How do I change the color of the text in a UIPickerView under iOS 7?

Question

I\'m aware of the pickerView:viewForRow:forComponent:reusingView method, but when using the view it passes in reusingView: how do I ch

Answer 1

in Xamarin, override the UIPickerModelView method GetAttributedTitle

public override NSAttributedString GetAttributedTitle(UIPickerView picker, nint row, nint component)
{
    // change text white
    string title = GetTitle (picker, row, component); // get current text from UIPickerViewModel::GetTitle
    NSAttributedString ns = new NSAttributedString (title, null, UIColor.White); // null = font, use current font
    return ns;
}

Answer 2

I ran into the same problem with a pickerView using two components. My solution is similar to above with a few modifications. Because I am using two components it is necessary to pull from two different arrays.

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view{

    UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
    label.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    label.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:18];

    //WithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, pickerView.frame.size.width, 60)];

    if(component == 0)
    {
        label.text = [countryArray objectAtIndex:row];
    }
    else
    {
        label.text = [cityArray objectAtIndex:row];
    }
    return label;
}

Answer 3

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view {
        UILabel* pickerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, pickerView.frame.size.width, 37)];
        pickerLabel.text = @"text";
        pickerLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
        return pickerLabel;
}

Answer 4

1. Go to storyboard
2. Select PickerView
3. Go to Identity inspector (3rd tab)
4. Add User Defined Runtime Attribute
5. KeyPath = textColor
6. Type = Color
7. Value = [Color of you choice]

Answer 5

Original post here: can I change the font color of the datePicker in iOS7?

- (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView viewForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component reusingView:(UIView *)view
{
    UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, pickerView.frame.size.width, 44)];
    label.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    label.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:18];
    label.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@" %d", row+1];
    return label;
}

// number Of Components
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView
{
    return 1;
}

// number Of Rows In Component
- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:   (NSInteger)component
{
    return 6;
}

Answer 6

Swift 4 (Update to the accepted answer)

extension MyViewController: UIPickerViewDelegate{
    }

    func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, attributedTitleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> NSAttributedString? {
        return NSAttributedString(string: "your-title-goes-here", attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.white])
    }
}