Change of UITextField placeholder color

Question

How to dynamically change placeholder color of the UITextField? This is always the same system color.

No option in xib editor.

Answer 1

This solution works without any subclassing and without any private ivars:

@IBOutlet weak var emailTextField: UITextField! {
    didSet {
        if emailTextField != nil {
            let placeholderText = NSLocalizedString("Tap here to enter", comment: "Tap here to enter")
            let placeholderString = NSAttributedString(string: placeholderText, attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor(white: 0.66, alpha: 1.0)])
            emailTextField.attributedPlaceholder = placeholderString
        }
    }
}