I have defined a UITabBar
programmatically but how can I set a custom UITabBar
icon when the item is active?
Here is my code for declaring the UITabBar
button, but how can I set a custom image when it's active?
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
self.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Free", @"Free");
self.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Free.png"];
}
return self;
}
You need to set the normal and selected states for each tab bar item:
UIImage *normalImg = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Free.png"];
UIImage *selectedImg = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Free_Selected.png"];
[self.tabBarItem setBackgroundImage:normalImg forState:UIControlStateNormal]; //Normal
[self.tabBarItem setBackgroundImage:selectedImg forState:UIControlStateSelected]; //Selected