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UITabBarItem icon not colored correctly for iOS 13 when a bar tint color is specified in Interface Builder in Xcode 11, beta 2

I have a problem with the color of my UITabBarItems when I run on iOS 13 simulators, using Xcode 11, beta 2. I have made a sample project from scratch, and everything works correctly when I do not specify a bar tint color. However, when I do specify a custom bar tint color via Interface Builder, I get this:

Both selected an unselected item icons have highlight color

All items icons in the tab bar have the selected color if I set the "Bar Tint" property in Interface Builder to anything but clear. When it is set to clear, the icons are colored properly. The icons are also colored properly if I compile and run in an iOS 12 simulator.

This seems like a bug in Xcode 11, but maybe I'm missing something?

Solution

  • On the surface, this might seem like a bug, however you can mitigate it by defining an .unselectedItemTintColor on your UITabBar instance.

    self.tabBar.unselectedItemTintColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];