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  • Pratham Mishra
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    Bummer: Make sure you're only adding properties specified in the directions

    Posted May 17, 2020 6:27am by Pratham Mishra
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  • George Gregorczyk
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    UI Color

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  • Boipelo Phologolo
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    changing the background color

    Posted November 27, 2019 1:26am by Boipelo Phologolo
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  • Kris Rajendren
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    The solution is incorrect. Blue value should be 1.0 and not 255.

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  • Randell Pur
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    4,934 Points

    I'm not really understanding the question.

    Posted January 10, 2019 4:12pm by Randell Pur
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  • Devon Thompson
    Devon Thompson
    4,301 Points

    UIColor

    Posted March 6, 2018 3:45am by Devon Thompson
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  • Ruben Mercado
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    1,933 Points

    confused

    Posted December 16, 2017 8:01pm by Ruben Mercado
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  • Eddie Aguilar
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    SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

    Posted October 16, 2017 7:10am by Eddie Aguilar
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  • Eddie Aguilar
    Eddie Aguilar
    2,393 Points

    A bit confused as to what to input

    Posted October 15, 2017 6:27am by Eddie Aguilar
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  • Mitch Little
    Mitch Little
    11,870 Points

    Code Will Not Compile

    Posted August 4, 2017 6:24pm by Mitch Little
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    hollow

    Posted June 27, 2017 3:23pm by Unsubscribed User
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  • Alfie Miller
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    Kind of stuck here. Not sure where backgroundColor property is meant to go.

    Posted June 20, 2017 2:20pm by Alfie Miller
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  • Vansh Agarwal
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    UIColor class declaration.

    Posted March 17, 2017 10:18am by Vansh Agarwal
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  • Tyler Dotson
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    how to I do change the background color??

    Posted March 13, 2017 7:25pm by Tyler Dotson
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  • Jazil Zaim
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    I am utterly confused...

    Posted March 9, 2017 8:56am by Jazil Zaim
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  • Matthew Ingram
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    Why doesn't this change the back ground color

    Posted March 8, 2017 4:48pm by Matthew Ingram
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  • Bruce Röttgers
    Bruce Röttgers
    18,211 Points

    I'm trying to solve it with view.backgroundColor

    Posted February 9, 2017 3:23pm by Bruce Röttgers
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  • Tywan Claxton
    Tywan Claxton
    8,397 Points

    Changing background color: Swift 3

    Posted January 24, 2017 7:40pm by Tywan Claxton
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  • Tywan Claxton
    Tywan Claxton
    8,397 Points

    Code Challenge: Changing Background Color swift 3

    Posted January 24, 2017 7:37pm by Tywan Claxton
    Tywan Claxton
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    Need Help with this code challenge

    Posted January 24, 2017 11:12am by David Cruz
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  • Vas Pon
    Vas Pon
    655 Points

    what kind of declaration they ask?

    Posted January 16, 2017 5:30pm by Vas Pon
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  • Sara Worth
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Posted December 16, 2016 7:10pm by Sara Worth
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