UIColor not working with RGBA values

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Stephen Fox picture Stephen Fox · Jun 19, 2014 · Viewed 18k times · Source

I am trying to change the text colour in a UITextField using the following code (RGBA value) however it just appears white, or clear, I'm not too sure as the background is white itself. 

passwordTextField.textColor = UIColor(red: CGFloat(202.0), green: CGFloat(228.0), blue: CGFloat(230.0), alpha: CGFloat(100.0))

passwordTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyType.Done
passwordTextField.placeholder = "Password"
passwordTextField.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
passwordTextField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.RoundedRect
passwordTextField.font = UIFont(name: "Avenir Next", size: 14)
passwordTextField.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
passwordTextField.secureTextEntry = true

Answer

bjtitus picture bjtitus · Jun 19, 2014

RGB values for UIColor are between 0 and 1 (see the documentation "specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0")

You need to divide your numbers by 255:

passwordTextField.textColor = UIColor(red: CGFloat(202.0/255.0), green: CGFloat(228.0/255.0), blue: CGFloat(230.0/255.0), alpha: CGFloat(1.0))

Another thing, you don't need to create CGFloats:

passwordTextField.textColor = UIColor(red:202.0/255.0, green:228.0/255.0, blue:230.0/255.0, alpha:1.0)

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