How to change tab bar item text color

Question

How can I change the color of \"More..\" text in tabbar to match with its icon

Answer 1

Swift version of @skywinder answer :

UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.whiteColor()], forState: .Normal)
UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.whiteColor()], forState: .Selected)

Answer 2

I found the answer for my own question.

We can set perforamceItem setTitleTextAttributes: for two different states.

• forState:UIControlStateNormal
• forState:UIControlStateHighlighted

I added the following code

 [performanceItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaLTStd-Roman" size:10.0f], NSFontAttributeName,  [UIColor yellowColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

[performanceItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaLTStd-Roman" size:10.0f], NSFontAttributeName,  [UIColor whiteColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

I need to replace the yellow color with the color of my ICONS. This is how they are looking now.

When More is selected

When Performance is Selected

Answer 3

Swift 4:

UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.white], for: .normal)
UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.red], for: .selected)

Answer 4

This worked for me on Swift 5.

In AppDelegate :

 UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor : UIColor.red], for: .selected)

Answer 5

For a swift solution, let type inference be your friend:

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
  for item in self.tabBar.items! {
    let unselectedItem = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.blackColor()]
    let selectedItem = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()]

    item.setTitleTextAttributes(unselectedItem, forState: .Normal)
    item.setTitleTextAttributes(selectedItem, forState: .Selected)
  }
}

Answer 6

This works correctly..

 [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                                        [UIColor redColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
                                                       nil] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                                       [UIColor blackColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
                                                       nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];