How to change color of disclosure indicator of UITableVeiw Programmatically? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Sorry, I'm super super late to the party but I was struggling with this today and just figured it out (in iOS8 and 9). Using the View Debugger, it was clear the Disclosure triangle is a UIImage in a UIImageView in a UIButton.

So in -awakeFromNib, I was iterating through the subviews to find a button. Once I found the button, a reference to the original image could be acquired via -backgroundImageForState:

Once you get the original image, you can create a copy that is a Template image by calling [originalImage imageWithRenderingMode:AlwaysTemplate]

Then you can set the backgroundImage for all available states. Once you do that, the Image picks up the tint color automatically.

Below is some swift sample code:

class GratuitousDisclosureTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    private weak var disclosureButton: UIButton? {
        didSet {
            if let originalImage = self.disclosureButton?.backgroundImageForState(.Normal) {
                let templateImage = originalImage.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Normal)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Highlighted)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Disabled)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Selected)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Application)
                self.disclosureButton?.setBackgroundImage(templateImage, forState: .Reserved)
            }
        }
    }

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        for view in self.subviews {
            if let button = view as? UIButton {
                self.disclosureButton = button
                break
            }
        }  
    }
}