How do you customise the title on a UITabBarItem?

Question

When using the method initWithTabBarSystemItem to create a UITabBar object is there a way to set the title? I've tried setting the title property (on the viewController and tab bar item) afterwards but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I know about the initWithTitle: image: method but I want to use one of the system icons with a custom title.

Answer 1

If yo are using the systemItem you can't customize it, you will have to make a custom Item, and use the same or similar artwork... you could get the artwork from: http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/iphone-gui-psd/

Answer 2

You can do it in two ways.

   UITabBarItem *tabBarItem = [[UITabBarItem  alloc ] init ];
   tabBarItem.title = @"Custom title";

or

Go to the interface builder ; Click on the UITabBarItem and edit it.