+ (UIColor *) colorWithHexString: (NSString *) stringToConvert
{
NSString *cString = [[stringToConvert stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]] uppercaseString];
// String should be 6 or 8 characters
if ([cString length] < 6){
return DEFAULT_VOID_COLOR;
}
// strip 0X if it appears
if ([cString hasPrefix:@"0X"]) cString = [cString substringFromIndex:2];
if ([cString hasPrefix:@"#"]) cString = [cString substringFromIndex:1];
if ([cString length] != 6) return DEFAULT_VOID_COLOR;
// Separate into r, g, b substrings
NSRange range;
range.location = 0;
range.length = 2;
NSString *rString = [cString substringWithRange:range];
range.location = 2;
NSString *gString = [cString substringWithRange:range];
range.location = 4;
NSString *bString = [cString substringWithRange:range];
// Scan values
unsigned int r, g, b;
[[NSScanner scannerWithString:rString] scanHexInt:&r];
[[NSScanner scannerWithString:gString] scanHexInt:&g];
[[NSScanner scannerWithString:bString] scanHexInt:&b];
return [UIColor colorWithRed:((float) r / 255.0f)
green:((float) g / 255.0f)
blue:((float) b / 255.0f)
alpha:1.0f];
}