I know this question has been asked earlier as well, but still i didn\'t get any solution searching the solution on internet.
I referred the following posts:
[[UITabBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:252/255.0 green:218/255.0 blue:49/255.0 alpha:1.0]];
tabBarItem1.image = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"home_icon.png"] imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal];
tabBarItem1.selectedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"home_icon_selected.png"];
[[UITabBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:15/255.0 green:85/255.0 blue:160/255.0 alpha:1.0]];
// Change the title color of tab bar items
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[UIColor whiteColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIColor *titleHighlightedColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:252/255.0 green:218/255.0 blue:49/255.0 alpha:1.0];
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
titleHighlightedColor, NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
nil] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted]