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PetePete
PetePete

Reputation: 31

UITabBarItem Selected Tab Background: Custom?

Would like to set a custom background for my selected tabs, thus far, subclassing is they way I'm customizing the UITAbBar/UITabBarItem.

The question is: Does anybody know (or know where I could find ) what the property is that sets the background?

There is a lighter black/grey rounded box around the selected tab. That is what I'm aiming at changing.

iOS 4.1 ships with Game Center, and they've completely customized the UITabBar. I'm looking to do something similar.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1634

Answers (1)

gotnull
gotnull

Reputation: 27224

In order to achieve the above you are going to need to create a custom UITabBarController class.

CustomUITabBarController.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface CustomUITabBarController: UITabBarController {
   IBOutlet UITabBar *tabBar1;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) UITabBar *tabBar1;

@end

CustomUITabBarController.m

#import “CustomUITabBarController.h”

@implementation CustomUITabBarController

@synthesize tabBar1;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
   [super viewDidLoad];
   tabBar1.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
   CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 49);
   UIView *v = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
   UIImage *i = [UIImage imageNamed:@"customImage.png"];
   UIColor *c = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:i];
   v.backgroundColor = c;
   [c release];
   [[self tabBar] insertSubview:v atIndex:0];
   [v release];
}

@end

You'll then need to change MainWindow.xib and choose the Tab Bar Controller. Within the Property inspector you need to change the class to your custom class, then associate the tabBar1 outlet to the Tab Bar Controller.

Upvotes: 1

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