UIBarButtonItem icon white when added via IB, black when added programmatically

Question

When I add an icon to a UIBarButtonItem via the Interface Builder, the icon is displayed white. When I add the same icon file programmatically to another

Answer 1

Answer: If you want it white, color your image white.

Details:

UIBarButtonItems behave a little differently depending on how you use them.

When adding to a UIToolbar:

initWithImage:style:target:action: creates "white icons" (image color is ignored, opaque pixels are used as a mask to create a white image).
This is true for bordered and plain styles (but on UIToolbar only).

initWithCustomView: displays normal colored image.

When adding to a UINavigationItem:

initWithImage:style:target:action: creates colored images and converts plain to bordered.