How to set textColor of UILabel in Swift

Question

When I try setting the color of a UILabel to the color of another UILabel using the code

myLabel.textColor = otherLabel.textColor 

It doesn't change the color. When I use this code, however,

myLabel.textColor = UIColor.redColor() 

It changes the color correctly. What's the issue with the first line?

Answer 1

The easiest workaround is create dummy labels in IB, give them the text the color you like and set to hidden. You can then reference this color in your code to set your label to the desired color.

yourLabel.textColor = hiddenLabel.textColor 

The only way I could change the text color programmatically was by using the standard colors, UIColor.white, UIColor.green...

Answer 2

This code example that follows shows a basic UILabel configuration.

let lbl = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 200)) lbl.text = "yourString"  // Enum type, two variations: lbl.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Right lbl.textAlignment = .Right  lbl.textColor = UIColor.red lbl.shadowColor = UIColor.black lbl.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: CGFloat(22)) self.view.addSubview(lbl)