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!

Answer 1

I think you want NSBackgroundColorAttributeName. Such as:

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

For swift 3.x attributedString.addAttribute(NSBackgroundColorAttributeName, value: yourColor, range: NSMakeRange(0, tillLocation))

Helpfull link - Different way to attribute a string