Custom background on UITabBarItem not set on second tap

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I have a custom tabbar with custom tabbar items. Everything works as I want it to, besides when a tap has been tapped and is in a selected state, it does not use my custom highlighted background if re-tapped.

So far I set:

    UIButton *tap = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    [tap setBackgroundImage:img forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [tap setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"img_down"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [tap setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"img_down"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

I've read that I may need to use the UITabBarDelegate. Any ideas?

Argh, sorry it is a badly written post. It is a UIButton and I delegate the tap to the tabBarController. — andershqst, Jan 09 '12 at 21:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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I needed to set:

    [tap setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"img_down"] forState:(UIControlStateHighlighted|UIControlStateSelected)];;

Check this SO post for details

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered May 16 '12 at 19:59

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 16:43

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[tabBarItem setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"star.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"star22.png"]];

change two images

answered Jun 08 '12 at 16:43

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If tabBarItem is of type UITabBarItem, this does not answer my question, which deals with a UIButton. Answer to my own question is above. – andershqst Jun 08 '12 at 23:09

Custom background on UITabBarItem not set on second tap

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