How to give a UIStackView a background color
Swift version: 5.10
You can't do this – UIStackView is a non-drawing view, meaning that drawRect() is never called and its background color is ignored. If you desperately want a background color, consider placing the stack view inside another UIView and giving that view a background color.
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Available from iOS 9.0
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