UIToolbar to have translucent and not black color

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What is the most easiest way (if possible without using drawRect, subclassing, category) to have a transparent UIToolbar with not a Black color, a color of my own choice? I know you can set the translucent property of a UIToolbar, but the color is black, I tried setting the background color but it didn't work. I tried setting the background image and it works but it is not transparent then.

Could we see some code on how you're setting up the toolbar and its parent? — gregheo, Mar 09 '12 at 03:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '12 at 00:10

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Have a look at the setTintColor: method. For example:

[self.navigationController.toolbar setTintColor:[UIColor greenColor]];

answered Mar 09 '12 at 00:10

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setting the tint color doesn't help.. it's still black – adit Mar 09 '12 at 01:19
Since iOS 7 (or 8), tint color is use to change the text and image, instead of the background. So this piece of code does not work any more. – John Pang Mar 28 '18 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '12 at 06:40

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Try this using IB, it should work:

set Tint color of toolbar to your choice of color.
set Alpha of toolbar to 0.5 or the according to the transparency you want.

answered Mar 09 '12 at 06:40

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It works but it's not quite the same as what a translucent toolbar looks like: with this approach the buttons (and their labels) are opaque too, and ideally their labels should be at full opacity for better legibility. – Clafou Jul 25 '13 at 15:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answers with code sample can be found in this question: Couldn't UIToolBar be transparent?

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Mar 09 '12 at 07:54

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UIToolbar to have translucent and not black color

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