How to change text to custom font and use custom colour in iOS 7

Question

How to change the unselected tabbaritem color in iOS7? This does not work.

I'm trying this

[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:[ThemeManager customFont] size:10.0f],
                                                    NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor greenColor]
                                                    } forState:UIControlStateSelected];

Colour changes but not the custom font I'm using.

I've recently been looking into the same thing. In the end I decided it wasn't possible :( — Fogmeister, Jul 21 '14 at 09:38
I've also run into the same problem. This is my first venture in iOS development and so far its like a magic school bus ride through Steve Jobs' small intestine. — clocksmith, Aug 11 '14 at 01:02
In iOS development you will find the easy stuff is difficult and the difficult stuff is easy. — user1898829, Aug 11 '14 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 21 '14 at 09:48

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Found the solution.

[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:[ThemeManager customFont] size:17.0f],
                                                    NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor greenColor]}
                                         forState:UIControlStateSelected];

[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:[ThemeManager customFont] size:17.0f],
                                                    NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blackColor]}
                                         forState:UIControlStateNormal];

edited Jul 21 '14 at 09:48

Fogmeister

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answered Jul 21 '14 at 09:41

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Does it stay that way if you select an item and then select something else? When I found something that works it seemed to only work until the selection was changed. – Fogmeister Jul 21 '14 at 09:45
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Yes it stays that way – user1898829 Jul 21 '14 at 09:47
Hmm... it doesn't quite work as I would have liked though. The image in the tab bar item still uses the default tint colour. – Fogmeister Jul 21 '14 at 09:52
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I haven't played around with tintColour yet. If I do and I manage to get it working then il post the solution. – user1898829 Jul 21 '14 at 10:59

How to change text to custom font and use custom colour in iOS 7

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