How can I convert RGB hex string into UIColor in objective-c?

Question

I have color values coming from the url data is like this, \"#ff33cc\". How can I convert this value into UIColor? I am attempting with the following lines of code. I am not

Answer 1

I added a string replacement so it accepts a hex string with or without the #

Possible full code:

+ (UIColor *)colorWithHexString:(NSString *)stringToConvert
{
    NSString *noHashString = [stringToConvert stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"#" withString:@""]; // remove the #
    NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:noHashString];
    [scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped:[NSCharacterSet symbolCharacterSet]]; // remove + and $

    unsigned hex;
    if (![scanner scanHexInt:&hex]) return nil;
    int r = (hex >> 16) & 0xFF;
    int g = (hex >> 8) & 0xFF;
    int b = (hex) & 0xFF;

    return [UIColor colorWithRed:r / 255.0f green:g / 255.0f blue:b / 255.0f alpha:1.0f];
}