How can I get the iOS 7 default blue color programmatically?

Question

I\'m creating custom elements in my app and want to match the look and feel of the new iOS. iOS 7 introduced to us a very common lighter blue color, the default color or tin

Answer 1

From iOS 7 there is an API and you can get (and set) the tint color with:

self.view.tintColor

Or if you need the CGColor:

self.view.tintColor.CGColor

Answer 2

In many cases what you need is just

[self tintColor] 
// or if in a ViewController
[self.view tintColor]

or for swift

self.tintColor
// or if in a ViewController
self.view.tintColor

Answer 3

Adding a category to UIColor the following way will make it available to you anytime you need it or even change its definition accross your code:

@interface UIColor (iOS7Colors)

+ (instancetype)iOS7blueColor;

@end

@implementation UIColor (SpecialColors)

+ (instancetype)iOS7blueColor;
{
    return [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0f green:0.22f blue:122.0/255.0 alpha:1.0f];
}

Once you import the Category in your code you can call the color by using:

UIColor *myBlueColor = [UIColor iOSblueColor];