MFMailComposeViewController bar background color not changing in iOS7 - ios

Question

I'm trying to change the background color of the MFMailComposeViewController in iOS7 but I cannot make it work.
I'm using the following snipped:
MFMailComposeViewController *picker = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
picker.mailComposeDelegate = self;
if([picker.navigationBar respondsToSelector:#selector(barTintColor)]) {
// iOS7
picker.navigationBar.barTintColor = READER_NAVIGATION_BAR_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
// Set back button arrow color
[picker.navigationBar setTintColor:READER_NAVIGATION_BAR_BACK_BUTTON_ARROW_COLOR];
// Set Navigation Bar Title Color
[picker.navigationBar setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:READER_NAVIGATION_BAR_TITLE_NORMAL_FONT_COLOR forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor]];
// Set back button color
[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UINavigationBar class], nil] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:READER_NAVIGATION_BAR_BUTTONS_FONT_COLOR, UITextAttributeTextColor,nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
Does anybody knows how to change the bakcground color of the MFMailComposeViewController in iOS7?

Answer 1

The trick here is to call 'appearance methods' such as
[UINavigationBar appearance].barTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[UINavigationBar appearance].tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
BEFORE calling to
[[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
This way the color scheme will be applied to the mail composer.
It may be returned back to defaults in mailComposeController:didFinishWithResult:

Answer 2

try this. worked for me.
MFMailComposeViewController* myailViewController = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
// set other attributes of mailcomposer here.
myMailViewController.mailComposeDelegate = self;
[myMailViewController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[self presentViewController:myMmailViewController animated:YES completion:nil];

Answer 3

Swift 3 solution:
extension MFMailComposeViewController {
override open func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.lightContent
}
open override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationBar.isTranslucent = false
navigationBar.isOpaque = false
navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.white
navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.white
}
}

Answer 4

For iOS8:
NSDictionary *navbarTitleTextAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[UIColor whiteColor],UITextAttributeTextColor,
[UIColor blackColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,
[NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(-1, 0)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, nil];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:navbarTitleTextAttributes];
Or
navigationController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[UIColor yellowColor] forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor];

Answer 5

try this but one thing BarTintColor available only iOS7
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
This color is made translucent by default unless you set the translucent property to NO.
or try this link it will more helpful you
Changing MFMailComposeViewController's toolbar color

Answer 6

Try the following code
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
// Your usual code follows here ......

Answer 7

#SoftDesigner's answer:
As of iOS 9:
[UINavigationBar appearance].tintColor = yourFavoriteColor;
does not work on the MFMailComposeViewController.
The rest of the answer works (I used it), but as far as I can tell you're stuck with Apple's colors for the nav bar buttons.
Hope this saves someone else some angst.

Answer 8

First present the MFMailComposeViewController then change its tintColor
[self presentViewController:emailDialog animated:TRUE completion:nil];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:nil
forBarPosition:UIBarPositionTopAttached
barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

Answer 9

I had a problem that prevented me from setting the background colour. Turns out I had some other code elsewhere setting the background image to [UIImage new].
The following code fixed it:
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:nil forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setShadowImage:nil];