How to set barTintColor from the UINavigationBar subclass

Question

I have a subclass of the UINavigationBar . How can I set barTintColor in this subclass?

class NavBar: UINavigationBar {

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
        return CGSize(width:UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: 66)
    }

}

Answer 1

You just need to override the initialisers of UINavigationBar .

class NavBar: UINavigationBar {

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        commonInit()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        commonInit()
    }

    private func commonInit() {
        // Change barTintColor to whatever you would like 
        self.barTintColor = .red
    }

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
        return CGSize(width:UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: 66)
    }
}

Answer 2

I've managed to make it work by subclassing UINavigationController and setting barTintColor from there:

class NavBarVC: UINavigationController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.someColor
    }
}

EDIT : In the end I used solution from the @dirtydanee's answer. Thus I don't need to subclass UINavigationController .