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ryanwaite28
ryanwaite28

Reputation: 2038

UITextField text color transparent

I want to set the color of my text in my UITextField. The textborder is black but the color on the inside is transparent. How do I add color to it?

Here is what I have:

let memeTextAttributes:[String:Any] = [
        NSStrokeColorAttributeName: UIColor.black,
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white,
        NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack", size: 40)!,
        NSStrokeWidthAttributeName: 3.0]

topText.delegate = self
topText.defaultTextAttributes = memeTextAttributes
topText.text = "TOP"
topText.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.center
topText.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
topText.center.x = self.view.center.x
topText.center.y = self.view.frame.origin.y + 150
topText.minimumFontSize = 10
topText.textColor = UIColor.white

Upvotes: 1

Views: 880

Answers (2)

ryanwaite28
ryanwaite28

Reputation: 2038

I had to do an insane amount of research. Here is what i ended up with:

let memeTextAttributes:[String:Any] = [
        NSStrokeColorAttributeName: UIColor.black,
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white,
        NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack", size: 40)!,
        NSStrokeWidthAttributeName: -5.0
    ]

NSStrokeWidthAttributeName had to be a NEGATIVE number/float to fill in the color, not a POSITIVE number/float! A positive float made the color transparent.

My project - https://github.com/ryanwaite28/ios-developer/blob/master/Meme%20Me/MemeMe2/MemeCreateEditController.swift

Took me the whole day.

Wowzerz...

Upvotes: 2

Chandler De Angelis
Chandler De Angelis

Reputation: 2766

Sorry I misunderstood what you wanted. If you want the background to be transparent, the text border color to be black, and the text color to be white, you should 1) set the text field's backgroundColor property to .clear, 2) set the borderColor property of the text field's layer property to be UIColor.black.cgColor, 3) set the borderWidth property of the text field's layer property to be 1, and 4) set the text field's textColor property to .white.

topText.backgroundColor = .clear
topText.layer.borderColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
topText.layer.borderWidth = 1
topText.textColor = .white

Upvotes: -1

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