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

Posted by Alia Khan
Alia Khan
3,733 Points

UIColor challenge

Need help i don't understand it thanks :)

colors.swift 
class ViewController: UIViewController {

    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
    }
}

1 Answer

David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points
David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points

Hi Alia,

So you need to add two lines of code to solve this: 1) Create a constant (the stored property) and assign it the blue color 2) Set the view.backgroundColor in the viewDidLoad() function to the blue color

Here's what worked for me:

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    let blueColor = UIColor.blueColor()

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

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