Legacy customizations

Overview

In iOS 13 and later, customize your tab bar using the standardAppearance property. You may also continue to use these legacy accessors to customize your tab bar’s appearance directly.

Topics

Setting the bar’s style

• barStyle
• UIBarStyle

Configuring tab bar items

• tintColor

Customizing item spacing

• itemPositioning
• UITabBar.ItemPositioning
• itemSpacing
• itemWidth

Configuring selection appearance

• unselectedItemTintColor
• selectionIndicatorImage
• selectedImageTintColor

Changing the background

• barTintColor
• backgroundImage

Adding a shadow

• shadowImage

See Also

Customizing tab bar appearance

• standardAppearance
• scrollEdgeAppearance
• leadingAccessoryView
• trailingAccessoryView
• isTranslucent