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

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
Courses Plus Student 2,233 Points

hollow

how can i Access the view controller's backing view ?

ViewController.swift 
class ViewController: UIViewController {

  override func viewDidLoad() {
      super.viewDidLoad()

  }

  override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
      super.didReceiveMemoryWarning() 
  }
 let blueColor = UIColor.blue
 view.backgroundColor = blueColor
}
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

You need to put this in viewDidLoad function

1 Answer

Mitchell Richmond
Mitchell Richmond
5,401 Points
Mitchell Richmond
Mitchell Richmond
5,401 Points

It just means to use view. followed by whatever you are changing. So it would be view.backgroundColor = blueColor.