How to change UITextfield placeholder color and fontsize using swift 2.0?

Question

How to change UITextfield placeholder & fontsize in SWIFT 2.0?

Answer 1

A simple solution is override placeholder property in an UITextField extension. It will update color of placeholder whole project. You don't need to update your code in many places.

extension UITextField {
  var placeholder: String? {
      get {
          attributedPlaceholder?.string
      }

      set {
          guard let newValue = newValue else {
              attributedPlaceholder = nil
              return
          }

          let attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [.foregroundColor: Color.textFieldPlaceholder.color]

          let attributedText = NSAttributedString(string: newValue, attributes: attributes)

          attributedPlaceholder = attributedText
      }
  }
}