How can I get the iOS 7 default blue color programmatically?

Question

I\'m creating custom elements in my app and want to match the look and feel of the new iOS. iOS 7 introduced to us a very common lighter blue color, the default color or tin

Answer 1

Get the color automatically by using this code:

static let DefaultButtonColor = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.System).titleColorForState(.Normal)!

Answer 2

The UIWindow.tintColor method wasn't working for me in iOS8 (it was still black), so I had to do this:

let b = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.System) as UIButton
var color = b.titleColorForState(.Normal)

This gave the proper blue tint seen in a UIBarButtonItem

Answer 3

Use self.view.tintColor from a view controller, or self.tintColor from a UIView subclass.

Answer 4

Hex Color code

#007AFF

and you need this libary https://github.com/thii/SwiftHEXColors

ps. iOS, Swift

Answer 5

Please don't mess with view.tintColor or extensions, but simply use this:

UIColor.systemBlue

Answer 6

This extension gives you native system blue color.

extension UIColor {

    static var systemBlue: UIColor {
        return UIButton(type: .system).tintColor
    }

}

UPDATE

Please forget what I wrote above, just figured out - there're native extension with predefined system colors we've been looking for, including system blue:

// System colors

extension UIColor {


    /* Some colors that are used by system elements and applications.
     * These return named colors whose values may vary between different contexts and releases.
     * Do not make assumptions about the color spaces or actual colors used.
     */

    ... 

    @available(iOS 7.0, *)
    open class var systemBlue: UIColor { get }
    ... 
}

You can use it directly:

myView.tintColor = .systemBlue