Changing navigation bar color in Swift

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user3746428 picture user3746428 · Jul 11, 2014 · Viewed 298.3k times · Source

I am using a Picker View to allow the user to choose the colour theme for the entire app.

I am planning on changing the colour of the navigation bar, background and possibly the tab bar (if that is possible).

I've been researching how to do this but can't find any Swift examples. Could anyone please give me an example of the code I would need to use to change the navigation bar colour and navigation bar text colour?

The Picker View is set up, I'm just looking for the code to change the UI colours.

Answer

trumpeter201 picture trumpeter201 · Jul 11, 2014

Navigation Bar:

navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.green

Replace greenColor with whatever UIColor you want, you can use an RGB too if you prefer.

Navigation Bar Text:

navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.orange]

Replace orangeColor with whatever color you like.

Tab Bar:

tabBarController?.tabBar.barTintColor = UIColor.brown

Tab Bar Text:

tabBarController?.tabBar.tintColor = UIColor.yellow

On the last two, replace brownColor and yellowColor with the color of your choice.

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