An easy, helpful UIImageView extension that generates letter initials as a placeholder for user profile images, with a randomized background color
Add this spec to your podfile:
pod "InitialsImageView"
Check out the official guide for getting started with CocoaPods.
- Drag the
InitialsImageView.swiftfile into your project - Enjoy!
Call the following methods on any UIImageView instance to set the image:
setImageForName(string: String, backgroundColor: UIColor?, circular: Bool, textAttributes: [String: AnyObject]?)
string is the string used to generate the initials. This should be a user's full name if available.
backgroundColor is an optional parameter that sets the background color of the image. Pass in nil to have a color automatically generated for you.
circular is a boolean parameter that will automatically clip the image to a circle if enabled.
textAttributes is an optional dictionary of predefined character attributes for text. You can find the list of available keys in NSAttributedString
let randomImage: UIImageView = UIImageView.init(frame: CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX - 40, y: self.view.bounds.midY - 80 - 40, width: 80, height: 80))
randomImage.setImageForName(string: "Michael Bluth", backgroundColor: nil, circular: true, textAttributes: nil)
If you like this tool, show your support by downloading the free Reach Contact List app that inspired it!
Using the MIT license. See license file for details.