    If the value is nil, it results in a transparent background color. The 
    default value is black.
    */
-  var backgroundColor: UIColor? = UIColor.blackColor()
+  public var backgroundColor: UIColor? = UIColor.blackColor()
 
   /**
    The radius to use when drawing rounded corners for the flap’s background.

   
   The default value of this property is nil.
   */
  var font: UIFont?

  /**
   The technique to use for aligning the text.
   
   The default value of this property is NSTextAlignment.Center.
  */
  var textAlignment: NSTextAlignment = .Center

  /**
   The color of the text.
   
   Uses the white color by default.
   */
  var textColor: UIColor = UIColor.whiteColor()

  /**
   The flap's middle line color.

   If the value is nil, it results in a transparent line color. The default
   value is dark gray.
   */
  public var lineColor: UIColor? = UIColor.darkGrayColor()

  // MARK: - Initializing a Flap View

