Custom images and/or title for More item in UITabBarController

Question

I essentially want to do this. But it doesn't seem to work on iOS 6.

I have a UITabBarController that displays its More option. I want to show custom images for that item because I have customized the tab bar. But giving self.moreNavigationController.tabBarItem a new value does nothing. Neither does assigning the existing property new images. Is there a way to accomplish this? It would seem pretty weird to have the ability to customize the tab bar and all the items except for the More item...

The post you're linking to... Doesn't that give you the answer? — runmad, Jun 20 '13 at 20:15
@runmad - Nope. Doesn't work. It must have changed in iOS 6. — Tom Hamming, Jun 20 '13 at 20:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '13 at 15:00

Apparently I was doing something wrong. It works fine. In viewWillAppear I'm doing this:

UITabBarItem *doneItem = [[[UITabBarItem alloc]init]autorelease];
doneItem.title = @"MyMore";
[doneItem setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"more_selected"]
          withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"more"]];
self.moreNavigationController.tabBarItem = doneItem;

Custom images and/or title for More item in UITabBarController

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