How to change UIButton attributed text colour programatically? - ios

Question

I have a subclass (KeyButton) of UIButton where I am applying certain styles for the button. The following code adds the attributed text for buttons in the ViewController.
func superScriptText(text: String, button: KeyButton, fontSize: Int) {
let font:UIFont? = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 22, weight: UIFont.Weight.light)
let fontSuper:UIFont? = UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size:CGFloat(fontSize))
let attString:NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text, attributes: [.font:font!])
attString.setAttributes([.font:fontSuper!,.baselineOffset:15], range: NSRange(location:1,length:1))
button.setAttributedTitle(attString, for: .normal)
}
How can I change the color of attributed text for the button in the class?

Answer 1

Just change:
let attString:NSMutableAttributedString =
NSMutableAttributedString(string: text, attributes: [.font:font!])
to:
let attString:NSMutableAttributedString =
NSMutableAttributedString(string: text, attributes: [.font:font!, .foregroundColor: UIColor.red])
NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor is used for the text color, see more options in docs.

Answer 2

You have to add the .foregroundColor key with a UIColor object as the value to the NSAttributedStrings attributes dictionary.
Example (assuming you have added a custom button in storyboard):
class CustomButton: UIButton {
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
let text = "CustomButton"
let font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: UIFont.buttonFontSize)
let textColor = UIColor.orange
let attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey: Any] = [
.font: font,
.foregroundColor: textColor
]
let attributedText = NSAttributedString(string: text, attributes: attributes)
self.setAttributedTitle(attributedText, for: .normal)
}
}

Answer 3

I couldn't do this through UIButton subclass. I created the subclass of NSAttributtedText and add the following method:
var textColor: UIColor?
func setSuperScript(text: String, button: KeyButton, fontSize: Int) {
let font:UIFont? = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 22, weight: UIFont.Weight.light)
let fontSuper:UIFont? = UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size:CGFloat(fontSize))
let attString:NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text, attributes: [.font:font!, .foregroundColor: textColor!])
attString.setAttributes([.font:fontSuper!,.baselineOffset:15, .foregroundColor: textColor!,], range: NSRange(location:1,length:1))
button.setAttributedTitle(attString, for: .normal)
}
I am setting the color based on the logic I have and then set the attributed string color accordingly.