Xcode 13 SwiftUI Color Literal missing

Question

I am using the Xcode 13 beta and noticed the Color Literal suggestion when trying to choose a color with a picker does not show up (in previous versions I would do Color(Color Literal()) and a color picker would show up. Any thoughts on this?

Pragmaticism

Color Literal is not showing up for me either after I updated to Xcode 13. Now I have to do UIColor(named: "name of my color set") to use my customized color. – Ostrom

https://mcmap.net/q/488293/-how-to-use-image-literal-in-xcode-13 – Conflux

Answer 1

Just type #colorLiteral( for color or #imageLiteral( for image and it will appear immediatly

Cerebro

This worked for me with the #colorLiteral( in Xcode 13. I hope they fix the problem! Thank you! – Mordecai

not working, it's just showed "Missing arguments for parameters 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'alpha' in call" :/ – Anywise

@Stevie, try typing in a empty line #colorLiteral, upon typing ( the square icon for literal will show up. – Shaddock

this worked on Xcode 14 as well – Coign

It works on an empty line (Xcode 14), but that defeats the purpose when you want to add the color as a parameter. – Convertiplane

Answer 2

Edit (September 26, 2021): As of Xcode 13.0 (13A233), color literals seem to be working now.

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It's a known issue. From the release notes:

#colorLiteral, #imageLiteral, and #fileLiteral aren’t rendered. (75248191)

But other than that, note that init(_ color: UIColor) is deprecated, so you can't do something like Color(UIColor.blue). This applies to color literals too.

Instead, use the new init(uiColor: UIColor).

Selfexecuting

Thank you hadn't seen the release notes – Pragmaticism

Answer 3

Solved like this in Xcode 13.4: Put a SPACE after "=" when assigning. Yes, it's that ridiculous. Then double click to pick a color. So:

var someColor = #colorLiteral(

After that can select a color.

Illona

This was exactly what I was looking for, found this answer straight away. I gave up on the colour literal for a long time, but remembered how much easier it was when it was there to use. I wish Apple would have never changed it from colorLiteral, which would autocomplete, to your answer of #colorLiteral( which does not autocomplete. I just have to remember that #colorLiteral( now. Thanks – Orlando

Answer 4

#colorLiteral does not work in certain situations.

such as: bmi = BMI(value: bmiValue, advice: "Eat more pies", color: #colorLiteral() line above doesn't work.

Flashcube

came here failing at the same stage – Firedog

Answer 5

Just type #colorLiteral( and then automatically that color swatch is generating. Here you have a clear example:

My Xcode Version:

My Swift version:

Haygood