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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 Improving Our User Interface Changing the Background Color

Jeff Godown
Jeff Godown
1,714 Points
Posted by Jeff Godown
Jeff Godown
1,714 Points

Accessing the view controller's backing view from Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 (Challenge 2/2)

Can't figure out why this won't work. :(

colors.swift 
class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let blueColor = UIColor.blueColor()
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.


        view.backgroundcolor = blueColor
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated
    }
}
Petter Sorlie
Petter Sorlie
2,270 Points
Petter Sorlie
Petter Sorlie
2,270 Points

Hello Jeff! I'm no expert myself, but I think I got this one figured out. You are accessing the instance of UIColor correctly inside the viewDidLoad function. But you are in this line "let blueColor = UIColor.blueColor()" trying to access itself. You need to set a constant with the NAME blueColor as an INSTANCE of UIColor. Do you se the difference between what I did, and what you had? :)

Hope this helps, cheers and good luck

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let blueColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 255, alpha: 1.0)

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
        view.backgroundColor = blueColor

    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated
    }
}