Change UITextField and UITextView Cursor / Caret Color

Question

I\'m wondering about changing the color of the cursor / caret in a UITextField (And UITextView if its the same answer) in iOS. I\'ve seen answers f

Answer 1

Note: This answer is out of date and should be used for pre-iOS 7 development only. See other answers for a 1 line solution using the appearance proxy in iOS 7.

I arrived at this question after I faced the same problem in a project I was working on.

I managed to create a solution that will be accepted by the AppStore review team as it does not use any existing Private APIs.

I have created a control called DGTextField that extends UITextField.