setTitleTextAttributes doesn't work for UITabBarItem when it is unselected in swift

Question

I am trying to custom my UITabBarController. I have it embedded in my UIViewController, I also created a class for this UITabBarController.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    //custom tab bar
    self.tabBar.barTintColor = UIColor(red: 0.0/255.0, green: 102.0/255.0, blue: 153.0/255.0, alpha: 1)
    self.tabBar.tintColor = UIColor(red: 171.0/255.0, green: 203.0/255.0, blue: 61.0/255.0, alpha: 1)
    self.tabBarItem.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()], forState:UIControlState.Normal)
    self.tabBarItem.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()], forState:UIControlState.Disabled)

    for item in self.tabBar.items as [UITabBarItem]
    {
        item.image = item.selectedImage.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal)
    }


    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}

setTitleTextAttributes doesn't have any effects on the tab bar item. Can somebody please help me to find where the error is?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '15 at 15:14

Here is the code that works in this case to put still in the UITabBarController:

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

//custom tab bar
self.tabBar.barTintColor = UIColor(red: 0.0/255.0, green: 102.0/255.0, blue: 153.0/255.0, alpha: 1)
self.tabBar.tintColor = UIColor(red: 171.0/255.0, green: 203.0/255.0, blue: 61.0/255.0, alpha: 1)

for item in self.tabBar.items as [UITabBarItem]
{
    item.image = item.selectedImage.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal)
item.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()], forState:UIControlState.Normal)
    item.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()], forState:UIControlState.Disabled)
    item.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor(red: 171.0/255.0, green: 203.0/255.0, blue: 61.0/255.0, alpha: 1)], forState:UIControlState.Selected)
}
}

For me that tint colour of barTintColor and tintColor, did all the magic for normal. thank — singh.jitendra, Oct 08 '21 at 10:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '15 at 17:39

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The tab bar items belong to the individual child view controllers, so you need to change the attributes in those controllers, not the tab bar controller.

answered Jan 28 '15 at 17:39

rdelmar

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I tried to change the attributes in controllers in the viewdidload, when the 1° view is load, the tab bar item of the 2° is still ios default color which is grey, only if I click on the 2° view its tab bar item is set with the right color. Can you please explain in more detail where I have to put the codes? – Chongzl Jan 29 '15 at 08:17
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@Chongzl, put the code in awakeFromNib instead. viewDidLoad is not called on any controllers other than the first one, until you click on their tab. – rdelmar Jan 29 '15 at 16:30

setTitleTextAttributes doesn't work for UITabBarItem when it is unselected in swift

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