UITabBar tint in iOS 7

Question

How can i specify the tint of images when a tab is selected and unselected?

I have tried this but it doesnt work:

[[UITabBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[[UITabBar appearance] setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor greenColor]];

This makes the selected image tint red(not green) and unselected tint gray (not red).

Answer 1

You can set the tint color for selected and unselected tab bar buttons like this:

[[UIView appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITabBar class], nil] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[[UITabBar appearance] setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor greenColor]];

The first line sets the unselected color - red in this example - by setting the UIView's tintColor when it's contained in a tab bar. Note that this only sets the unselected image's tint color - it doesn't change the color of the text below it.

The second line sets the tab bar's selected image tint color to green.