So I am new to IOS dev and Xcode but far from being a newbie in UI components in many other technologies. I am implementing a UISlider and investigated its API but could not fin
The UISlider documentation provided by Apple will help you to figure out what is and is not built in to UIKit's UISlider.
Specifically take a look at the section titled Customizing the Slider’s Appearance, that about sums it up for out-of-the-box customization.
Unfortunately, none of the items you listed are part of UISlider, but subclassing and building out that functionality would not be an issue.