Change font for selected UITabBarItem with objective c

Question

I would like to change the font of a selected UITabBarItem to bold if it is selected. I have done following to set image and text to white and I also set the font, but only the color changes on selecting UITabBarItem, not the font.

// Normal font       
[self.tabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:MY_LIGHT_FONT, NSFontAttributeName, [UIColor grayColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

// Selected font
[self.tabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:MY_BOLD_FONT, NSFontAttributeName, [UIColor whiteColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

The selected font does not change anything.

The calendar text should be bold.

look this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11069437/changing-font-in-uitabbaritem — liangju, May 04 '17 at 02:36
@liangju For UIStateNormal my solution already works, but not selected. — Michi-2142, May 04 '17 at 09:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '18 at 07:37

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As @TimurBernikowich mentioned, font parameter doesn't work for selected state on iOS11.

answered Mar 21 '18 at 07:37

Michi-2142

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any solution for iOS11 ? – Gonzo Oin Apr 11 '18 at 12:35
@GonzoOin Sadly, Apple did not changed this with iOS 11 – Michi-2142 Apr 11 '18 at 13:11
It's sad. I've end up by reseting tab bar items by overriding didSelectItem method – Gonzo Oin Apr 11 '18 at 14:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '17 at 05:04

  [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:MONSREGULAR size:10.0f],
                                                        NSForegroundColorAttributeName :[UIColor colorWithRed:0.004 green:0.820 blue:0.369 alpha:1.00];
                                                        } forState:UIControlStateSelected];


    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:MONSREGULAR size:10.0f],
                                                        NSForegroundColorAttributeName :[UIColor darkgraycolor];
                                                        } forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Font parameter doesn't work for selected state on iOS11. – Timur Bernikovich Nov 28 '17 at 10:40 — Timur Bernikovich, Nov 28 '17 at 10:40
@TimurBernikowich Please post your comment as an answer. – Michi-2142 Mar 20 '18 at 11:33 — Michi-2142, Mar 20 '18 at 11:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '17 at 12:02

Try this:

// Normal font       
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:MY_LIGHT_FONT, NSFontAttributeName, [UIColor grayColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

// Selected font
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:MY_BOLD_FONT, NSFontAttributeName, [UIColor whiteColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,nil] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 06 '17 at 04:41

tried this:

    // Normal font
    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIFont fontWithName:@"your-font" size:10.f],  NSFontAttributeName, nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

   //selected state
    [[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIFont fontWithName:@"your-font bold" size:10.f], NSFontAttributeName, nil] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

That's the same like my solution. – Michi-2142 May 08 '17 at 10:52 — Michi-2142, May 08 '17 at 10:52

Change font for selected UITabBarItem with objective c

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