iOS: Color of Editor Placeholder is different than Entry (#5259) fixes #5252

Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues/Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues.Shared/Issue5252.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using Xamarin.Forms.CustomAttributes;
+using Xamarin.Forms.Internals;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues
+{
+	[Preserve(AllMembers = true)]
+	[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 5252, "iOS: The Editor and Entry placeholder default color should be the same", PlatformAffected.iOS)]
+
+	class Issue5252 : TestContentPage
+	{
+		protected override void Init()
+		{
+			var sl = new StackLayout();
+			sl.Children.Add(new Label()
+			{
+				Text = "iOS: The Editor and Entry placeholder default color should be the same for consistency"
+			});
+
+			var entry = new Entry()
+			{
+				Placeholder = "Entry placeholder",
+			};
+			sl.Children.Add(entry);
+
+			var editor = new Editor()
+			{
+				Placeholder = "Editor placeholder",
+			};
+			sl.Children.Add(editor);
+
+			sl.Children.Add(new Button()
+			{
+				Text = "Toggle placeholder color",
+				Command = new Command(() =>
+				{
+					entry.PlaceholderColor = entry.PlaceholderColor.IsDefault ? Color.Red : (Color)Entry.PlaceholderColorProperty.DefaultValue;
+					editor.PlaceholderColor = editor.PlaceholderColor.IsDefault ? Color.Red : (Color)Editor.PlaceholderColorProperty.DefaultValue;
+				})
+			});
+
+
+			Content = new ScrollView()
+			{
+				Content = sl
+			};
+		}
+	}
+}

Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues/Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues.Shared/Xamarin.Forms.Controls.Issues.Shared.projitems

@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Issue4600.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Issue5252.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Issue5057.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>Issue5057.xaml</DependentUpon>
       <SubType>Code</SubType>

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS/Renderers/EditorRenderer.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS
 {
 	public class EditorRenderer : EditorRendererBase<UITextView>
 	{
+		// Using same placeholder color as for the Entry
+		readonly UIColor _defaultPlaceholderColor = ColorExtensions.SeventyPercentGrey;
+
 		UILabel _placeholderLabel;
 
 		public EditorRenderer()
@@ -63,10 +66,11 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS
 
 		protected internal override void UpdatePlaceholderColor()
 		{
-			if (Element.PlaceholderColor == Color.Default)
-				_placeholderLabel.TextColor = UIColor.DarkGray;
+			Color placeholderColor = Element.PlaceholderColor;
+			if (placeholderColor.IsDefault)
+				_placeholderLabel.TextColor = _defaultPlaceholderColor;
 			else
-				_placeholderLabel.TextColor = Element.PlaceholderColor.ToUIColor();
+				_placeholderLabel.TextColor = placeholderColor.ToUIColor();
 		}
 
 		void CreatePlaceholderLabel()