Changing font size of tabbaritem

Question

Is it possible to change the font size of tabs?

Answer 1

for(UIViewController *tab in  self.tabBarController.viewControllers)

{        
  [tab.tabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
  [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:20.0], UITextAttributeFont, nil]
  forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

Answer 2

IN Swift 4

 override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        let appearance = UITabBarItem.appearance()
        let attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: AnyObject] = [NSAttributedString.Key(rawValue: NSAttributedString.Key.font.rawValue):UIFont(name: "American Typewriter", size: 12)!, NSAttributedString.Key(rawValue: NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor.rawValue): UIColor.orange]
        appearance.setTitleTextAttributes(attributes, for: .normal)

    }

Answer 3

[leaving this here for my own reference, just a riff off the other working answers. For mem it's a fix for iOS 7, which is beyond the question by a bit...]

@implementation UITabBarController (Util)

- (void) fixForIos7 {
    if (!IS_IOS7)
        return;
    UIFont *tabBarFont = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
    NSDictionary *titleTextAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            tabBarFont, UITextAttributeFont, nil];
    for(UIViewController *tab in  self.viewControllers) {
      [tab.tabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:titleTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    }
}
@end

the missing method is

#define IS_IOS7 ( UIDevice.currentDevice.systemVersion.floatValue > 6.9 )

Answer 4

I recommend a better way:

[yourTabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
    [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, 
    [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0,0)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, 
    [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:18.0], UITextAttributeFont, nil]
    forState:UIControlStateNormal];