UILabel subclass initialize with custom color

Question or problem in the Swift programming language:

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

class CircleLabel: UILabel {

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

override init(frame: CGRect) {
    super.init(frame: frame)
}

override func drawRect(rect: CGRect) {
    self.layer.cornerRadius = self.bounds.width/2
    self.clipsToBounds = true
    super.drawRect(rect)
}

override func drawTextInRect(rect: CGRect) {
    self.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
    super.drawTextInRect(rect)
}

func setProperties(borderWidth: Float, borderColor: UIColor) {
    self.layer.borderWidth = CGFloat(borderWidth)
    self.layer.borderColor = borderColor.CGColor
}

}

As you can see, every CircleLabel I instantiate is defaulted to a textColor property of UIColor.whiteColor(), which works properly. In my view controller’s viewDidLoad, I want to set my CircleLabel to have a dynamic textColor property. So something like this:

class myViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var myCustomLabel: CircleLabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        myCustomLabel.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
}

That doesn’t work because textColor is set in the drawRect method of the UILabel subclass. What can I implement in my CircleLabel subclass (via a helper method like my setProperties helper method or some other way) that would allow me to set the textColor of my custom label in my view controller?

How to solve the problem:

Solution 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.
    }

}

Solution 2:

1. Custom Label In swift

    class CustomLabel: UILabel {

    @IBInspectable var topInset: CGFloat = 5.0
    @IBInspectable var bottomInset: CGFloat = 5.0
    @IBInspectable var leftInset: CGFloat = 7.0
    @IBInspectable var rightInset: CGFloat = 7.0

    override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        let insets = UIEdgeInsets(top: topInset, left: leftInset, bottom: bottomInset, right: rightInset)
        super.drawText(in: rect.inset(by: insets))
    }

    override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        let size = super.intrinsicContentSize
        return CGSize(width: size.width + leftInset + rightInset,
                      height: size.height + topInset + bottomInset)
    }
}

Hope this helps!