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des253
des253

Reputation: 47

How to use colorWithPatternImage: with UILabel

I am trying to create a UILabel with customized text that shows the current score of a game. The customer has given me screen shots where they would like the color/pattern of the text to be like that of a wooden panel, so it looks to be brownish with darker swirls within it.

Is this even possible? I have spent an enormous amount of time scouring the web for something related to this and have found nothing concrete. One lead I followed that didn't pan out was using: 

[UILabel setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed: @"WoodenPanel.png"]]];

It seems like there's a way to use an image and set it as the color for the text. But what results when I use this is a completely black UILabel. Is this on the right track? Or is this simply not possible?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 408

Answers (3)

user2742371
user2742371

Reputation:

You have to do it like this:

[labelName setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IMAGENAME.PNG"]]];

NOT like you did:

[UILabel setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IMAGENAME.PNG"]]];

You have to put the name of the declared label instead of UILabel

Upvotes: 2

des253
des253

Reputation: 47

It turns out I had actually implemented it correctly. The line of code I provided above was not an exact line out of my program, but more of a generality.

The reason I was getting a completely black font was that part of the particular image I was using was entirely black. It seems that the image isn't scaled down to fit the text and UILabel so what was being revealed was the bottom 1/5 of the image. I did not have to solve this problem as the image provided for me to implement this was a repetitive pattern throughout the image so that any part of the image would produce the desired effect of a wooden panel type color font.

Upvotes: 0

evan.stoddard
evan.stoddard

Reputation: 698

Can text in UILabel have a colorWithPatternImage: assigned to it?

It does use the colorWithPatternImage though

What do you mean by it didn't pan out.

Also this is a possible duplicate of the link I just gave you.

Upvotes: 0

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