Change Uidatepicker Font Color

Change UIDatePicker font color?

All I need (on iOS 8.x and 9.0) is this one line to change the font color:

        [my_date_picker setValue:[UIColor whiteColor] forKey:@"textColor"];

No subclassing or invoking of private APIs...

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Note: today's current date will still be highlighted (in newer iOS versions). You can get around this by using the following code:

if ([my_date_picker respondsToSelector:sel_registerName("setHighlightsToday:")]) {

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wundeclared-selector"

        [my_date_picker performSelector:@selector(setHighlightsToday:) withObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO]];

#pragma clang diagnostic pop

}

iOS14 - How to change textColor of UIDatePicker in UIKit?

Try this, add the extension below:

extension UIDatePicker {

var textColor: UIColor? {
    set {
        setValue(newValue, forKeyPath: "textColor")
    }
    get {
        return value(forKeyPath: "textColor") as? UIColor
    }
  }
}

Now in viewDidLoad call:

myDatePicker.textColor = .yourColor

call it after other picker property, es.:

myDatePicker.preferredDatePickerStyle = .wheels
myDatePicker.addTarget(self, action: #selector(handleDatePicker), for: .valueChanged)
myDatePicker.datePickerMode = .dateAndTime
myDatePicker.timeZone = NSTimeZone.local
myDatePicker.backgroundColor = .black
myDatePicker.setValue(false, forKey: "highlightsToday")
myDatePicker.textColor = .yourColor // here

if you want highlightsToday set the relative picker value to true:

myDatePicker.setValue(true, forKey: "highlightsToday")

and this is the result:

Set text color for UIDatePicker in Swift

I have face the same issue so i have try something like this, Changing the datePickerMode to something else, it will re-draw with the newly set textColor, also instead of setting textColor in updatedatePicker function set this also in viewDidLoad like this.

Answer updated to latest Swift 4

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    datePicker.setValue(UIColor.white, forKeyPath: "textColor")
    datePicker.datePickerMode = .date
    datePicker.datePickerMode = .dateAndTime //Set here that mode you want.
    datePicker.addTarget(self, action: #selector(selectedDate), for: .valueChanged)
}

Change UIDatePicker selected Date text Color for Dark mode (iOS 13)

I found something that solves the problem in a way. If I mark 'hightlightsToday' color to false, then the selected text shows with the color you set your code.

self.datePicker.setValue(false, forKey: "highlightsToday")

But if I wanted to highlight my selected date text color with a different color; in that case not sure which key value I have to change. So I am going to leave the question open, incase anyone knows how to change the selected date text color for dark mode.

Changing font color of Date Picker with inline style

There is no way to change inline styled Date Picker text color in UIKit 14, but here is a workaround you can try:

Override style

I noticed that if you change the theme of the device (between light and dark), the text color of the .inline date picker is changing.
So for example if you want a dark-text date picker in dark theme, you can override it:

myDatePicker.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .light

Heres a image of the result

I will keep this post updated if there is any new way to change to any color.

How do I change the font color of UIPickerView and UIDatePicker?

you need to write this line to change date picker text color,

 self.datePicker.setValue(UIColor.white, forKeyPath: "textColor")

It will change textcolor of UIDatePicker

And For PickeView, You have to set attributed string like,

func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, attributedTitleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> NSAttributedString? {

    return NSAttributedString(string: "Your Text", attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.blue])
}

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