我在任何地方都没有看到这个答案。我的技巧是在标签上设置宽度限制，并在设置标签文本时调整宽度。

self.myLabel.text = myString;

UIFont * const font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17 weight:UIFontWeightRegular]; // Change to your own label font.

CGSize const size = CGSizeMake(INFINITY, 18); // 18 is height of label.

CGFloat const textWidth = [myString boundingRectWithSize:size options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: font} context:nil].size.width;

self.myLabelWidthConstraint.constant = textWidth + 20; // 10 padding on each side. Also, set text alignment to centre.

如果你不想或需要在Storyboard中使用@IBInspectable / @IBDesignable UILabel(我认为那些渲染太慢了)，那么使用UIEdgeInsets而不是4个不同的cgfloat会更干净。

Swift 4.2的代码示例:

class UIPaddedLabel: UILabel {
    var padding = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)

    public override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        super.drawText(in: rect.inset(by: padding))
    }

    public override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        let size = super.intrinsicContentSize
        return CGSize(width: size.width + padding.left + padding.right,
                      height: size.height + padding.top + padding.bottom)
    }
}

Swift 3、iOS10解决方案:

open class UIInsetLabel: UILabel {

    open var insets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets() {
        didSet {
            super.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
        }
    }

    open override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        var size = super.intrinsicContentSize
        size.width += insets.left + insets.right
        size.height += insets.top + insets.bottom
        return size
    }

    override open func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        return super.drawText(in: UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets))
    }
}

斯威夫特5

在layoutSubviews()方法上，更改UILabel的插入，如下所示。

  override func layoutSubviews() {
    super.layoutSubviews()

    label.frame = label.frame.inset(by: UIEdgeInsets(top: 5, left: 10, bottom: 5, right: 10))
  }

简单填充(Swift 3.0, Alvin George回答):

  class NewLabel: UILabel {

        override func textRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect, limitedToNumberOfLines numberOfLines: Int) -> CGRect {
                return self.bounds.insetBy(dx: CGFloat(15.0), dy: CGFloat(15.0))
        }

        override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
                super.drawText(in: self.bounds.insetBy(dx: CGFloat(5.0), dy: CGFloat(5.0)))
        }

  }

子类UILabel。(File-New-File- CocoaTouchClass-make UILabel的子类)。

//  sampleLabel.swift

import UIKit

class sampleLabel: UILabel {

 let topInset = CGFloat(5.0), bottomInset = CGFloat(5.0), leftInset = CGFloat(8.0), rightInset = CGFloat(8.0)

 override func drawTextInRect(rect: CGRect) {

  let insets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: topInset, left: leftInset, bottom: bottomInset, right: rightInset)
  super.drawTextInRect(UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets))

 }
 override func intrinsicContentSize() -> CGSize {
  var intrinsicSuperViewContentSize = super.intrinsicContentSize()
  intrinsicSuperViewContentSize.height += topInset + bottomInset
  intrinsicSuperViewContentSize.width += leftInset + rightInset
  return intrinsicSuperViewContentSize
 }
}

ViewController:

override func viewDidLoad() {
  super.viewDidLoad()

  let labelName = sampleLabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 100, 300, 25))
  labelName.text = "Sample Label"
  labelName.backgroundColor =  UIColor.grayColor()

  labelName.textColor = UIColor.redColor()
  labelName.shadowColor = UIColor.blackColor()
  labelName.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: CGFloat(22))
  self.view.addSubview(labelName)
 }

或者将Storyboard上的自定义UILabel类关联为Label的类。