Hi,
I am running iOS Simulator on iOS 26 and I am trying to change unselectedItemTintColor of UITabBarItem in my TabBarViewController but it did not work when I tried following ways:
iconColor through UITabBarAppearance() classtabBar.unselectedItemTintColor = .blackAs an example attached file, I would like to set Settings tab's item color (icon + title) with different one when it is unselected.
I have the same problem. Raised a bug in September 25, but no answer for now.
Steps to Reproduce:
Create a new iOS project with a UITabBarController and 3 tabs.
Configure appearance like this:
if #available(iOS 13.0, *) { let appearance = UITabBarAppearance() appearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.normal.iconColor = .blue appearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.selected.iconColor = .red UITabBar.appearance().standardAppearance = appearance if #available(iOS 15.0, *) { UITabBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance } }
Run on iOS 18.5 → unselected icons are blue, selected is red (expected).
Run on iOS 26.0 → unselected icons are black/gray, selected is still red (bug).
Expected Result: Unselected tab bar items should render with the configured color (blue in the example).
Actual Result: Unselected tab bar items always render black/gray on iOS 26.0, ignoring unselectedItemTintColor or normal.iconColor.
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Setting the unselectedItemTintColor isn’t compatible with Liquid Glass tab bars. We recommend you move away from the UIAppearance APIs. Thanks
