Swift 5.7 | What's new in UIPageControl ?

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Before looking into the new updates of WWDC22, it’s very important to know the few updates from WWDC20 about UIPageControl. So lets see few updates of UIPageControl from WWDC20:

Set background style of UIPageControl

/*
The preferred background style. Default is UIPageControlBackgroundStyleAutomatic on iOS, and UIPageControlBackgroundStyleProminent on tvOS.
*/
var backgroundStyle: UIPageControl.BackgroundStyle

Set indicator image for all pages of UIPageControl

/*
The preferred image for indicators. Symbol images are recommended. Default is nil.
*/
var preferredIndicatorImage: UIImage?

Get indicator image for UIPageControl’s specific page

/*
Returns the override indicator image for the specific page, nil if no override image was set. 
Page must be in the range of 0..numberOfPages
*/
func indicatorImage(forPage page: Int) -> UIImage?

Set indicator image for UIPageControl’s specific page

/*
Override the indicator image for a specific page. Symbol images…