Change text color of UIColorPickerViewController?

Question

I do not see any way to change the text color for a UIColorPickerViewController. Otherwise it's perfect for my needs and would prefer to use it versus making my own picker. I have a light and dark theme for my app and is important that I match the theme.

I've tried the usual hacks like:

myPickerView.setValue(UIColor.red, forKey: "textColor")

But it's not key textColor compliant and crashes.

Changing the tint color changes the eyedropper icon but no text:

myPickerView.view.tintColor = .cyan

The toolbarItems property is nil.

I tried overriding preferredStatusBarStyle:

class MyUIColorPickerViewController:UIColorPickerViewController {   
    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        return .darkContent
    }
}

It has a navigationItem property, but all of its' properties are nil and navigationController is nil.

I tried looking at all the subviews of its subviews, but nothing. Seems like there must be a way. Sad Apple doesn't provide us very basic control over its appearance.

Answer 1

If it is just to match your own custom dark and light themes, you can set overrideUserInterfaceStyle on the color picker view controller to the matching .light/.dark value.

// when in your own dark mode
myPickerView.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .dark