iOS UITabViewItem divider & background color for selected TabItem

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How do you display a background color for the selected tab view? I know that you can tint it when it's selected, however, I don't think this is of much use if you can not change the background color.

Also, how do you add a divider for each tab?

Thanks in advance

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Set an image as the background for the selection:

tabBarController.tabBar.selectionIndicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"];

As for the dividers, prior to iOS 7 you could simulate them by adding an image for the selected state and another for the unselected state for each tab. See more here. Those methods were deprecated in iOS 7, though.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Nov 06 '13 at 01:57

Guto Araujo

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For the background of the TabBarItem. See my edit re: the divider. – Guto Araujo Nov 06 '13 at 02:20
and this image would simply be a solid color? – goo Nov 06 '13 at 02:28
Yes, you can use a solid color and transparency will be applied. – Guto Araujo Nov 06 '13 at 02:49

iOS UITabViewItem divider & background color for selected TabItem

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