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Customizing UIToolBar the foursquare way

I'd like to customize my UIToolBar, so the centered button looks something similar to the check-in foursquare button.

I've seen a commercial source code called ALToolBar, wich is similar to the effect I want on my UIToolBar. So in resume, changing the height of a button, and the background of a specific button, if that is the right way to go.

I'm pretty new to iOS, but comfortable enough to dig ideas the community can bring on.

Thanks for your help.

Solution

  • One approach is to just write your own Tabbar/Toolbar instead of using the built-in classes. Subclass UIView and add UIButtons for each item, which you can then customize as you wish.

    The downside to this approach is, you loose the "More" functionality, that allows you to drag-and-drop items into the Tabbar, but if you just have 5 or fewer items, that's fine.