Change color to attributedTitle in UIRefreshControl - ios

Question

I'm looking for a way to change color in UIRefreshControl.
The text is shown in an NSAttributedString, so I try to use CoreText.framework:
NSString *s = #"Hello";
NSMutableAttributedString *a = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:s];
[a addAttribute:(id)kCTForegroundColorAttributeName value:(id)[UIColor redColor].CGColor range:NSRangeFromString(s)];
refreshControl.attributedTitle = a;
The text is shown correctly, but the color is always the default gray.
Any ideas ?

Answer 1

You should be using NSForegroundColorAttributeName, not kCTForegroundColorAttributeName.
Also, the range being passed should be NSMakeRange(0, [s length]);.

Answer 2

In Swift you can set the color of the attributedTitle as follows:
self.refreshControl?.attributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Pull to refresh", attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor(red: 255.0/255.0, green: 182.0/255.0, blue: 8.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0)])

Answer 3

Simple version:
NSAttributedString *title = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Refresh…"
attributes: #{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor redColor]}];
refreshControl.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc]initWithAttributedString:title];

Answer 4

The "value" parameter you are passing to the "addAttribute" method is a CGColor, use UIColor instead and it will work! [UIColor redColor].CGColor
NSString *s = #"Hello";
NSMutableAttributedString *a = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:s];
[a addAttribute:kCTForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor redColor] range:NSRangeFromString(s)];
refreshControl.attributedTitle = a;

Answer 5

NSString *s = #"Hello";
NSMutableAttributedString *a = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:s];
NSDictionary *refreshAttributes = #{
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blueColor],
};
[a setAttributes:refreshAttributes range:NSMakeRange(0, a.length)];
refreshControl.attributedTitle = a;
I found the answer here: http://ioscreator.com/format-text-in-ios6-attributed-strings/

Answer 6

Swift Version 4 (iOS 11)
let myString = "Pull to refresh"
let myAttribute = [ NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.black ]
let myAttrString = NSAttributedString(string: myString, attributes: myAttribute)
refreshControl.attributedTitle = myAttrString

Answer 7

use this method,
(id)initWithString:(NSString *)str attributes:(NSDictionary *)attrs;
(id)initWithAttributedString:(NSAttributedString *)attrStr;
therefore,
NSMutableDictionary *attributes = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributes setObject:[UIColor whiteColor] forKey:NSBackgroundColorAttributeName]; //background color :optional
[attributes setObject:[UIColor redColor] forKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName]; //title text color :optionala
NSAttributedString *title = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Refresh!!" attributes:attributes];
_refreshcontrol.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc]initWithAttributedString:title];