UITabBar appearance setSelectionIndicatorImage does not work on first launch iOS7

Question

I have a customised UITabBar and use the following code in the AppDelegate:

- (void)tabBarController:(MainUITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewCont         


        

Answer 1

Setting the selection indicator image for the tab bar directly once again, apart from doing it via appearance, worked for me!

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    ....

    UITabBarController *tabBarContr = (UITabBarController *)self.window.rootViewController;
    ...
    [[UITabBar appearance] setSelectionIndicatorImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tab_bar_selection_indicator.png"]];

    // iOS7 hack: to make selectionIndicatorImage appear on the selected tab on the first app run
    [[tabBarContr tabBar] setSelectionIndicatorImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tab_bar_selection_indicator.png"]];

    return YES;
}