How to change UINavigationBar background color from the AppDelegate

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Jonathan Thurft picture Jonathan Thurft · Jun 10, 2013 · Viewed 103.9k times · Source

I know how to change the UINavigationBar background image by doing 

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"nabbar"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

and I know how to set the bar to different colors within each Views..... Now I want to change the background color without using an image to a solid color from the app delegate. I do not want to set it each time from each view and I do not want to write a CGRect.

I tried [[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:33/255.0 green:34/255.0 blue:36/255.0 alpha:1.0]]; but I doesn't work and I cant find a code anywhere that works in the app delegate.

Could anyone please point me in the right direction?

Answer

Seb Thiebaud picture Seb Thiebaud · Jun 10, 2013

You can use [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:myColor];

Since iOS 7 you need to set [[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:myColor]; and also [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTranslucent:NO].

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:myColor];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTranslucent:NO];

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