In your tabBarController, you can set the default UITabBar tintColor, barTintColor, selectionIndicatorImage (cheating a bit here) and renderingMode of the images, see comments below: class MyTabBarController: UITabBarController, UINavigationControllerDelegate { … override func viewDidLoad() { … // Sets the default color of the icon of the selected UITabBarItem and Title UITabBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.redColor() // Sets the … Read more
There’s a project on github called BCTabBarController that aims to mimic the tab bar used in Twitter for iPhone. It’s got some of the things you’re looking for, and should give a great starting point.
Do you mean this one? Keep in mind, this only works for iOS5.0 or later. if ([self.tabBarItem respondsToSelector:@selector(setTitleTextAttributes:)]) { NSLog(@”*** Support method(iOS 5): setTitleTextAttributes:”); [self.tabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIFont fontWithName:@”AmericanTypewriter” size:20.0f], UITextAttributeFont, [UIColor blackColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, [UIColor grayColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor, [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0.0f, 1.0f)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, nil]]; } Apple’s documentation on customizing appearance: In iOS v5.0 and later, you can … Read more
I recommend a better way: [yourTabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0,0)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, [UIFont fontWithName:@”Helvetica” size:18.0], UITextAttributeFont, nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
You need to use tabBarItem initWithTitle:image:selectedImage [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:@”title” image:image selectedImage:imageSel]; in conjunction with changing the UIImage rendering mode: imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal or (to apply parent views template tint mask, this option is default for Tab bar Items unless you opt out with the above rendering mode) imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate here is a code sample for one tab bar … Read more
If you’re still seeing a black stripe under your hidden tab bar, have you tried to select Extend Edges Under Opaque Bars here? Make also sure that Under Bottom Bars is still selected. Hope it helps!
In your UITabBarController, set isTranslucent = false
I was able to get around the problem by simply calling invalidateIntrinsicContentSize on the UITabBar in viewDidLayoutSubviews. -(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews { [super viewDidLayoutSubviews]; [self.tabBar invalidateIntrinsicContentSize]; } Note: The bottom of the tab bar will need to be contained to the bottom of the main view, rather than the safe area, and the tab bar should have no … Read more
Apple added tab bar customization in iOS 5, and now this kind of stuff is trivial. Prior to this it was a huge hack, and not recommended. Here’s how to do a completely custom tab bar: // custom icons UITabBarItem *item = [[UITabBarItem alloc] init]; item.title = @”foo”; // setting custom images prevents the OS … Read more
I think that automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets only works when your controllers view is a UIScrollView (a table view is one). You’re problem seems to be that your controller’s view is a regular UIView and your UITableView is just a subview, so you’ll have to either: Make the table view the “root” view. Adjust insets manually: UIEdgeInsets insets … Read more