md)

### Example With Custom Styling

import MarkdownToAttributedString

@IBOutlet weak var someLabel: UILabel!

let md = ... // as above

let indentedPStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle() indentedPStyle.firstLineHeadIndent = 20 indentedPStyle.headIndent = 20

let baseAttrs: StringAttrs = [.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15), .foregroundColor: UIColor(hex3: 0x222222)] let styleAttrs: [MarkupType: StringAttrs] = [ .strong: [ .font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 15), .foregroundColor: UIColor.orange ], .emphasis: [ .font: UIFont.italicSystemFont(ofSize: 15), .foregroundColor: UIColor.orange ], .inlineCode: [ .font: UIFont.monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .light), .foregroundColor: UIColor.black, .backgroundColor: UIColor(hex3: 0xEEEEEE) ], .codeBlock: [ .font: UIFont.monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 13, weight: .light), .foregroundColor: UIColor.black, .paragraphStyle: indentedPStyle ], .listItem: [ .font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), .foregroundColor: UIColor.lightGray ], .heading: [ .font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 15), .paragraphStyle: indentedPStyle ], .unorderedList: [ .font: UIFont.monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), .paragraphStyle: indentedPStyle ], .orderedList: [ .font: UIFont.monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), .paragraphStyle: indentedPStyle ], .link: [ .font: CocoaFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), ] ]

let markdownStyles = MarkdownStyles(baseAttributes: baseAttrs, styleAttributes: styleAttrs) let formatter = AttributedStringFormatter(markdown: md, styles: markdownStyles) let attrStr = formatter.format() someLabel.attributedText = attrStr

### Result

![Example result](./example.png)

MIT License

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Package Metadata

Repository: madebywindmill/markdowntoattributedstring

Default branch: main

README: README.md