How can I change image tintColor in iOS and WatchK

Question

I have an UIImageView called "theImageView", with UIImage in a single color (transparent background) just like the left black heart below. How can I change the tint color of this image programmatically in iOS 7 or above, as per the tint method used in the iOS 7+ Navigation Bar icons?

Can this method also work in WatchKit for an Apple Watch app?

Answer 1

In storyboard and image Assets. you can change this two also:

Update the Render Mode to Template Image

Update the tint Color in Views.

Answer 2

Swift 4

Change tint of UIImage SVG / PDF, that work for image with unique color :

import Foundation

// MARK: - UIImage extensions

public extension UIImage {

    //
    /// Tint Image
    ///
    /// - Parameter fillColor: UIColor
    /// - Returns: Image with tint color
    func tint(with fillColor: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        let image = withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        fillColor.set()
        image.draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))

        guard let imageColored = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else {
            return nil
        }

        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return imageColored
    }
}

Change tint of UIImageView, that work for image with unique color :

let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 50, y: 50, width: 50, height: 50))
imageView.image = UIImage(named: "hello.png")!.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
imageView.tintColor = .yellow

Change tint of UIImage for picture, use that :

import Foundation

// MARK: - Extensions UIImage

public extension UIImage {

    /// Tint, Colorize image with given tint color
    /// This is similar to Photoshop's "Color" layer blend mode
    /// This is perfect for non-greyscale source images, and images that 
    /// have both highlights and shadows that should be preserved<br><br>
    /// white will stay white and black will stay black as the lightness of 
    /// the image is preserved
    ///
    /// - Parameter TintColor: Tint color
    /// - Returns:  Tinted image
    public func tintImage(with fillColor: UIColor) -> UIImage {

        return modifiedImage { context, rect in
            // draw black background - workaround to preserve color of partially transparent pixels
            context.setBlendMode(.normal)
            UIColor.black.setFill()
            context.fill(rect)

            // draw original image
            context.setBlendMode(.normal)
            context.draw(cgImage!, in: rect)

            // tint image (loosing alpha) - the luminosity of the original image is preserved
            context.setBlendMode(.color)
            fillColor.setFill()
            context.fill(rect)

            // mask by alpha values of original image
            context.setBlendMode(.destinationIn)
            context.draw(context.makeImage()!, in: rect)
        }
    }

    /// Modified Image Context, apply modification on image
    ///
    /// - Parameter draw: (CGContext, CGRect) -> ())
    /// - Returns:        UIImage
    fileprivate func modifiedImage(_ draw: (CGContext, CGRect) -> ()) -> UIImage {

        // using scale correctly preserves retina images
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        let context: CGContext! = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        assert(context != nil)

        // correctly rotate image
        context.translateBy(x: 0, y: size.height)
        context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

        let rect = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: size.width, height: size.height)

        draw(context, rect)

        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image!
    }
}

Answer 3

Subclass which can be used from code and Interface Builder as well:

@implementation TintedImageView

- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        [self setup];
    }
    return self;
}

- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
        [self setup];
    }
    return self;
}

-(void)setup {
    self.image = [self.image imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
}

@end

Answer 4

With Swift

let commentImageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRectMake(100, 100, 100, 100))
commentImageView.image = UIImage(named: "myimage.png")!.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysTemplate)
commentImageView.tintColor = UIColor.blackColor()
addSubview(commentImageView)

Answer 5

Try this

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/designing-for-ios-blending-modes

or

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];

UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 30, 300, 50)];
label.numberOfLines = 0;
label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:13];
label.text = @"These checkmarks use the same gray checkmark image with a tintColor applied to the image view";
[self.view addSubview:label];

[self _createImageViewAtY:100 color:[UIColor purpleColor]];
}

- (void)_createImageViewAtY:(int)y color:(UIColor *)color {
UIImage *image = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"gray checkmark.png"] imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
CGRect frame = imageView.frame;
frame.origin.x = 100;
frame.origin.y = y;
imageView.frame = frame;

if (color)
    imageView.tintColor = color;

[self.view addSubview:imageView];
}

Answer 6

iOS

Solution for doing it from InterfaceBuilder, set templateImage param in keyPath and choose you tint color from IB

extension UIImageView {

// make template image with tint color
var templateImage: Bool {
    set {
        if newValue, let image = self.image {
            let newImage = image.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
            self.image = newImage
        }
    } get {
        return false
    }
}

}