How to set backgroundColor of UISegmentedControl to white in iOS 13

Question

iOS 13 introduced some changes to the UISegmentedControl including a really nice animation when switching the selected segment. However I\'m noticing that it\'s not displaying t

Answer 1

In Xamarin.iOS this worked for me:

class MySegmentedControl : UISegmentedControl
{
    int insertedIndex = 0;

    public override void InsertSubview(UIView view, nint atIndex)
    {
        base.InsertSubview(view, atIndex);

        if (insertedIndex == 2 || insertedIndex == 3)
            view.Hidden = true;

        insertedIndex++;
    }
}

Answer 2

Works for me (Swift 5).

let background = myColors.background
let selectedColor = myColors.foreground

if #available(iOS 13.0, *)
{
    segmentedControl.tintColor = background
    segmentedControl.backgroundColor = background
    segmentedControl.selectedSegmentTintColor = selectedColor
    segmentedControl.setTitleTextAttributes([.foregroundColor: selectedColor as Any], for: .normal)
    segmentedControl.setTitleTextAttributes([.foregroundColor: background as Any], for: .selected)
}
else
{
    segmentedControl.tintColor = background
    segmentedControl.backgroundColor = selectedColor
    segmentedControl.layer.cornerRadius = 4
}

Answer 3

SWIFT 3 & 4+

From this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/31652184/3249196 , if you want an all white background without the grey overlay justr replace tintColor and backgroundColor with UIColor.white

extension UISegmentedControl {
    func removeBorders() {
        setBackgroundImage(imageWithColor(color: backgroundColor!), for: .normal, barMetrics: .default)
        setBackgroundImage(imageWithColor(color: tintColor!), for: .selected, barMetrics: .default)
        setDividerImage(imageWithColor(color: UIColor.clear), forLeftSegmentState: .normal, rightSegmentState: .normal, barMetrics: .default)
    }

    // create a 1x1 image with this color
    private func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        let rect = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width:  1.0, height: 1.0)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size)
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        context!.setFillColor(color.cgColor);
        context!.fill(rect);
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
        return image!
    }
}

Answer 4

I have the same issue and there is no cool way to resolve it. So I did this small workaround. I dont like it and I am not proud of it, but it works.

func fixBackgroundSegmentControl( _ segmentControl: UISegmentedControl){
    if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
        //just to be sure it is full loaded
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) { 
            for i in 0...(segmentControl.numberOfSegments-1)  {
                let backgroundSegmentView = segmentControl.subviews[i]
                //it is not enogh changing the background color. It has some kind of shadow layer 
                backgroundSegmentView.isHidden = true 
            }
        }
    }
}