How to change color of NSString in drawAtPoint - objective-c

Question

I have this chunk of code here that draws a block with a one-character string on it:
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake([blok getLocation].x * xunit, [blok getLocation].y * yunit, 40, 40), [blok getImage].CGImage);
[[blok getSymbol] drawAtPoint:CGPointMake([blok getLocation].x * xunit+15, [blok getLocation].y * yunit) withFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:24]];
It's working fine, but I've been doing some layout changes, and now I need it so that the string drawn will be white. Using the methods for setting the fill color and the stroke color haven't done anything. Is there some other way to do this?

Answer 1

Set the foregroundcolor in the attributes and use the draw withAttributes functions
NSDictionary *attributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:
#[font, [UIColor whiteColor]]
forKeys:
#[NSFontAttributeName, NSForegroundColorAttributeName]];
[string drawInRect:frame withAttributes:attributes];

Answer 2

Have you tried:
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), textColor);
For example:
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake([blok getLocation].x * xunit, [blok getLocation].y * yunit, 40, 40), [blok getImage].CGImage);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), textColor);
[[blok getSymbol] drawAtPoint:CGPointMake([blok getLocation].x * xunit+15, [blok getLocation].y * yunit) withFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:24]];

Answer 3

This is what I use for drawing labels:
- (void)_drawLabel:(NSString *)label withFont:(UIFont *)font forWidth:(CGFloat)width
atPoint:(CGPoint)point withAlignment:(UITextAlignment)alignment color:(UIColor *)color
{
// obtain current context
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
// save context state first
CGContextSaveGState(context);
// obtain size of drawn label
CGSize size = [label sizeWithFont:font
forWidth:width
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeClip];
// determine correct rect for this label
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(point.x, point.y - (size.height / 2),
width, size.height);
// set text color in context
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, color.CGColor);
// draw text
[label drawInRect:rect
withFont:font
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeClip
alignment:alignment];
// restore context state
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}