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 5:

extension UIImage {
    func tintWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, UIScreen.main.scale)
        guard let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return nil }
        
        context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
        context.translateBy(x: 0.0, y: -self.size.height)
        context.setBlendMode(.multiply)
        
        let rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size)
        guard let cgImage = self.cgImage else { return nil }
        context.clip(to: rect, mask: cgImage)
        color.setFill()
        context.fill(rect)
        
        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        
        return newImage
        
    }
    
}