Change tabbar icon color from default blue

Question

I’m trying to change the tabbar icon color from default blue to red, but I’m getting this error:

Stray '\342' in program

I’m getting the error at "-(void)recolorItemsWithColor:......." and also at the implementation section. Is there a way to solve this error?

Is there another method to change the tab bar icon from default blue to some other color?

@interface UITabBar (ColorExtensions)

– (void)recolorItemsWithColor:(UIColor *)color shadowColor:(UIColor *)shadowColor shadowOffset:(CGSize)shadowOffset shadowBlur:(CGFloat)shadowBlur;

@end

Answer 1

Try adding a 49x49 png image into your project, then paste these line of code into your app delegate inside the applicationDidFinishLaunching and before adding a subview.

CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 49);
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
UIImage *tabBarBackgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"49x49.png"];
UIColor *color = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:tabBarBackgroundImage];

[view setBackgroundColor:color];
[color release];
[[tabcontroller tabBar] insertSubview:view atIndex:0];
[view release];

Hope it will help.