UITabBar appearance setSelectionIndicatorImage does not work on first launch iOS7

Question

I have a customised UITabBar and use the following code in the AppDelegate:

- (void)tabBarController:(MainUITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewCont         


        

Answer 1

I am seeing this exact same issue. Here is my didFinishLaunching

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
    [self applyStyleSheet];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
    self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    self.window.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    UITabBarController *tabBarController = [self setupTabBarController];
    self.window.rootViewController = tabBarController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

Here is how I setup the tab bar:

- (UITabBarController *)setupTabBarController
{
    UITabBarController *tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
    UINavigationController *nav1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[FirstViewController alloc] init]];
    UINavigationController *nav2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[SecondViewController alloc] init]];
    UINavigationController *nav3 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[ThirdViewController alloc] init]];
    UINavigationController *nav4 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[FourthViewController alloc] init]];
    UINavigationController *nav5 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[FifthViewController alloc] init]];
    [tabBarController setViewControllers:@[nav1, nav2, nav3, nav4, nav5]];

    return tabBarController;
}

And finally, this is the tab bar customization block:

- (void)applyStyleSheet
{
    UITabBar *tabBar = [UITabBar appearance];
    [tabBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageWithColor:[UIColor redColor]]];
    [tabBar setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
    [tabBar setSelectionIndicatorImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tab-selected"]];
    [tabBar setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
}

As stated, the "tab-selected" image is not loaded on the first tab. However, I added the following line after [self.window makeKeyAndVisible] so that my tab starts up with a different tab opened, and the "tab-selected" image does show up on this tab:

    [tabBarController setSelectedIndex:1];

So here's my finalized didFinishLaunching with the subtle hack that makes it work :)

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
    {
        self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
        [self applyStyleSheet];
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
        self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
        self.window.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        UITabBarController *tabBarController = [self setupTabBarController];
        self.window.rootViewController = tabBarController;
        [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
        [tabBarController setSelectedIndex:1];
        [tabBarController setSelectedIndex:0];

        return YES;
    }