How do I change background color of UITabItem when

Question

I would like a different background color when the user selects a tab bar item than when it is unselected.

Answer 1

Please refer below URL's.

Changing Tint / Background color of UITabBar

How To Change Tab bar color in Xcode

hope this will help you..

try this to change tabbar item color but it only work in ios5.

if ([UITabBar instancesRespondToSelector:@selector(setSelectedImageTintColor:)])
{
    [tabBarController.tabBar setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
}

Answer 2

Currently in Xcode 8.3.2 you can do it inside the storyboard using an image that will represent the actual background.

Select the tab bar inside your tab bar controller:

Inside the Utilities choose the Attributes Inspector and change the selection background image:

Answer 3

if you use a storyboard or xibs, click "Tab Bar" and add "selectedImageTintColor" path into the Key Path Attributes tag. Like this :

Answer 4

In Swift

UITabBar.appearance().selectionIndicatorImage = UIImage(named: "tabSelected")

with an image [e-mail] of size 98x98 pixels

Answer 5

Put this in the Appdelegate.m in application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

UIImage *whiteBackground = [UIImage imageNamed:@"whiteBackground"];
[[UITabBar appearance] setSelectionIndicatorImage:whiteBackground];

Answer 6

Put this in your AppDelegate.m file:

 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
            // Override point for customization after application launch.

            [UITabBar appearance].selectionIndicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"activeTabBackgroundImage"];


            return YES;
        }