iOS 7 UIRefreshControl tintColor not working for beginRefreshing

Question

I\'m trying to set a tintColor on my UIRefreshControl (building on iOS 7). I enabled refreshing for the tableViewController in storyboard, then in my ViewController vi

Answer 1

SWIFT:

I am using Swift and > iOS8. Most of the described workarounds didn't work for me. That's how I got it working:

In viewDidLoad:

customRefreshControl.tintColor = UIColor.clearColor()

The following doesn't have to be inside viewDidLoad. I put it in an extra function which get's called every time I update the tableView:

private func startRefreshControlAnimation() {

    self.tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, -self.customRefreshControl.frame.size.height), animated: true)

    CATransaction.begin()
    self.customRefreshControl.beginRefreshing()
    CATransaction.commit()

}