Using Tint color on UIImageView

Question

I have my own subclass of UIButton. I add UIImageView on it and add image. I would like to paint it over the image with tint color but it doesn't work.

so far I have :

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {

        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        self.clipsToBounds = YES;

        self.circleView = [[UIView alloc]init];
        self.circleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        self.circleView.layer.borderColor = [[Color getGraySeparatorColor]CGColor];
        self.circleView.layer.borderWidth = 1;
        self.circleView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
        self.circleView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
        [self addSubview:self.circleView];

        self.iconView = [[UIImageView alloc]init];
        [self.iconView setContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit];
        UIImage * image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"more"];
        [image imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
        self.iconView.image = image;
        self.iconView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
        [self.circleView addSubview:self.iconView];
        ...

and on selection :

- (void) setSelected:(BOOL)selected
{
    if (selected) {
        [self.iconView setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
        [self.circleView setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    }
    else{
        [self.iconView setTintColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
        [self.circleView setTintColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
    }  
}

What I did wrong? (color of image stays always the same-as it was original)

Answer 1

One step further. This is a drop-in subclass of UIImageView. (Not exact solution for original question.) Use in Interface Builder by setting class name to TintedImageView. Updates in real-time inside the designer as tint color changes.

(Swift 3.1, Xcode 8.3)

import UIKit

@IBDesignable class TintedImageView: UIImageView {
    override func prepareForInterfaceBuilder() {
        self.configure()
    }

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        self.configure()
    }

    @IBInspectable override var tintColor: UIColor! {
        didSet {
            self.configure()
        }
    }

    private func configure() {
        self.image = self.image?.withRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.alwaysTemplate)
    }
}

Answer 2

Objective C

self.imgView.image = [self.imgView.image imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
[self.imgView setTintColor:[UIColor darkGrayColor]];

Answer 3

You can also just set this on your asset. Make sure your image contains all white pixels + transparent.

Answer 4

Make the imageView

    let imageView = UIImageView(frame: frame!)
    imageView.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
    imageView.tintColor = tintColor

Make the image

    let mainBundle = NSBundle.mainBundle()
    var image = UIImage(named: filename!, inBundle: mainBundle, compatibleWithTraitCollection: nil)
    image = image?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)

Wire them together

    imageView?.image = image

Display it

view.addSubview(imageView)

Answer 5

In swift 2.0+, you can do:

let image = UIImage(named: "your_image_name")!.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)

yourImageView.image = image

yourImageView.tintColor = UIColor.blueColor()

Answer 6

(Can't edit @Zhaolong Zhong post)

In swift 3.0, you can do:

let image = UIImage(named: "your_image_name")!.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)

yourImageView.image = image

yourImageView.tintColor = UIColor.blue