I think what you are looking for is this (to do when you create your navigation controller, typically in your app delegate): UINavigationController *navigationController; … navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];
This is an issue that has bugged me for a while, and I only just found a solution that works. The hidesBottomBarWhenPushed property is a very strange beast, and works in, to my mind, a counter-intuitive way. The problem with it is that when you push a new view controller (or pop back) the navigationController … Read more
You need to add the tab bar item in the destination storyboard view controller.
I recommend a better way: [yourTabBarItem setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor, [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0,0)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, [UIFont fontWithName:@”Helvetica” size:18.0], UITextAttributeFont, nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];