title: Reduce memory for UILabel through using another backing layer
body: <p>I'm using a big sized label and it takes too much memory. The problem is described in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23621594/uilabel-calayer-is-using-large-amounts-of-virtual-memory">UILabel (CALayer) is using large amounts of virtual memory</a> and in <a href="http://chaosinmotion.com/blog/?p=855" rel="nofollow noreferrer">How to suck down iOS memory without even trying</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to exchange the backing layer of the <code>UILabel</code> through e.g. <code>CATiledLayer</code>?</p>
  
  <p>What I'm trying to do is to reduce the used memory for the <code>UILabel</code>. Using a clear background color for example doesn't help. Don't know how this is meant exactly:</p>
  
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    <p>but then you don’t respond to the drawRect method to draw your view’s contents</p>
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