Changing Background color on NSAttributedString

Question

I just wanted to know how could i change the background color of an NSAttributedString, i can see the background being white all the time, but i want to make it black.

Is that possible?? Many thanks!

Audio

Answer 1

I think you want NSBackgroundColorAttributeName. Such as:

[mutableAttributedString addAttribute:NSBackgroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor yellowColor] range:selectedRange];

Proser

Works for me. iOS is the only thing I've used it with. – Proser

What if I want to put a background color only the text, words and spaces, without putting bg color on the new line? Thanks – Goodrich

Answer 2

For Swift:

attributedString.addAttribute(NSBackgroundColorAttributeName, value: yourColor, range: NSMakeRange(0, tillLocation))

Helpful link - Different way to attribute a string

Horsepowerhour

Answer 3

The best plan would really be to draw the string on a view with a black background.

Steelworks

I found out that i wanted to change the color for the NSAttributedStringView and not the string :) silly me... Thanks! – Audio