How to change navigation bar color in iOS 7 or 6?

Question

I want to change the color of the navigation bar color, but I'm not sure whether or not I should change the tint or the background. I know iOS 7 is going for a more flat design (even recommending removing gradients), but I am having trouble deciphering the two. Even if I set a background color, it doesn't do anything.

In this image, the background is set to green, but the bar is still blue:

Answer 1

Insert the below code in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions() in AppDelegate.m

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIColor
    colorWithRed:26.0/255.0 green:184.0/255.0 blue:110.0/255.0 alpha:1.0]];

Answer 2

Here is how to set it correctly for both iOS 6 and 7.

+ (void)fixNavBarColor:(UINavigationBar*)bar {
    if (iosVersion >= 7) {
        bar.barTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
        bar.translucent = NO;
    }else {
        bar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
        bar.opaque = YES;
    }
}

Answer 3

I'm not sure about changing the tint vs the background color but this is how you change the tint color of the Navigation Bar:

Try this code..

[navigationController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]; //Red as an example.

Answer 4

// In ios 7 :-

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];

// In ios 6 :-

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];

Answer 5

In iOS7, if your navigation controller is contained in tab bar, splitview or some other container, then for globally changing navigationbar appearance use following method ::

[[UINavigationBar appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITabBarController class],nil] setBarTintColor:[UIColor blueColor]];

Answer 6

I'm using following code (in C#) to change the color of the NavigationBar:

NavigationController.NavigationBar.SetBackgroundImage (new UIImage (), UIBarMetrics.Default);
NavigationController.NavigationBar.SetBackgroundImage (new UIImage (), UIBarMetrics.LandscapePhone);
NavigationController.NavigationBar.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Green;

The trick is that you need to get rid of the default background image and then the color will appear.