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Jordan
Jordan

Reputation: 221

iOS Tab Bar questions (Swift)

I have a couple questions about the iOS tab bar.

My first question is, is the image always tinted automatically? Say for example, I used an image that was colored red, is there a way to get it to show the red without tinting it? I guess what I am saying is, can you show the natural color?

My second question is, assuming the tinting is mandatory, how would I go about tinting the images in the tab bar that are not the currently selected image? I have the selected image tint figured out.

I tried changing the tint under, UIView.appearance() I believe and that worked, but when I selected a different tab, and then navigated back the color went back to the former grayish color.

If I am not being clear enough, let me know and I will explain more. I am using swift, so any examples you give would be great in swift! Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 211

Answers (1)

matt
matt

Reputation: 535944

Say for example, I used an image that was colored red, is there a way to get it to show the red without tinting it?

What you want to do is to specify an image with rendering mode .AlwaysOriginal.

To govern both images, create the item with initWithTitle:image:selectedImage: and make them both .AlwaysOriginal.

(As you discovered, if you use a transparency mask and rely on the tintColor, you lose control of the tint color when unselected.)

Upvotes: 1

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