How to change UITabBar Selection color

Question

I need to change the selection color of UITabBar from default blue to red. How do we do this.

Answer 1

Because UITextAttributeTextColor is deprecated in iOS 7, you should use:

[UITabBarItem.appearance setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor greenColor]} forState:UIControlStateNormal];    
[UITabBarItem.appearance setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor purpleColor]} forState:UIControlStateSelected];

Answer 2

It is extremely easy

Create a custom class of UITabBarController and in -(void)viewDidLoad method add this line:

[[self tabBar] setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor greenColor]]; 

Answer 3

Simply change the following property in Interface Builder for the TabBar

Obviously in my case its White.

Answer 4

iOS 5.0 fixes this issue but the solution is under NDA. Look up UITabBar in your documentation for an EASY way to do what you want to do.

Answer 5

In iOS 7 it's simply the tintColor. One way to accomplish this could be to subclass UITabBarViewController, set the custom class in the storyboard, and in your viewDidLoad method of the subclassed tabBarVC add this:

[[self tabBar] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

Answer 6

I found the easiest solution -

1. Select Tab Bar in Tab Bar Controller

2. Set Image Tint color

3. Set Tint Color

For reference see the attached image.