Question

So I’ve got a bit of code which I would expect to set the selected colour of a segmented controller to what I ask, and the unselected segments to another colour, see the below:

    //normal segment
NSDictionary *normalAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                  [UIFont fontWithName:@"Rok" size:20.0],UITextAttributeFont,
                                  [UIColor colorWithRed:75.0/255.0 green:75.0/255.0 blue:75.0/255.0 alpha:1.0], UITextAttributeTextColor,
                                  [UIColor clearColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,
                                  [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, 1)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset,
                                  nil];//[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:  [UIColor redColor]forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor];
[segmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:normalAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];

NSDictionary *selectedAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                    [UIFont fontWithName:@"Rok" size:20.0],UITextAttributeFont,
                                    [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor,
                                    [UIColor clearColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,
                                    [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, 1)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset,
                                    nil] ;//[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:  [UIColor redColor]forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor];
[segmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:selectedAttributes forState:UIControlStateSelected];

So what am I doing wrong? It’s really frustrating that to directly change the colour of the selected segment is so difficult! I’m tempted to just use a row of buttons!

Thanks to anyone who helps.

Answer 1

Add this code in value changed event of your UISegmentedControl:

 for (int i=0; i<[sender.subviews count]; i++) 
 {
   if ([[sender.subviews objectAtIndex:i]isSelected] ) 
   {               
     UIColor *tintcolor=[UIColor redColor]; //your requiremnent color here
     [[sender.subviews objectAtIndex:i] setTintColor:tintcolor];
     break;
   }
 }