How can I change image tintColor

Question

I'm receiving image from a server, then based on a color chosen by the user, the image color will be changed.

I tried the following :

_sketchImageView.image = [_sketchImageView.image imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
[_sketchImageView setTintColor:color];

i got the opposite of my goal (the white color outside UIImage is colored with the chosen color).

what is going wrong?

i need to do the same in this question,the provided solution doesn't solve my case. How can I change image tintColor in iOS and WatchKit

Answer 1

Try to generate new image for yourself

UIImage *newImage = [_sketchImageView.image imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(image.size, NO, newImage.scale);
[yourTintColor set];
[newImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, newImage.size.height)];
newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

_sketchImageView.image = newImage;

And use it.

Good luck

======= UPDATE =======

This solution will only change color of all pixel's image.

Example: we have a book image: http://pngimg.com/upload/book_PNG2113.png

And after running above code (exp: TintColor is RED). We have:

SO: how your image is depends on how you designed it

Answer 2

In Swift you can use this extension: [Based on @VietHung's objective-c solution]

Swift 5:

extension UIImage {
      func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        var image = withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        color.set()
        image.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }
}

Previous Swift version:

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        var image = imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        color.set()
        image.drawInRect(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }
}

Answer 3

In swift 2.0 you can use this

let image = UIImage(named:"your image name")?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
let yourimageView.tintColor = UIColor.redColor()
yourimageView.image = image

In swift 3.0 you can use this

let image = UIImage(named:"your image name")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
let yourimageView.tintColor = UIColor.red
yourimageView.image = image

Answer 4

Try something like this

UIImage *originalImage = _sketchImageView.image
UIImage *newImage = [originalImage imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,50,50)]; // your image size
imageView.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];  // or whatever color that has been selected
imageView.image = newImage;
_sketchImageView.image = imageView.image;

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

In Swift 3.0 you can use this extension: [Based on @VietHung's objective-c solution]

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithColor(_ color: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        var image = imageWithRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        color.set()
        image.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }
}

Answer 6

For Swift 3.0, I made a custom subclass of UIImageView called TintedUIImageView. Now the image uses whatever tint color is set in interface builder or code

class TintedUIImageView: UIImageView {

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        if let image = self.image {
            self.image = image.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
        }
    }
}

Answer 7

You can try:

 _sketchImageView.image = [self imageNamed:@"imageName" withColor:[UIColor blackColor]];

 - (UIImage *)imageNamed:(NSString *)name withColor:(UIColor *)color
 {
     // load the image
     //NSString *name = @"badge.png";
     UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed:name];

     // begin a new image context, to draw our colored image onto
     UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(img.size);

     // get a reference to that context we created
     CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

     // set the fill color
     [color setFill];

    // translate/flip the graphics context (for transforming from CG* coords to UI* coords
    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, img.size.height);
    CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);

    // set the blend mode to color burn, and the original image
    CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeColorBurn);
    CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, img.size.width, img.size.height);
    CGContextDrawImage(context, rect, img.CGImage);

    // set a mask that matches the shape of the image, then draw (color burn) a colored rectangle
    CGContextClipToMask(context, rect, img.CGImage);
    CGContextAddRect(context, rect);
    CGContextDrawPath(context,kCGPathFill);

    // generate a new UIImage from the graphics context we drew onto
    UIImage *coloredImg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    //return the color-burned image
    return coloredImg;
}

Answer 8

Try setting the tint color on the superview of the image view. Eg [self.view setTintColor:color];

Answer 9

in Swift 4 you can simply make an extension like that:

import UIKit

extension UIImageView {

    func tintImageColor(color: UIColor) {
        guard let image = image else { return }
        self.image = image.withRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.alwaysTemplate)
        self.tintColor = color
    }

}

Answer 10

- SWIFT 4

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithColor(_ color: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
        var image: UIImage? = withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        color.set()
        image?.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }
}

Answer 11

Here's how I apply and use tints in IOS 9 with Swift.

//apply a color to an image
//ref - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28427935/how-can-i-change-image-tintcolor
//ref - https://www.captechconsulting.com/blogs/ios-7-tutorial-series-tint-color-and-easy-app-theming
func getTintedImage() -> UIImageView {

    var image     : UIImage;
    var imageView : UIImageView;

    image = UIImage(named: "someAsset")!;
    let size  : CGSize = image.size;
    let frame : CGRect = CGRectMake((UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width-86)/2, 600, size.width, size.height);

    let redCover : UIView = UIView(frame: frame);

    redCover.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor();
    redCover.layer.opacity = 0.75;

    imageView       = UIImageView();
    imageView.image = image.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.Automatic);

    imageView.addSubview(redCover);

    return imageView;
}

Answer 12

One thing you can do is, just add your images to Assets folder in XCode and then change the rendering mode to Template Image, so whenever you change the tint color of UIImageView, it will automatically makes change to image.

Check this link out -> https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiM0YXO0ejTAhUIQ48KHfGpBpgQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fkrakendev.io%2Fblog%2F4-xcode-asset-catalog-secrets-you-need-to-know&psig=AFQjCNGnAzVn92pCqM8612o1R0J9q1y7cw&ust=1494619445516498

Answer 13

The simplest way is to use a system type UIButton without target/action. As a UIButtonTypeSystem, iOS will do the rendering for you. All you have to do is to set button's tint color. An action-less image only UIButton works every way like a UIImageView. You can set constraints or whatever on it.

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
[button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
[button setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]]; // eg. set Tint color to Red

Answer 14

let image = UIImage(named: "i m a g e   n a m e")?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
imageView.tintColor = UIColor.white // Change to require color 
imageView.image = image

Answer 15

Try this

iOS 13.4 and above

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"placeHolderIcon"];
[image imageWithTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor] renderingMode: UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];