title: Change UITabBarItem Tint Color on iPhone
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/675433/custom-colors-in-uitabbar">Custom colors in UITabBar</a>  </p>
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  <p>The iPhone UITabBar generally uses a blue and gray icon scheme.  However, the iPod Touch ships with an application from Nike that has a red icon overlay, as opposed to the blue overlay.  Here's a screen shot:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iTGXYFIkfkA/SMiXRtd8HsI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/5iwA9wcZZjw/s400/ipodtouch2_2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Image Link http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iTGXYFIkfkA/SMiXRtd8HsI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/5iwA9wcZZjw/s400/ipodtouch2_2.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>How do I do that?  Do I use the hidden setSelectedImage method in UITabBarItem?  If so, when do I call this?</p>