I'm working on a Xamarin.Forms app based on Shell, and I'm using font icons as icons for the TabBar
:
<TabBar>
<ShellContent Title="Home" Route="HomePage" ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate local:HomePage}">
<ShellContent.Icon>
<FontImageSource Glyph="{StaticResource FasIconHome}" FontFamily="FontAwesomeSolid" />
</ShellContent.Icon>
</ShellContent>
</TabBar>
I would like to specify a color only for the active tab, but only for the icon, not for the text, as we can see on Airbnb:
I didn't found any option in the Shell settings:
<Setter Property="Shell.BackgroundColor" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Shell.ForegroundColor" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Shell.TitleColor" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Shell.DisabledColor" Value="{StaticResource Gray-300}" />
<Setter Property="Shell.UnselectedColor" Value="{StaticResource Gray-300}" />
<Setter Property="Shell.TabBarBackgroundColor" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Shell.TabBarForegroundColor" Value="{StaticResource Gray-300}"/>
<Setter Property="Shell.TabBarUnselectedColor" Value="#95000000" />
<Setter Property="Shell.TabBarTitleColor" Value="Black" />
Is it possible?
In your case , you used FontImageSource to set the icon of tab item . However , if you want to set the color of a specific item icon , you need to download the icon with different color in advance and put the icon in both of native platform (Asset in iOS and Drawable in Android) . And set it by using Custom Renderer
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using xxx;
using xxx.iOS;
using Foundation;
using UIKit;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(AppShell), typeof(ShellCustomRenderer))]
namespace xxx.iOS
{
public class ShellCustomRenderer : ShellRenderer
{
protected override IShellTabBarAppearanceTracker CreateTabBarAppearanceTracker()
{
return new TabBarAppearance();
}
}
public class TabBarAppearance : IShellTabBarAppearanceTracker
{
public void Dispose()
{
}
public void ResetAppearance(UITabBarController controller)
{
}
public void SetAppearance(UITabBarController controller, ShellAppearance appearance)
{
UITabBar myTabBar = controller.TabBar;
if (myTabBar.Items != null)
{
var item = myTabBar.Items[0];
//default icon
item.Image = UIImage.FromBundle("xxx.png").ImageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal);
//selected icon
item.SelectedImage = UIImage.FromBundle("xxx.png").ImageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal);
}
}
public void UpdateLayout(UITabBarController controller)
{
}
}
}
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(AppShell), typeof(ShellCustomRenderer ))]
namespace xxx.Droid
{
public class ShellCustomRenderer : ShellRenderer
{
public MyShellRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override IShellBottomNavViewAppearanceTracker CreateBottomNavViewAppearanceTracker(ShellItem shellItem)
{
return new CustomBottomNavAppearance();
}
}
public class CustomBottomNavAppearance : IShellBottomNavViewAppearanceTracker
{
public void Dispose()
{
}
public void ResetAppearance(BottomNavigationView bottomView)
{
}
public void SetAppearance(BottomNavigationView bottomView, ShellAppearance appearance)
{
bottomView.ItemIconTintList = null;
IMenu myMenu = bottomView.Menu;
IMenuItem myItemOne = myMenu.GetItem(0);
if (myItemOne.IsChecked)
{
myItemOne.SetIcon(Resource.Drawable.xxx); // selected icon
}
else
{
myItemOne.SetIcon(Resource.Drawable.xxx); //default icon
}
}
}
}