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I just wanted to know how could i change the background color of an NSAttributedString, i can see the background being white all the time, but i want to make it black.

Is that possible?? Many thanks!

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I think you want NSBackgroundColorAttributeName. Such as:

[mutableAttributedString addAttribute:NSBackgroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor yellowColor] range:selectedRange];
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Works for me. iOS is the only thing I've used it with.
What if I want to put a background color only the text, words and spaces, without putting bg color on the new line? Thanks
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For Swift:

attributedString.addAttribute(NSBackgroundColorAttributeName, value: yourColor, range: NSMakeRange(0, tillLocation))

Helpful link - Different way to attribute a string

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The best plan would really be to draw the string on a view with a black background.

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I found out that i wanted to change the color for the NSAttributedStringView and not the string :) silly me... Thanks!
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For Swift 5:

someMutableAttributedString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.backgroundColor, value: <#your color#>, range: <#your range#>)
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NSAttributedString.Key is redundant. Just .backgroundColor would suffice.

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