UILabel subclass initialize with custom color

Question

My goal is to set the textColor of my custom UILabel subclass in my view controller. I have a UILabel subclass named CircleLabel

Answer 1

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You do not need to override drawRect in your case,just create the class like this

class CircleLabel: UILabel {

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
        self.commonInit()

    }

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        self.commonInit()
    }
    func commonInit(){
        self.layer.cornerRadius = self.bounds.width/2
        self.clipsToBounds = true
        self.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
        self.setProperties(1.0, borderColor:UIColor.blackColor())
    }
    func setProperties(borderWidth: Float, borderColor: UIColor) {
        self.layer.borderWidth = CGFloat(borderWidth)
        self.layer.borderColor = borderColor.CGColor
    }
}

Then

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var myCustomLabel: CircleLabel!
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        myCustomLabel.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

}