How to create a hex color string UIColor initializer in Swift? [duplicate]

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• How can I create a UIColor from a hex string? 46 answers

I am using this code for create UIColor from hex value. Its working perfectly.

extension UIColor {
convenience init(red: Int, green: Int, blue: Int) {
   assert(red >= 0 && red <= 255, "Invalid red component")
   assert(green >= 0 && green <= 255, "Invalid green component")
   assert(blue >= 0 && blue <= 255, "Invalid blue component")

   self.init(red: CGFloat(red) / 255.0, green: CGFloat(green) / 255.0, blue: CGFloat(blue) / 255.0, alpha: 1.0)
}

convenience init(netHex:Int) {
   self.init(red:(netHex >> 16) & 0xff, green:(netHex >> 8) & 0xff, blue:netHex & 0xff)
}
}

Usage:

var textColor = UIColor(netHex: 0xffffff)

This code works perfectly for Int hex code. But It needs hex code 0xffffff as Int type. I am having the hex code from web service. It will be like "#ffffff" (String not Int). I can convert this string like "0xffffff". But I can't convert from "0xffffff"(String) to 0xffffff (Int).

I need something like this

var textColor = UIColor(netHex: "0xffffff")

or better like this:

var textColor = UIColor(netHex: "#ffffff")

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Xcode 9 • Swift 4 or later (for Swift 3 or earlier check edit history)

extension UIColor {
    convenience init?(hexString: String) {
        var chars = Array(hexString.hasPrefix("#") ? hexString.dropFirst() : hexString[...])
        let red, green, blue, alpha: CGFloat
        switch chars.count {
        case 3:
            chars = chars.flatMap { [$0, $0] }
            fallthrough
        case 6:
            chars = ["F","F"] + chars
            fallthrough
        case 8:
            alpha = CGFloat(strtoul(String(chars[0...1]), nil, 16)) / 255
            red   = CGFloat(strtoul(String(chars[2...3]), nil, 16)) / 255
            green = CGFloat(strtoul(String(chars[4...5]), nil, 16)) / 255
            blue  = CGFloat(strtoul(String(chars[6...7]), nil, 16)) / 255
        default:
            return nil
        }
        self.init(red: red, green: green, blue:  blue, alpha: alpha)
    }
}

---

if let textColor = UIColor(hexString: "00F") {
    print(textColor) // r 0.0 g 0.0 b 1.0 a 1.0
}     

UIColor(hexString: "#00F")      // r 0.0 g 0.0 b 1.0 a 1.0
UIColor(hexString: "#0000FF")   // r 0.0 g 0.0 b 1.0 a 1.0
UIColor(hexString: "#FF0000FF") // r 0.0 g 0.0 b 1.0 a 1.0