How to change UITabBar Selection color

Question

Hi,

I need to change the selection color of UITabBar from default blue to red. How do we do this.

Answer 1

I do not believe this can be done - I think the only selection color of UITabBar is the default, which is blue.

Answer 2

The SDK does not make this easy, but it is technically possible. Apple apparently believes this to be part of their vision of a consistent look and feel.

UITabBar is a subclass of UIView. You can always subclass and implement your own -drawRect:

This is not a trivial task, however, you have to essentially re-implement the class from scratch or you risk some weird side-effects.

Answer 3

This can be done with a little private API hacking.

Answer 4

I would be careful about implementing such a change, even if you could figure it out. This strikes me as exactly the kind of thing Apple would reject your application for.