How to set the title text color of UIButton?

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I tried changing the colors of the text for a button, but it's still staying white.

isbeauty = UIButton()
isbeauty.setTitle("Buy", forState: UIControlState.Normal)
isbeauty.titleLabel?.textColor = UIColorFromRGB("F21B3F")
isbeauty.titleLabel!.font = UIFont(name: "AppleSDGothicNeo-Thin" , size: 25)
isbeauty.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
isbeauty.layer.cornerRadius = 5
isbeauty.layer.borderWidth = 1
isbeauty.layer.borderColor = UIColorFromRGB("F21B3F").CGColor
isbeauty.frame = CGRectMake(300, 134, 55, 26)
isbeauty.addTarget(self,action: "first:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
self.view.addSubview(isbeauty)

I also tried changing it the red, black, blue, but nothing is happening.

score 356 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 01 '22 at 11:54

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You have to use func setTitleColor(_ color: UIColor?, for state: UIControl.State) the same way you set the actual title text. Docs

isbeauty.setTitleColor(UIColorFromRGB("F21B3F"), for: .normal)

edited Jan 01 '22 at 11:54

Mehdi Ijadnazar

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answered Jun 27 '15 at 11:24

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for readability sake i prefer not to qualify my enums, but thats just me – Tyler May 19 '16 at 21:57
@styler1972 I prefer that too - apparently I was unaware of that when I initially wrote the answer – luk2302 May 20 '16 at 07:04
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isbeauty.setTitleColor(UIColorFromRGB(rgbValue: "F21B3F"), for: .Normal) – Arunabh Das Oct 27 '17 at 18:58
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I believe that as of xcode 9, it's now ".normal" instead of ".Normal" – Buddhisthead Nov 17 '17 at 17:21
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my code: yourButtonName.setTitleColor(UIColor.red, for: .normal) – Dev Gurung Jan 26 '18 at 21:10
If you set the color of the Text in Interface Builder anything but default, it will prevent this method from functioning. – Jordan Réjaud May 23 '18 at 22:36

Vyacheslav · Answer 2 · 2019-08-15T10:56:06.083

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Swift UI solution

Button(action: {}) {
            Text("Button")
        }.foregroundColor(Color(red: 1.0, green: 0.0, blue: 0.0))

Swift 3, Swift 4, Swift 5

to improve comments. This should work:

button.setTitleColor(.red, for: .normal)

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answered Jan 25 '17 at 14:18

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score 18 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 30 '18 at 03:35

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Example in setting button title color

btnDone.setTitleColor(.black, for: .normal)

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answered Feb 21 '17 at 03:50

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What's the difference between mine answer and yours? – Vyacheslav Sep 22 '18 at 10:50
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it's obvious - color – janaz Mar 09 '21 at 18:17

Ramprasath Selvam · Answer 4 · 2019-04-11T09:43:42.863

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func setTitleColor(_ color: UIColor?, 
               for state: UIControl.State)

Parameters:

color:
The color of the title to use for the specified state.

state:
The state that uses the specified color. The possible values are described in UIControl.State.

Sample:

let MyButton = UIButton()
MyButton.setTitle("Click Me..!", for: .normal)
MyButton.setTitleColor(.green, for: .normal)

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answered Apr 11 '19 at 09:37

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 05 '19 at 04:25

This is swift 5 compatible answer. If you want to use one of the built-in colours then you can simply use

button.setTitleColor(.red, for: .normal)

If you want some custom colours, then create an extension for a UIColor as below first.

import UIKit
extension UIColor {
    static var themeMoreButton = UIColor.init(red: 53/255, green: 150/255, blue: 36/255, alpha: 1)
}

Then use it for your button as below.

button.setTitleColor(UIColor.themeMoreButton, for: .normal)

Tip: You can use this method to store custom colours from rgba colour code and reuse it throughout your application.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 02 '21 at 10:40

if you are using a button without NSAttribute then you can simply set the title and color of button by using

yourButtonName.setTitle("Your Title", for: .normal)

enterCustomAmount.setTitleColor(.gray, for: .normal)

but if you give NSAttribute in your button property then you first need to set the attribute for the button

var myAttribute = [ NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.init(hexString: "#FFAEA9")]

or for more then one property you can use comma separator like

var myAttribute = [ NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.init(hexString: "#FFAEA9"), NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont(name: "Dubai-Medium", size: 16) ]

and assign it to your UIButton like this

 let myString = "Your title"
            let text = NSAttributedString(string: myString, attributes: myAttribute)
            enterCustomAmount.setAttributedTitle(text, for: .normal)

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 04 '19 at 14:52

referring to radio buttons ,you can also do it with Segmented Control as following:

step 1: drag a segmented control to your view in the attribute inspector change the title of the two segments ,for example "Male" and "Female"

step 2: create an outlet & an action for it in the code

step 3: create a variable for future use to contain choice's data

in the code do as following:

@IBOutlet weak var genderSeg: UISegmentedControl!

var genderPick : String = ""


 @IBAction func segAction(_ sender: Any) {

    if genderSeg.selectedSegmentIndex == 0 {
         genderPick = "Male"
        print(genderPick)
    } else if genderSeg.selectedSegmentIndex == 1 {
        genderPick = "Female"
          print(genderPick)
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 15 '20 at 23:32

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set title color

btnGere.setTitleColor(#colorLiteral(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 1), for: .normal)

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Md. Shofiulla · Answer 9 · 2023-06-06T04:24:04.227

You can set UIButton title color with hex code

btn.setTitleColor(UIColor(hexString: "#95469F"), for: .normal)

Added this extension class to support string color code

public extension UIColor {
        convenience init(hexString: String, alpha: CGFloat = 1.0) {
            let hexString: String = hexString.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet.whitespacesAndNewlines)
            let scanner = Scanner(string: hexString)
            
            if (hexString.hasPrefix("#")) {
                scanner.currentIndex = .init(utf16Offset: 1, in: hexString)
            }
            
            var color: UInt64 = 0
            scanner.scanHexInt64(&color)
            let mask = 0x000000FF
            let r = Int(color >> 16) & mask
            let g = Int(color >> 8) & mask
            let b = Int(color) & mask
            let red   = CGFloat(r) / 255.0
            let green = CGFloat(g) / 255.0
            let blue  = CGFloat(b) / 255.0
            
            self.init(red:red, green:green, blue:blue, alpha:alpha)
        }
    }

`UIColor` does not provide a `hexString:` initializer. – HangarRash Jun 05 '23 at 01:04 — HangarRash, Jun 05 '23 at 01:04
This initializer is s extension function. – Md. Shofiulla Jun 06 '23 at 04:22 — Md. Shofiulla, Jun 06 '23 at 04:22

score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 28 '22 at 12:39

To change color of text

button.titleLabel.textColor = UIColor.grayColor()

To change state, on button press add following -

button.enabled = true

IBAction method should be like -

@IBAction func buttonTapped(sender : UIButton!) {
    sender.enabled = false
}

score -1 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 05 '23 at 00:28

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continueButton.tintColor = UIColor.white

answered Jun 05 '23 at 00:28

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