How do I change the Navigation Bar color in iOS 7?
Basically I want to achieve something like the Twitter Nav Bar (updated Twitter for iOS7
that is). I embedded-in a nav bar atop a view controller
. All I want is to change the nav bar color to light blue along with the utility bar at the top. I can't seem to find an option in my storyboard
.
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It's actually easier than the answers I've seen here:
1) Just make sure you select the navigation bar on the Navigation control.
2) Select the color you want in the bar tint.
3) You have other options too, and/or individually on each view (just play with it).
I hope this helps somebody. I didn't like the answers I saw. I like to keep my code as clean as possible. Not saying that it's wrong to do it programmatically, but there are people out there like me....this is for you guys.
Add only This code in your ViewContorller
or in your AppDelegate
if([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] < 7.0)
{
//This is For iOS6
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];
}
else
{
//This is For iOS7
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]];
}
In a navigation based application you can change color
NSArray *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([[ver objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7) {
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:19.0/255.0 green:86.0/255.0 blue:138.0/255.0 alpha:1];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
} else {
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:19.0/255.0 green:86.0/255.0 blue:138.0/255.0 alpha:1];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor blueColor];
}
In viewDidLoad
, set:
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor blueColor];
Change ( blueColor
) to whatever color you'd like.
Doing what the original question asked—to get the old Twitter's Nav Bar look, blue background with white text—is very easy to do just using the Interface Builder in Xcode.
That should get you what you want. Here is a screenshot that would make it easier to see where to make the changes.
Note that changing only the Bar Tint doesn't change the text colour in the Navigation Bar or the Status Bar. The Style also needs to be changed.
To make Rajneesh071's code complete, you may also want to set the navigation bar's title color (and font, if you want) since the default behavior changed from iOS 6 to 7:
NSArray *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([[ver objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7)
{
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor blackColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
NSMutableDictionary *textAttributes = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:mainNavController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes];
[textAttributes setValue:[UIColor whiteColor] forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = textAttributes;
}
else
{
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
//You could place this code into viewDidLoad
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
//change the nav bar colour
self.navigationController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
//change the background colour
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}
//Or you can place it into viewDidAppear
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
//change the nav bar colour
self.navigationController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
//change the background colour
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}
For swift change navigation bar color:
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.red
change title font,size, color:
self.title = "title"
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [
NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor : UIColor.white,
NSAttributedString.Key.font : UIFont(name: "Futura", size: 30)!
]
If you want to use a hex code, here is the best way to do so.
First, define this at the top of your class:
#define UIColorFromRGB(rgbValue) [UIColor colorWithRed:((float)((rgbValue & 0xFF0000) >> 16))/255.0 green:((float)((rgbValue & 0xFF00) >> 8))/255.0 blue:((float)(rgbValue & 0xFF))/255.0 alpha:1.0]
Then inside the "application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions", put this:
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:UIColorFromRGB(0x00b0f0)];
Put you hex code in place of the 00b0f0.
This question and these answers are helpful. With them I was able to set my desired dark blue navigationBar
color with white title and button text.
But I also needed to change the clock, carrier, signal strength, etc. to white. Black just didn't contrast enough with the dark blue.
I may have overlooked that solution in one of the previous answers, but I was able to make that change by adding this line to my top level viewController
's viewDidLoad
:
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
For Color :
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
For Image
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navigationBar_320X44.png"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
In a Navigation based app you can put the code in AppDelegate. A more detailed code could be:
// Navigation bar appearance (background and title)
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIColor titleColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName, [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontNAme" size:titleSize], NSFontAttributeName, nil]];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor barColor]];
// Navigation bar buttons appearance
[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[UIColor textBarColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName, shadowColor, NSShadowAttributeName, [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontName" size:titleSize], NSFontAttributeName, nil];
The behavior of tintColor
for bars has changed in iOS 7.0. It no longer affects the bar's background.
From the documentation:
barTintColor Class Reference
The tint color to apply to the navigation bar background.
@property(nonatomic, retain) UIColor *barTintColor
Discussion
This color is made translucent by default unless you set the translucent property to NO
.
Availability
Available in iOS 7.0 and later.
Declared In
UINavigationBar.h
NSArray *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([[ver objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7) {
// iOS 7.0 or later
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}else {
// iOS 6.1 or earlier
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
}
We can also use this to check iOS Version as mention in iOS 7 UI Transition Guide
if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) <= NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) {
// iOS 6.1 or earlier
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
} else {
// iOS 7.0 or later
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}
EDIT Using xib
self.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor blueColor];
self.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
// *barTintColor* sets the background color
// *tintColor* sets the buttons color
In iOS 7 you must use the -barTintColor property:
navController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor barColor];
#define _kisiOS7 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0)
if (_kisiOS7)
{
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIcolor redcolor]];
}
else
{
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIcolor blackcolor]];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIcolor graycolor]];
}
If you need to support ios6 and ios7 then you get that particular light blue using this in your UIViewController:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSArray *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([[ver objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7) {
self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:89/255.0f green:174/255.0f blue:235/255.0f alpha:1.0f];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}else{
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:89/255.0f green:174/255.0f blue:235/255.0f alpha:1.0f];
}
}
Source: Stackoverflow.com