iOS5 TabBar Fonts and Color

Question

I have customized the TabBar appearance such

UIImage *tabBackground = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"tab-bar-bg.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
[[UITabBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:tabBackground];
[[UITabBar appearance] setSelectionIndicatorImage: [UIImage imageNamed:@"activetab.png"]];

How do I define the custom fonts and the selected and unselected text colors?

Thanks,

Oh wicked! I tried searching, clearly not hard enough! Thanks! — slow_mondays, Apr 23 '12 at 18:21

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '12 at 18:25

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[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:
     [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
      [UIColor blackColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, 
      [UIFont fontWithName:@"font" size:0.0], UITextAttributeFont, 
      nil] 
                                             forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

answered Apr 23 '12 at 18:25

user1351829

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how to set edgeinsets for title? – Burhanuddin Sunelwala May 27 '13 at 09:10
@BurhanuddinSunelwala setTitlePositionAdjustment:(UIOffset)adjustment – JerryZhou Dec 16 '13 at 05:33

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '12 at 18:22

[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:
     [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
      [UIColor blackColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, 
      [UIFont fontWithName:@"ProximaNova-Semibold" size:0.0], UITextAttributeFont, 
      nil] 
                                             forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];


    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:
     [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
      [UIColor grayColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, 
      [UIFont fontWithName:@"ProximaNova-Semibold" size:0.0], UITextAttributeFont, 
      nil] 
                                             forState:UIControlStateNormal];

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 07 '14 at 13:39

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The above answer is working for me.

But I think most people should change the forState:UIControlStateHighlighted to forstate:UIControlStateSelected

edited May 07 '14 at 13:39

Steen

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answered May 07 '14 at 13:17

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iOS5 TabBar Fonts and Color

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