UISegmentedControl tintColor - ios

Question

I'm having problems getting UISegmentedControl to show the desired tint color.
// AppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// need red tint color in other views of the app
[[UIView appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
return YES;
}
// ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSArray *items = #[#"Item 1", #"Item 2"];
UISegmentedControl *control = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:items];
// would like to have this control to have a green tint color
control.tintColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[self.view addSubview:control];
}
How to make UISegmentedControl use the green tint color?

Answer 1

I ended up creating a category for the desired behaviour. Subview structure looks like this:
UISegment
UISegmentLabel
UIImageView
UISegment
UISegmentLabel
UIImageView
So two loops are required for the desired effect (otherwise some parts stay in old tint color).
UISegmentedControl+TintColor.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface UISegmentedControl (TintColor)
#end
UISegmentedControl+TintColor.m
#import "UISegmentedControl+TintColor.h"
#implementation UISegmentedControl (TintColor)
- (void)setTintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor {
[super setTintColor:tintColor];
for (UIView *subview in self.subviews) {
subview.tintColor = tintColor;
for (UIView *subsubview in subview.subviews) {
subsubview.tintColor = tintColor;
}
}
}
#end

Answer 2

Try something like this ?
for (UIView *subView in mySegmentedControl.subviews)
{
[subView setTintColor: [UIColor greenColor]];
}
But it actually appears that it is a known issue in iOS 7, I don't know if it has been fixed in iOS 8.
"You cannot customize the segmented control’s style on iOS 7. Segmented controls only have one style"
UIKit User Interface Catalog