How can I change the color of pagination dots of UIPageControl

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I am developing an application in which I want to change either color or image of UIPageControl pagination dots  How can I change it  Is it possible to customize UIpageControl on above scenario

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The answer provided by Heiberg works really well, however the page control does not behave exactly like the one by apple.

If you want the page control to behave like the one from apple does (always increment the current page by one if you touch the second half, otherwise decrease by one), try this touchesBegan-method instead:

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{

    CGPoint touchPoint = [[[event touchesForView:self] anyObject] locationInView:self];

    CGRect currentBounds = self.bounds;
    CGFloat x = touchPoint.x - CGRectGetMidX(currentBounds);

    if(x<0 && self.currentPage>=0){
        self.currentPage--;
        [self.delegate pageControlPageDidChange:self]; 
    }
    else if(x>0 && self.currentPage<self.numberOfPages-1){
        self.currentPage++;
        [self.delegate pageControlPageDidChange:self]; 
    }   
}

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Add the following code to DidFinishLauch in AppDelegate   UIPageControl  pageControl    UIPageControl appearance   pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor lightGrayColor   pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor blackColor   pageControl backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor     Hope this will help

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You can fix it with ease by adding the following code to your appdelegate m file in your didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method   UIPageControl  pageControl    UIPageControl appearance   pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor darkGrayColor   pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor orangeColor   pageControl backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor

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In cased of Swift 2 0 and up  the below code will work   pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor   UIColor whiteColor   pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor   UIColor redColor

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Jasarien I think you can subclass UIPageControll  line picked from apple doc only  Subclasses that customize the appearance of the page control can use this method to resize the page control when the page count changes  for the method sizeForNumberOfPages

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In iOS 6 you can set the tint color of UIPageControl   There are 2 new properties     pageIndicatorTintColor currentPageIndicatorTintColor   You can also use the appearance API to change the tint color of all page indicators   If you are targeting iOS 5 make sure it doesn t crash   if   pageControl respondsToSelector  selector setPageIndicatorTintColor           pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor whiteColor

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Adding to existing answers  it can be done like

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UPDATE   This answer is 6 years old and very outdated  but it s still attracting votes and comments  Ever since iOS 6 0 you should be using the pageIndicatorTintColor and currentPageIndicatorTintColor properties on UIPageControl   ORIGINAL ANSWER   I ran into this problem today and decided to write my own simple replacement class    It s a sublassed UIView that uses Core Graphics to render the dots in the colors you specify   You use the exposed properties to customize and control it   If you want to you can register a delegate object to get notifications when the user taps on one of the little page dots  If no delegate is registered then the view will not react to touch input   It s completely fresh from the oven  but seems to work  Let me know if you run into any problems with it   Future improvements     Resize the dots to fit the current bounds if there are too many    Don t redraw the entire view in drawRect    Example use   CGRect f   CGRectMake 0  0  320  20    PageControl  pageControl      PageControl alloc  initWithFrame f  autorelease   pageControl numberOfPages   10  pageControl currentPage   5  pageControl delegate   self   self addSubview pageControl     Header file          PageControl h        Replacement for UIPageControl because that one only supports white dots         Created by Morten Heiberg  lt morten heiberg net gt  on November 1  2010       import  lt UIKit UIKit h gt    protocol PageControlDelegate    interface PageControl   UIView     private     NSInteger  currentPage      NSInteger  numberOfPages      UIColor  dotColorCurrentPage      UIColor  dotColorOtherPage      NSObject lt PageControlDelegate gt   delegate        If ARC use   unsafe unretained id delegate        Set these to control the PageControl   property  nonatomic  NSInteger currentPage   property  nonatomic  NSInteger numberOfPages      Customize these as well as the backgroundColor property   property  nonatomic  retain  UIColor  dotColorCurrentPage   property  nonatomic  retain  UIColor  dotColorOtherPage      Optional delegate for callbacks when user taps a page dot   property  nonatomic  retain  NSObject lt PageControlDelegate gt   delegate    end   protocol PageControlDelegate lt NSObject gt   optional -  void pageControlPageDidChange  PageControl   pageControl   end   Implementation file          PageControl m        Replacement for UIPageControl because that one only supports white dots         Created by Morten Heiberg  lt morten heiberg net gt  on November 1  2010       import  PageControl h      Tweak these or make them dynamic   define kDotDiameter 7 0  define kDotSpacer 7 0   implementation PageControl   synthesize dotColorCurrentPage   synthesize dotColorOtherPage   synthesize delegate   -  NSInteger currentPage       return  currentPage     -  void setCurrentPage  NSInteger page        currentPage   MIN MAX 0  page    numberOfPages-1        self setNeedsDisplay      -  NSInteger numberOfPages       return  numberOfPages     -  void setNumberOfPages  NSInteger pages        numberOfPages   MAX 0  pages        currentPage   MIN MAX 0   currentPage    numberOfPages-1        self setNeedsDisplay          -  id initWithFrame  CGRect frame       if   self    super initWithFrame frame                     Default colors          self backgroundColor    UIColor clearColor           self dotColorCurrentPage    UIColor blackColor           self dotColorOtherPage    UIColor lightGrayColor            UISwipeGestureRecognizer  swipeRight     UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc  initWithTarget self action  selector swipedRight              swipeRight setDirection UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight            self addGestureRecognizer swipeRight               UISwipeGestureRecognizer  swipe     UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc  initWithTarget self action  selector swipedLeft              swipe setDirection UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft            self addGestureRecognizer swipe              return self    - void  swipedLeft  UISwipeGestureRecognizer    recognizer       self currentPage      - void  swipedRight  UISwipeGestureRecognizer    recognizer       self currentPage--     -  void drawRect  CGRect rect        CGContextRef context   UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext           CGContextSetAllowsAntialiasing context  true        CGRect currentBounds   self bounds      CGFloat dotsWidth   self numberOfPages kDotDiameter   MAX 0  self numberOfPages-1  kDotSpacer      CGFloat x   CGRectGetMidX currentBounds -dotsWidth 2      CGFloat y   CGRectGetMidY currentBounds -kDotDiameter 2      for  int i 0  i lt  numberOfPages  i                  CGRect circleRect   CGRectMake x  y  kDotDiameter  kDotDiameter           if  i     currentPage                        CGContextSetFillColorWithColor context  self dotColorCurrentPage CGColor                     else                       CGContextSetFillColorWithColor context  self dotColorOtherPage CGColor                     CGContextFillEllipseInRect context  circleRect           x    kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer           -  void dealloc         dotColorCurrentPage release        dotColorOtherPage release        delegate release        super dealloc      -  void touchesBegan  NSSet   touches withEvent  UIEvent   event       if   self delegate  return       CGPoint touchPoint      event touchesForView self  anyObject  locationInView self        CGFloat dotSpanX   self numberOfPages  kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer       CGFloat dotSpanY   kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer       CGRect currentBounds   self bounds      CGFloat x   touchPoint x   dotSpanX 2 - CGRectGetMidX currentBounds       CGFloat y   touchPoint y   dotSpanY 2 - CGRectGetMidY currentBounds        if   x lt 0      x gt dotSpanX      y lt 0      y gt dotSpanY   return       self currentPage   floor x  kDotDiameter kDotSpacer        if   self delegate respondsToSelector  selector pageControlPageDidChange                    self delegate pageControlPageDidChange self             end

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In case anyone wants an ARC   modern version of it  no need to redefine properties as ivar  no dealloc  and works with Interface Builder       import  lt UIKit UIKit h gt    protocol PageControlDelegate    interface PageControl   UIView      Set these to control the PageControl   property  nonatomic  NSInteger currentPage   property  nonatomic  NSInteger numberOfPages      Customize these as well as the backgroundColor property   property  nonatomic  strong  UIColor  dotColorCurrentPage   property  nonatomic  strong  UIColor  dotColorOtherPage      Optional delegate for callbacks when user taps a page dot   property  nonatomic  weak  NSObject lt PageControlDelegate gt   delegate    end   protocol PageControlDelegate lt NSObject gt   optional -  void pageControlPageDidChange  PageControl   pageControl   end   PageControl m      import  PageControl h       Tweak these or make them dynamic   define kDotDiameter 7 0  define kDotSpacer 7 0   implementation PageControl   synthesize dotColorCurrentPage   synthesize dotColorOtherPage   synthesize currentPage   synthesize numberOfPages   synthesize delegate   -  void setCurrentPage  NSInteger page       currentPage   MIN MAX 0  page   self numberOfPages-1        self setNeedsDisplay      -  void setNumberOfPages  NSInteger pages       numberOfPages   MAX 0  pages       currentPage   MIN MAX 0  self currentPage   numberOfPages-1        self setNeedsDisplay      -  id initWithFrame  CGRect frame        if  self    super initWithFrame frame                     Default colors          self backgroundColor    UIColor clearColor           self dotColorCurrentPage    UIColor blackColor           self dotColorOtherPage    UIColor lightGrayColor             return self     - id initWithCoder  NSCoder   aDecoder       if  self    super initWithCoder aDecoder                 self dotColorCurrentPage    UIColor blackColor           self dotColorOtherPage    UIColor lightGrayColor             return self     -  void drawRect  CGRect rect        CGContextRef context   UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext           CGContextSetAllowsAntialiasing context  true        CGRect currentBounds   self bounds      CGFloat dotsWidth   self numberOfPages kDotDiameter   MAX 0  self numberOfPages-1  kDotSpacer      CGFloat x   CGRectGetMidX currentBounds -dotsWidth 2      CGFloat y   CGRectGetMidY currentBounds -kDotDiameter 2      for  int i 0  i lt self numberOfPages  i                  CGRect circleRect   CGRectMake x  y  kDotDiameter  kDotDiameter           if  i    self currentPage                        CGContextSetFillColorWithColor context  self dotColorCurrentPage CGColor                     else                       CGContextSetFillColorWithColor context  self dotColorOtherPage CGColor                     CGContextFillEllipseInRect context  circleRect           x    kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer            -  void touchesBegan  NSSet   touches withEvent  UIEvent   event       if   self delegate  return       CGPoint touchPoint      event touchesForView self  anyObject  locationInView self        CGFloat dotSpanX   self numberOfPages  kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer       CGFloat dotSpanY   kDotDiameter   kDotSpacer       CGRect currentBounds   self bounds      CGFloat x   touchPoint x   dotSpanX 2 - CGRectGetMidX currentBounds       CGFloat y   touchPoint y   dotSpanY 2 - CGRectGetMidY currentBounds        if   x lt 0      x gt dotSpanX      y lt 0      y gt dotSpanY   return       self currentPage   floor x  kDotDiameter kDotSpacer        if   self delegate respondsToSelector  selector pageControlPageDidChange                    self delegate pageControlPageDidChange self             end

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use this for coding  if   pageControl respondsToSelector  selector setPageIndicatorTintColor           pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor whiteColor       or from storyboard you can change from current page tint

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It s easy with Swift 1 2   UIPageControl appearance   pageIndicatorTintColor             UIColor lightGrayColor   UIPageControl appearance   currentPageIndicatorTintColor      UIColor redColor

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This is worked for me in iOS 7   pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor purpleColor   pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor magentaColor

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You could also use Three20 Library that contains a styleable PageControl and dozens of other helpful UI Controls and Abstractions

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In Swift  this code inside the UIPageViewController is getting a reference to the page indicator and setting its properties  override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad          Creating the proxy     let pageControl   UIPageControl appearance         Customizing     pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor   UIColor lightGrayColor       pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor   UIColor darkGrayColor         Setting the background of the view controller so the dots wont be on a black background        self view backgroundColor   UIColor whiteColor

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It s not possible using the iPhone SDK from an official standpoint  You might be able to do it using private methods  but that will be a barrier to getting onto the app store    The only other safe solution is to create yout own page control which shpuldnt be too difficult given that the page control simply displays what page is currently shown in a scroll view

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myView superview tintColor    UIColor colorWithRed 1 0f                                         green 1 0f blue 1 0f alpha 1 0f

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pageControl pageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor redColor   pageControl currentPageIndicatorTintColor    UIColor redColor     works for iOS6

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