How can I change the font color of a UIBarButton item?

Question

I want to change the color to red.

possible duplicate of [UIBarButtonItem with color?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/664930/uibarbuttonitem-with-color) — memmons, Feb 09 '12 at 18:29

score 104 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 08 '14 at 09:13

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I found a simpler way to just change the color of title: iOS7:

UIBarButtonItem *button = 
 [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" 
                                  style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered 
                                 target:nil 
                                 action:nil];
[button setTitleTextAttributes:
          [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: 
               [UIColor redColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] 
                                            forState:UIControlStateNormal];

and prior iOS7:

UIBarButtonItem *button = 
  [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" 
                                   style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered 
                                  target:nil 
                                  action:nil];
[button setTitleTextAttributes:
          [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: 
               [UIColor redColor], UITextAttributeTextColor,nil] 
                                    forState:UIControlStateNormal];

edited Apr 08 '14 at 09:13

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answered Jun 18 '12 at 04:56

Gavy

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Certainly a good solution if you are iOS 5.0 or greater. OP: Check out UIBarItem.h for details. – gschandler Jun 18 '12 at 05:12
I have been searching for ages to find out how to change text color, thanks a lot!!. Luckily majority of phones are on IOS5 now so this is not really a concern – AdamM Aug 06 '12 at 14:58
i have fixed this answer for iOS7 – Mirko Brunner Mar 04 '14 at 14:53
Works in iOS7. Thanks dude! – Robert J. Clegg Mar 13 '14 at 20:04
Thanks @Gavy, it's working fine. Can you tell me how to change the font of title? – Anand Gautam Aug 12 '14 at 06:28
@AnandGautam You can use the UITextAttributeFont attribute to change the font. – Gavy Aug 12 '14 at 18:40

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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This question was answered here. Basically, you have to create a UIButton, configure it as you wish, and then initialize the Bar Button Item with the UIButton as a custom view.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 17:55

There are Two ways to change the color of the Text displayed UIBarButtonITem.

1)

[barButtonITem setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

2) or you can you any UIColor class method. this is really efficient solution.Althought for iOS 7 you can use NSForegroundColorAttributeName and can use

barButtonItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIColor clearColor],NSForegroundColorAttributeName, nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 01 '12 at 21:14

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On similar note from Guvvy Ava you can change font size like

[buttonItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:26.0], UITextAttributeFont,nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

answered Oct 01 '12 at 21:14

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 10 '18 at 09:13

swift version 4.0 or later

barButtonITem.tintColor = UIColor.red   // for textColor change

if want to change font as well as text color use the following code

barButtonITem.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor :UIColor.red,NSAttributedStringKey.font:UIFont.init(name:"Avenir", size:15.0)], for: UIControlState.normal)

Mehedi Hasan · Answer 6 · 2016-06-05T06:25:03.853

If you are using system Navigation bar button item then to change your button tint color use

self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

To change button text color use the following code also.

[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor whiteColor]} forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Add the following line of code which viewcontroller you want to change your color

How can I change the font color of a UIBarButton item?

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