GetTitleTextAttributes in Microsoft.IOS return is different than in Xamarin.IOS

[jamesingreersc]

Both below methods reside in UISegmentedControl

Steps to Reproduce

1. Attempt to convert a Xamarin.IOS project to .Net Microsoft.IOS project
2. try converting this method from Xamarin.IOS to Microsoft.IOS .Net6 UITextAttributes routeSegmentControlAttributes = segmentSaleType.GetTitleTextAttributes(UIControlState.Selected);

Expected Behavior

Method should return a UITextAttributes object like in Xamarin.IOS

Actual Behavior

Actual return value is a UIStringAttributes object

Environment

Visual studio 2022 preview. Windows 10. Microsoft IOS .Net 6

Version information

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Build Logs

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'UIKit.UIStringAttributes' to 'UIKit.UITextAttributes' DSDRouteManager.IOS

Example Project (If Possible)

[rolfbjarne]

Can you explain exactly why it's a problem that the GetTitleTextAttributes method returns a UIStringAttributes instead of a UITextAttributes object? UIStringAttributes should be a more accurate type.

As to your code, this should work:

var routeSegmentControlAttributes = segmentSaleType.GetTitleTextAttributes(UIControlState.Selected);

[ghost]

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[jamesingreersc]

@rolfbjarne The biggest problem with the return type is that it breaks the existing code. UIStringAttributes doesn't contain a TextColor property. I'm just trying to convert to .Net as close as possible to the existing code base. UITextAttributes routeSegmentControlAttributes =routeSegmentControl.GetTitleTextAttributes(UIControlState.Selected); if (routeSegmentControlAttributes == null) routeSegmentControlAttributes = routeSegmentControl.GetTitleTextAttributes(UIControlState.Normal); if (routeSegmentControlAttributes == null) routeSegmentControlAttributes = new UITextAttributes() { Font = UIFont.FromName("System", 16), TextColor = UIColor.White }; routeSegmentControlAttributes.Font = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(16, UIFontWeight.Regular); routeSegmentControlAttributes.TextColor = UIColor.White;

[rolfbjarne]

UIStringAttributes doesn't contain a TextColor property.

You can use the ForegroundColor property instead.

According to Apple's documentation, UITextAttributeTextColor (the underlying field for UITextAttributes.TextColor) is deprecated in favor of NSForegroundColorAttributeName instead (the underlying field for UIStringAttributes.ForegroundColor).

[jamesingreersc]

@rolfbjarne Awesome. Just tried that and it works great. Thanks for your help! James