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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 Improving Our User Interface Changing the Background Color

Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points
Posted by Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points

Don't get it again lol

Thanks for any help.. would be greatly appreciated - I'm not sure how to reference the backgroundColor nor do I understand what type of property it is: is it a UIViewController pre-made property or is it something I am supposed to create a let statement to create a constant in order to create the property? Thanks!

colors.swift 
class ViewController: UIViewController {

      let blueColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 255.0, alpha: 1.0)

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated
    }

  let backgroundColor = blueColor
}

2 Answers

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points
Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

You're very close! To access the view's background color, you just need to use view.backgroundColor:

view.backgroundColor = blueColor

You also need to put this line of code inside the viewDidLoad() function.

I hope this helps!

Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points
Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points

thank you thank you x 3!