tintColor of UIImageView doesn't work with storyboard,but work with code

Asked 7/9, 2017 at 2:21 Answered 3/10, 2019 at 19:2

Xcode 9 beta 6,iOS 11

I downloaded a Instagram logo which was a .png file,and I created a UIButton and UIImageView in the Main.storyboard.The logo image was set as follows:

And I set the TintColor of the UIButton and the UIImageView is white,but when I run the project, the color of the image for UIImageView is still black,while white for UIButton.

imageView setting:

Why it is black for imageView and white for button with the same setting of the image? Thanks.

Additional remarks:

When I used code to add the subview imageView,it worked well.Really werid!

Atworth answered 7/9, 2017 at 2:21 Comment(7)

Can you share the code where you are setting the image for both the UIButton and the UIImageView? – Dilapidate 7/9, 2017 at 4:41

@Dilapidate I didn't use code, but the storyboard. I'm sure that all the settings in the storyboard are correct. A moment ago ,I found a weird behavior that when I used the code to add the imageView, it works (change to white color). I will give a supplementary description in the question. – Atworth 7/9, 2017 at 5:1

In that case, I'm quite certain that you might be setting the value in a wrong place in story board. Can you add the screen shots for attribute inspector for both UIButton and UIImageView? – Dilapidate 7/9, 2017 at 5:5

@Dilapidate I have posted the screen shoot of the imageView setting in the question.You can have a look at it. Thanks. – Atworth 7/9, 2017 at 5:15

Check out the 'Easy fix solution' here: #41121925 :) – Scoutmaster 15/1, 2018 at 23:16

@JensSchwarzer Apple told me that it's was bug,I don't know whether it has been fixed or not. – Atworth 18/1, 2018 at 6:18

@Atworth Sure it seems like a bug. I was just proposing a workaround until it has been fixed :) – Scoutmaster 18/1, 2018 at 9:40

Problem still exists in Xcode 9.4.1

Setting desired color for tintColor in User Defined Runtime Attributes help me to fix this problem:

Sidell answered 13/9, 2018 at 13:54 Comment(3)

OK, I don't think that Apple will no longer fix the problem. I don't know why. So many people found the issue. And apple has already known it was an issue. – Atworth 14/9, 2018 at 7:16

Thats so disappointing to have the same bug still with XCode 10.2 =( – Rendarender 17/5, 2019 at 19:52

It still happens on iOS 11.x, but works fine on iOS 13.x. Tested with Xcode 11.3.1. I have to set alwaysTemplate and tintColor programmatically – Toggery 24/2, 2020 at 4:26

I set global tintColor in AppDelegate.

I was not getting proper tint color on iOS 13 Xcode 11 in dark mode. However, same image tint color appeared correct when set fora bar button.

I resolved it by setting Render As property of the image as Template Image in images.xcassets. I neither had to remove UIImageView in storyboard nor add again or adding user defined property.

Overabundance answered 3/10, 2019 at 19:2 Comment(1)

That helped me a lot. Thanks dear – Limbus 11/4, 2020 at 7:43

You can do that by changing the image Global tint color from the storyboard:

Yogini answered 24/5, 2019 at 1:5 Comment(1)

I have uninstalled the XCode for about 1.5 years, I'm not sure whether your solution works or not. – Atworth 28/5, 2019 at 9:25

Apparently there is a problem with story board where if the image view is added before adding the image in xcassets as template, the Tint Color does not take effect (if set in the storyboard). I was able to reproduce the problem. I tried the following and it worked.

Remove the UIImageView
Create a new UIImageView
Set the image and TintColor

Dilapidate answered 7/9, 2017 at 5:53 Comment(7)

Thanks,but I removed the UIImageView and created a new one,omg, my problem was still exist. I have found several weird behavior with the Xcode9 beta6. – Atworth 7/9, 2017 at 6:31

Oh. My bad. I didn't pay attention to the fact that you're using Xcode 9. Can't say for sure then since I haven't worked with any of it's beta versions – Dilapidate 7/9, 2017 at 6:53

Anyhow, thanks.I hope this weird issue will not happen in the released version. – Atworth 7/9, 2017 at 7:24

Apple told me that this is a known bug. – Atworth 26/10, 2017 at 2:49

I'm not surprised – Dilapidate 26/10, 2017 at 8:53

And the problem still persists in XCode 9.2, and it's not the Beta version. Did they work on it before releasing the version, even after knowing it ? – Radiolocation 19/3, 2018 at 6:3

@RaviSisodia I‘m not sure whether Apple has fixed it or not. I've already submitted the issue to Apple, they just told me it's a known issue. When I had a interview in Apple China last year, I also mentioned it. – Atworth 12/9, 2018 at 3:7

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