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Sergio Barrera
4,198 PointsIssue with tab bar images
Hi, I am setting up a Tab Bar Controller with 4 tabs and have created 4 image icons with pixelmator (just a regular squared image filled with blue color for now...)to be set as the tab bar image for each item. For some reason I can't make them look good! The icon shows up either bigger or cuttoff at the tab bar location.
I tried the recommended (Apple hig) sizes: 30 px and 60 px but I keep getting the same result. Changed resolution, same results.
Any ideas about tab bar icon design or how it must be to have a good look? Thank you!
2 Answers
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest TeacherLet's say your image is named icon.png which should be sized 30 x 30px and then create a high res version named icon@2x.png sized 60 x 60px.
Sergio Barrera
4,198 PointsYes, i did that and it shows up just half of the icon at running time. I called it myimage.png(30x30) and myimage@2x.png(60x60) with a high res of 150px. I restarted xcode few times, cleaned up several times and got same results.
By the way I did have some issues with the lastest xcode version 4.6.1 when assigning custom classes to my TVCs, but after the restart I was able to fix it.
If you see the default image that comes with the tabbar controller, called first.png and first@2x.png, it's just a black square & circle. I will try again. Thanks Amit for your reply.
