[iphone] How can I change the color of pagination dots of UIPageControl?

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?

This is worked for me in iOS 7.

pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = [UIColor purpleColor];
pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = [UIColor magentaColor];

In cased of Swift 2.0 and up, the below code will work:

pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.redColor()

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()
}

It's easy with Swift 1.2:

UIPageControl.appearance().pageIndicatorTintColor           = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
UIPageControl.appearance().currentPageIndicatorTintColor    = UIColor.redColor()

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]

@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:

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

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.

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 <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@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<PageControlDelegate> *delegate;

@end

@protocol PageControlDelegate<NSObject>
@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<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<0) || (x>dotSpanX) || (y<0) || (y>dotSpanY)) return;

    self.currentPage = floor(x/(kDotDiameter+kDotSpacer));
    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(pageControlPageDidChange:)])
    {
        [self.delegate pageControlPageDidChange:self];
    }
}

@end

myView.superview.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0f  
                                      green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1.0f];

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];
}

pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = [UIColor redColor];

works for iOS6

Adding to existing answers, it can be done like,

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.

use this for coding

if ([pageControl respondsToSelector:@selector(setPageIndicatorTintColor:)]) {
    pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}

or from storyboard you can change from current page tint

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]; 
    }   
}