Is the text color of UICollectionView index views modifiable?

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Created Aug ’20

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I notice in iOS 14 beta 4, collection views show index views on their trailing edge if the data source implements indexTitlesForCollectionView and indexPathForIndexTitle. But I don't see a way to control any aspect of its appearance. On UITableView this shows up as the sectionIndexColor property.

Does this property exist on UICollectionView somewhere I didn't think to look? Or is it just not there (yet)?

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Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

Aug ’20

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Currently, there isn't a property to explicitly customize the color of the UICollectionView index bar, however it will follow the inherited tintColor from the UICollectionView, so you could customize that if desired. (You can always set the tintColor of cells or other views inside the collection view directly if you want them to use a different color.) Thanks for submitting feedback so we can consider exposing additional API for this!

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skingtree OP

Oct ’20

I'm wondering is this API "indexTitlesForCollectionView" only available in iOS14 above?

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Claude31 OP

Oct ’20

That's available since 10.3

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uicollectionviewdatasource/2851455-indextitles

Code Block optional func indexTitles(for collectionView: UICollectionView) -> [String]?

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