ImageWithRenderingMode AlwaysOriginal not working on UITabBar

Question

Instead of using the tint color to indicate when a tab is selected, I just want to use the original images. These are the images I'm using:

Default:

Selected:

I added the images in the Storyboard, and in my code to setup the TabBarController I have the following:

let manageItem = tabBar.items?[1]
manageItem?.image?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysOriginal)
manageItem?.selectedImage?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysOriginal)

But every time I build and run, I'm still getting the blue color when selected. Also, it seems to be altering the selected image. Here's what it looks like:

Not selected (second tab):

Selected:

Why is it not using the original images?

You need to set the UImage rendering mode, not the button image property — Leo Dabus, May 08 '16 at 21:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '16 at 21:58

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As far as I recall imageWithRenderingMode returns new image, so you should rather use it like this :

let manageItem = tabBar.items?[1]
manageItem?.image = manageItem?.image?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysOriginal)
manageItem?.selectedImage = manageItem?.selectedImage?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysOriginal)

answered May 08 '16 at 21:58

Losiowaty

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@internetdotcom seeing as the question and answer are both from 2016, then this is around iOS 9. – Losiowaty Mar 23 '22 at 19:35

ImageWithRenderingMode AlwaysOriginal not working on UITabBar

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