UIPageViewController indicators don't change color - ios

Question

I've read many other threads here about this problem, it appears that the best solution now is to set it as follows:
let pageControl = UIPageControl.init(frame: CGRectMake(0, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height*14/15, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height))
pageControl.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 147/255, blue: 229/255, alpha: 1)
pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.blackColor()
view.addSubview(pageControl)
But for some reason, this does not work for me. Page control background changes its color, but the indicators remain white.
My entire viewDidLoad() method
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.pageViewController = self.storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("OnboardingPageViewController") as! UIPageViewController
self.pageViewController.dataSource = self
let startingViewController:OnboardingPageContentViewController = self.viewControllerAtIndex(0)!
let viewControllers:Array<OnboardingPageContentViewController> = [startingViewController]
self.pageViewController.setViewControllers(viewControllers, direction: UIPageViewControllerNavigationDirection.Forward, animated: true, completion: nil)
let pageControl = UIPageControl.init(frame: CGRectMake(0, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height*14/15, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height))
pageControl.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 147/255, blue: 229/255, alpha: 1)
pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.blackColor()
view.addSubview(pageControl)
self.pageViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height)
self.addChildViewController(pageViewController)
self.view.addSubview(pageViewController.view)
self.pageViewController.didMoveToParentViewController(self)
}
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

it appears that the best solution now is to set it as follows:
No, it isn't. You are adding a new UIPageControl, but the UIPageViewController already has a UIPageControl. What you want is to set the attributes of that UIPageControl.
The way to do that is to use the appearance proxy. Example:
let proxy = UIPageControl.appearance()
proxy.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.redColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.6)
proxy.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.redColor()
proxy.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellowColor()