/LetterAvatarKit

An extension that generates letter-based avatars.

Primary LanguageSwiftMIT LicenseMIT

LetterAvatarKit

LetterAvatarKit is an UIImage extension that generates letter-based avatars. Here are some images showing what LetterAvatarKit does:

Requirements

  • iOS 8 and later
  • Swift 4.0 and later

Installation

CocoaPods

To install LetterAvatarKit using CocoaPods, add this line to your Podfile:

pod "LetterAvatarKit", "1.1.6" # Swift 4.2
pod "LetterAvatarKit", "1.1.5" # Swift 4.0

Usage

You can configure the following properties of LetterAvatarBuilderConfiguration:

/// The size of an avatar image.
open var size: CGSize = CGSize(width: 80, height: 80)
/// The username.
open var username: String?
/// The flag that indicates of using single letter instead of two lettters.
open var singleLetter: Bool = false
/// The letters font.
open var lettersFont: UIFont = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16.0)
/// The letters colors
open var lettersColor: UIColor = LAKUIColorByRGB(red: 236, green: 240, blue: 241)
/// The background colors of an image.
open var backgroundColors: [UIColor] = UIColor.colors

Swift

Using a configuration:

let configuration = LetterAvatarBuilderConfiguration()
configuration.username = "Letter Avatar"
avatarImageView?.image = UIImage.makeLetterAvatar(withConfiguration: configuration)

or

avatarImageView?.image = UIImage.makeLetterAvatar(withUsername: "Letter Avatar")

Objective-C

Using a configuration:

LAKLetterAvatarBuilderCongiguration *configuration = [[LAKLetterAvatarBuilderCongiguration alloc] init];
configuration.username = @"Letter Avatar";
self.avatarImageView.image = [UIImage lak_makeLetterAvatarWithConfiguration:configuration];

or

self.avatarImageView.image = [UIImage lak_makeLetterAvatarWithUsername:@"Letter Avatar"];

Community

Questions, comments, issues, and pull requests are always welcome!

Contacts

License

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.