Rounded corners for UITabBar

Question

I would like to create a UITabBar with rounded corners. Is there a way I can make the UITabBar have rounded corners? It would take the shape of the second picture.

The app starts off with a tableView. When the user taps a topic, they are sent to a tabBar controller.

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This is my AppDelegate:

func application(_application: UIApplication,
willFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject : AnyObject]?) -> Bool{

    let tabBarController = window?.rootViewController as! UITabBarController
    let image = UIImage(named: "bar")
    let tabBarImage = resize(image: image!, newWidth: tabBarController.view.frame.width)
    tabBarController.tabBar.backgroundImage = tabBarImage
    

    return true
}

func resize(image: UIImage, newWidth: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize(width: newWidth, height: image.size.height))
image.drawInRect( CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newWidth, height: image.size.height))
let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

return newImage!
}

Edit: Dec '21 Replaced image to omit name on project.

Answer 1

Hey I used a simple property of the tabBar which is backgroundImage.

So, I added in the appDelegate in didFinisLaunchingWithOptions:

let tabBarController = window?.rootViewController as! UITabBarController
    let image = UIImage(named: "bar")
    let tabBarImage = resize(image: image!, newWidth: tabBarController.view.frame.width)
    tabBarController.tabBar.backgroundImage = tabBarImage

and my custom method to change the size of the image:

func resize(image: UIImage, newWidth: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize(width: newWidth, height: image.size.height))
    image.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newWidth, height: image.size.height)) // image.drawInRect( CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newWidth, height: image.size.height))  in swift 2
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage!
}

I used a png image as the background, the same that you posted but with clear color instead of the black color.

Hope this helps