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Change tab bar tint color on iOS 7 and later

Is there a way to change the tint of a tab bar on iOS 7 from the default white with blue icons to another color tint with different color buttons?

Solution

  • Try the below:

    [[UITabBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[[UITabBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];

    To tint the non active buttons, put the below code in your VC's viewDidLoad:

    UITabBarItem *tabBarItem = [yourTabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0];

UIImage *unselectedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"icon-unselected"];
UIImage *selectedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"icon-selected"];

[tabBarItem setImage: [unselectedImage imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal]];
[tabBarItem setSelectedImage: selectedImage];

    You need to do this for all the tabBarItems, and yes I know it is ugly and hope there will be cleaner way to do this.

    Swift:

    UITabBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.red

tabBarItem.image = UIImage(named: "unselected")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
tabBarItem.selectedImage = UIImage(named: "selected")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)