Change only one specific UITabBarItem tint color

Question

It is well known that the tint color of selected (or active) items in a UITabBarController can be easily changed, here is an example:

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Answer 1

There is a much easier way to do this! Add this to the ViewController which UITabBar Item should be in another color

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
   // change tint color to red
   [self.tabBarController.tabBar setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
   [super viewWillAppear: animated];
}

Insert this to the other ViewControllers

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
   // change tint color to black
   [self.tabBarController.tabBar setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
   [super viewWillAppear: animated];
}

I use this to get different Tint colors in each ViewController e.g.: [ red | black | green | pink ]