Changing text color in Attributed TextView (Xcode)

Question

I am trying to change the color of a sentence in my TextView which is attributed. How do I go about this?

Say, I wanted to change the color of the first sentence to red.

When I click these buttons (the left is "Text Color" and the other is "Background Color") nothing happens.

Answer 1

You can achieve this by doing it programatically. Use NSMutableAttributedString

NSMutableAttributedString *stringText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"This is awesome"];
//Green color for the first four characters.
[stringText addAttribute: NSForegroundColorAttributeName value: [UIColor greenColor] range: NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
// Sets the font color of last four characters to yellow.
[stringText addAttribute: NSForegroundColorAttributeName value: [UIColor yellowColor] range: NSMakeRange(14, 10)];

Set this text to your UITextView. It should work. Also make sure if text changes dynamically you need to care full with NSMakeRange.