Separate alpha for UITabBar and UITabBarItem

Question

I need to set alpha parameter for my UITabBar. I do that the following way:

self.tabBarController?.tabBar.alpha = CGFloat(0.2)

Probably it works, but here is result:

As you can see UIBarButtonItem has alpha of 0.2 too. How can I set separate alpha for UITabBar and UITabBarItem?

Answer 1

There is no way of doing it with alpha property. Put background image to your UITabBar. This image can be just semi transparent png file.

Answer 2

Instead of changing the alpha value, use a background image for the bar, with the desired alpha value.