Newbie question related to UIFont and UIColor

Question

I have few questions related to UIColor and UIFont.

1. I am wondering how heavy will it be on the system if I allocate a bunch of UIFonts and UIColors at the startup time, that I need for the duration of the application running.

2. Is it expensive to create UIFont and UIColor at run time? Will it improve performance in any way if I pre allocate the same.

Answer 1

Create them when you need them. Remember that memory is important and Apple do some heavy lifting for you. Trust the OS optimisations on colours and fonts.