Change only one specific UITabBarItem tint color

Question

It is well known that the tint color of selected (or active) items in a UITabBarController can be easily changed, here is an example:

myBarController.tabBar.         


        

Answer 1

swift xcode7.1 tested :

extension UIImage {
    func tabBarImageWithCustomTint(tintColor: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, self.scale)
        let context: CGContextRef = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!

        CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, self.size.height)
        CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0)
        CGContextSetBlendMode(context, CGBlendMode.Normal)
        let rect: CGRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.size.width, self.size.height)

        CGContextClipToMask(context, rect, self.CGImage)

        tintColor.setFill()
        CGContextFillRect(context, rect)

        var newImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        newImage = newImage.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal)
        return newImage
    }
}

fixed the compatibility bug in @Binsh answer