iPhone Set Tint Color of Back Bar Button Item

Question

I am trying to set the tint color of the back button within a navigation controller, but nothing is working. I have tried

[self.navigationController.backBarButtonItem setTintColor:myColor];
//myColor was previously set

But it stays the default tint

Answer 1

It always work for me:

1. self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [self logicToAddBackButton];

2. GET DEFAULT BACK BUTTON

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(UIBarButtonItem*) logicToAddBackButton
        {
            UIImageView *imageView;

            // [imageView setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
            UILabel *label=[[UILabel alloc] init];
            if (WHITEBACK) {
                imageView  =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"UiNavigationBackIPAD"]];
                [label setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
            }else{ //DEFAULTBACK
                imageView  =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"UiNavigationBack"]];
                [label setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:122.0/255.0 blue:1.0 alpha:1.0]];

            }

            [label setText:@"Back"];
            [label sizeToFit];

            int space=6;
            label.frame=CGRectMake(imageView.frame.origin.x+imageView.frame.size.width+space,
    label.frame.origin.y, label.frame.size.width,
    label.frame.size.height);
            UIView *view=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, label.frame.size.width+imageView.frame.size.width+space,
    imageView.frame.size.height)];

            view.bounds=CGRectMake(view.bounds.origin.x+8, view.bounds.origin.y-1, view.bounds.size.width,
    view.bounds.size.height);


            UIButton *button=[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(view.bounds.origin.x, view.bounds.origin.y,
    view.bounds.size.width, view.bounds.size.height)];
            button.bounds=CGRectMake(view.bounds.origin.x, view.bounds.origin.y, view.bounds.size.width,
    view.bounds.size.height);
            [button addTarget:self action:@selector(eventBack) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
            [button addSubview:imageView];
            [button addSubview:label];


            [UIView animateWithDuration:0.33 delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear animations:^{
                label.alpha = 0.0;
                CGRect orig=label.frame;
                label.frame=CGRectMake(label.frame.origin.x+25, label.frame.origin.y -5, label.frame.size.width,
    label.frame.size.height+10);
                label.alpha = 1.0;
                label.frame=orig;
            } completion:nil];

            UIBarButtonItem *backButton =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];


            return backButton;
        }

• BACK BUTTON ACTION

  (void)eventBack { [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES]; }

• UiNavigationBack Image (Please change colour of image as require with same size [25X41 144pixels/inch] to get default look)

Answer 2

What worked for me was this :

self.navigationController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[UIColor textPrimaryColor] forKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName];

Answer 3

Swift way:

It changes all items in the nav.

In AppDelegate do something like this:

let navControl = UINavigationBar.appearance()
    navControl.tintColor = UIColor.grayColor()

Answer 4

If you want to set it to predefined style you can use

    [navigationBar setBarStyle: UIBarStyleBlack];

Answer 5

If you prefer to do it in Interface Builder without writing code:

1. Select your UINavigationBar (inside UINavigationController)

2. In Attributes Inspector, find "Tint" - this is what sets Back Button color. Note that "Bar Tint" is not the same - this sets Navigation Bar background color.

It is important to set Back Button appearance this way, and not try to implement leftBarButtonItem, because implementing leftBarButtonItem will disable the built-in back navigation gestures, like swipe to go back.

Answer 6

I believe barButtonItem is read-only. (I'm not too sure about this, someone correct me if I'm wrong)

To give a tint colour to these buttons, this is what I would do:

In your App Delegate, add these lines of code:

UIBarButtonItem *barButtonAppearance = [UIBarButtonItem appearance];
[barButtonAppearance setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]]; // Change to your colour

The first line sets an appearance proxy, so I believe this works too, if you like less code:

[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

I hope this works for you! (This changes all instances of UIBarButtonItem)