From c4886fd42212b4eb3979cffe155e25061869d8c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Hsu <johnhsu@JohntekiMacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 22:18:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adds UILabel Helper

---
 UILabel+JOExtension.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 UILabel+JOExtension.m | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 UILabel+JOExtension.h
 create mode 100644 UILabel+JOExtension.m

diff --git a/UILabel+JOExtension.h b/UILabel+JOExtension.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..273db9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UILabel+JOExtension.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//
+//  UILabel+JOExtension.h
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2012. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+@interface UILabel (JOExtension)
+// Creates transparent UILabel object with specified properties
+// Default is text color is black, font is system default
+// You should call sizeToFit manually
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text;
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text color:(UIColor *)color;
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text font:(UIFont *)font;
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text color:(UIColor *)color font:(UIFont *)font;
+@end
diff --git a/UILabel+JOExtension.m b/UILabel+JOExtension.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f712b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UILabel+JOExtension.m
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//
+//  UILabel+JOExtension.m
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2012. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import "UILabel+JOExtension.h"
+
+@implementation UILabel (JOExtension)
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text
+{
+    return [self labelWithText:text color:nil font:nil];
+}
+
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text color:(UIColor *)color
+{
+    return [self labelWithText:text color:color font:nil];
+
+}
+
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text font:(UIFont *)font
+{
+    return [self labelWithText:text color:nil font:font];
+}
+
++(UILabel *)labelWithText:(NSString *)text color:(UIColor *)color font:(UIFont *)font
+{
+    UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease];
+    label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
+    if (font) {
+        label.font = font;
+    }
+    if (color) {
+        label.textColor = color;
+    }
+    label.text = text;
+    return label;
+}
+
+@end