Change placeholder text color on swift

Question

How do I change the placeholder text color of a UITextField through Swift? I can't seem to access the placeholder attribute. Thanks

Answer 1

You can set the placeholder text using an Attributed string. Set color to attributes Property.

   textField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:"placeholder text",
   attributes:[NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.yellowColor()])

Swift 5

textField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:"placeholder text", attributes:[NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.yellow])

Answer 2

Click on the + button and add a new runtime attribute: _placeholderLabel.textColor

Run your app.