How to consolidating the translucency of the navigation bar between iPhone 5S and 5?

Question

I have difficulty consolidating the UINavigationBar\'s barTintColor between iPhone 5 and 5S. Both of my phones are on iOS 7. In the following screenshot, the top is 5S and t

Answer 1

if you still want to set the alpha for your navigation bar in IOS 7.1 I found a workaround to do it. Create an image from a colour with alpha set for it, then assign this image as a background to the navigation bar:

1- here is the method to create an image from colour:

    -(UIImage *)imageWithColor:(UIColor *)color {
    CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);

    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return image;
}

i found it at: Creating a UIImage from a UIColor to use as a background image for UIButton

//create a colour and set its alpha:

UIColor *colorWithAlpha = [UIColor colorWithRed:(80/255.f) green:(146/255.f) blue:(84/255.f) alpha:0.2]; // light red colour

// create your background image:
UIImage *backgroundImage = [self imageWithColor: colorWithAlpha];

//set this image as a background image:    
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

self.navigationController.navigationBar.shadowImage = [[UIImage alloc] init]; // to remove shadow