UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage example in Objective C (iOS).

UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage

Returns the finished unselected image.

- (UIImage *)finishedUnselectedImage

Return Value of [UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage]
The finished unselected image.

UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage example.

You have to specify the images for every tab item. The following code is working for me

if ([[tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0] respondsToSelector:@selector(setFinishedSelectedImage:withFinishedUnselectedImage:)]) {

  [[tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0] setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blabla1.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bleble1.png"]];
  [[tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1] setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blabla2.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bleble2.png"]];
  [[tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:2] setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blabla3.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bleble3.png"]];
  [[tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:3] setFinishedSelectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blabla4.png"] withFinishedUnselectedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bleble4.png"]];

}

Example of [UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage].

There is a property on UIBarItem (UIBarButton item inherits from this class) imageInsets.

To use full height images (49px) for finishedSelectedImage and finishedUnselectedImage you need to set these image insets:

tabBarItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(6, 0, -6, 0);

End of UITabBarItem finishedUnselectedImage example article.