Question

I am using following code to create a UIBarButtonItem:

UIBarButtonItem* searchBarButton = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_picto"] style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:@selector(actionSearch:)] autorelease];
searchBarButton.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.27 green:0.60 blue:0.20 alpha:1.00];

I add this and another button to a UIToolbar, not sure if that’s relevant.
This works fine and gives me the look I intended:

The problem is that with iOS 4 (which I have to support) I can’t set the tintColor. Unrecognized Selector. How can I create such a button for iOS 4? I need to be able to set the tintColor and have UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered.

Thanks for your help.

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I got it to work like this:

UISegmentedControl* searchButton = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"", nil]];
[searchButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_picto"] forSegmentAtIndex:0];
searchButton.momentary = YES;
searchButton.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
searchButton.tintColor = [DELEGATE.config getColor:IFXShopConfigScopeShop name:@"navigationTint"];
[searchButton addTarget:self action:@selector(actionSearch:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

You have to initialize it with one empty NSString, otherwise you can’t set an image. Also the addTarget has to use UIControlEventValueChanged

Answer 1

tintColor was added in iOS5, for iOS4 here you have a solution