[SOLVED] UIColor Pattern Image and Tint Color

UIColor Pattern Image and Tint Color

I am working on an app where elements need to be customizable in different colors. Up to this point I have been taking advantage of tintColor and imageWithRenderingMode to change image colors. I am currently in a situation where I need to add a background tile image using UIColor(patternImage:) and backgroundColor. Is there a way to apply a kind of tint to the background tile image so I can change the background image color at runtime?

Solution

With the link that I found here this is what I got it to work

// originalImage and originalColor are defined
var image = originalImage.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(
    originalImage.size,
    false,
    originalImage.scale)
originalColor.set()
image.drawInRect(CGRectMake(
    0,
    0,
    originalImage.size.width,
    originalImage.size.height))
image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return UIColor(patternImage: image)