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iOS

Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points
Posted by Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points

Change color of UIView for 2 seconds

I want to create a function that turns my UIView green for a couple of seconds then after 2 seconds it gets turn to .None colour.

Do I need to use an NSTimer or is there something simpler?

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points

NSTimer seems to be your best bet. Here's a solution for Swift 2.2, which you can paste into your view controller:

@objc toggleViewColor() -> Void{
    <# Your view variable #>.backgroundColor = <# Your view variable #>.backgroundColor == UIColor.greenColor() ? UIColor.whiteColor() : UIColor.greenColor()
}

let timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(2, target: self, selector: #selector(<# Your class name #>.toggleViewColor), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)