Customized Tab Bar

In this tutorial I will show you how to customized tab bar. In your AppDelegate.m file, add this code below.

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions

{

    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    

    //customized tab bar

    UITabBarController *tabBarController = (UITabBarController *)self.window.rootViewController;

    UITabBar *tabBar = tabBarController.tabBar;

    UITabBarItem *tabBarItem1 = [tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0];

    UITabBarItem *tabBarItem2 = [tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1];

    

    tabBarItem1.title = @"Send Money";

    tabBarItem2.title = @"Rates";

    

    [tabBarItem1 setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabitem_selected.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabitem_default.png"]];

    [tabBarItem2 setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"ratestab_selected.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"ratestab_default.png"]];

    

    UIImage *tabBarBackground = [UIImage imageNamed:@"tabbar_bg.png"];

    [[UITabBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:tabBarBackground];

    [[UITabBar appearance] setSelectionIndicatorImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabbar_item.png"]];

    

    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

    

    UIColor *titleHighlightedColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:153/255.0 green:192/255.0 blue:48/255.0 alpha:1.0];

    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:titleHighlightedColor, UITextAttributeTextColor, nil] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

    end customizing tabBar

    

    

    return YES;

}

That's it. Hope this tutorial help you.