UITableViewCell labels and multiple lines

Question

Is it possible to get an out of the box UITableViewCell's labels to do multiple lines without subclassing? I tried the following settings but it's not working. The labels get positioned like you would expect with the expected spacing between labels but I only ever get a single line of text.

cell.detailTextLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
cell.detailTextLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;

Answer 1

Use sizeToFit after text is set

cell.detailTextLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
cell.detailTextLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = @"this string is too long to fit on one line";
[cell.detailTextLabel sizeToFit];

Answer 2

i can't add a comment to your post so i need to post a response:

try to change the cell.detailTextLabel frame too