Other than creating new button background images, is there a way to set UIBarButtonItems to have a translucent black look just like the UINavigationBar is capable of having?
I’ve tried setting tintColor to a UIColor of black with 0.7 for the alpha, but tintcolor appears to ignore the alpha setting entirely.
I’m fairly certain that setting any
tintColordisregards the alpha because the use of alpha is implied when you’re tinting something. Your best bet is to create stretchable background images and use the new appearance API onUIBarButtonItem.