Selected state of tab bar icon in IOS 7

Question

I'm having fun learning to build my first iPhone app and wonder if someone would kindly point me in the right direction.

I have basically added in custom icons for my tab bar (IOS 7). Now I want to add in a custom selected state icon for each of these. How would I do this?

Thanks

Shell

Answer 1

As of Xcode 6, you can do this by default in Interface Builder. No need for any custom subclasses or categories as before.

Answer 2

Here is the swift solution based on @MrAlek's solution, create a custom UITabBarItem

import UIKit

@IBDesignable
class YourTabBarItem: UITabBarItem {

    @IBInspectable var selectedImageName:String!{
        didSet{
            selectedImage = UIImage(named: selectedImageName)
        }
    }
}

and in interface builder, change the class of the tab bar item and you will see the Selected Image Name attribute, just specify your selected image name there. I reckon @IBInspectable is using the runtime attribute.