Change color of Back button in navigation bar

**Swift 3**

The most upvoted answer is not correct for Swift 3.

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The correct code to change color is:

self.navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.white

If you want to change color, change UIColor.white above to the desired color
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This code changes the arrow color

self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor();

If this does not work, use the code below:

self.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyle.Black
self.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor()

**Swift 3 Notes**

`UIColor.whiteColor()` and similar have been simplified to `UIColor.white`

Also, many previously implicit optionals have been changed to explicit, so you might need:

self.navigationController?.navigationBar =

You should use this:

navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .purple
navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = .white

Very easy to set up in the storyboard:

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You have one choice hide your back button and make it with your self.
Then set its color.

I did that:

self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true)
let backbtn = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style:UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "backTapped:")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backbtn
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem?.tintColor = UIColor.grayColor()

self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

This works for me, iOS 9.0+

in swift 2.0 use

self.navigationController!.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor();

Lets try this code:

func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.

let navigationBarAppearace = UINavigationBar.appearance()
navigationBarAppearace.tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor() // Back buttons and such
navigationBarAppearace.barTintColor = UIColor.purpleColor() // Bar's background color
navigationBarAppearace.titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.whiteColor()] // Title's text color

self.window?.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
return true
}

For Swift 2.0, To change the **Navigation-bar tint color**, **title text** and **back button** tint color changed by using the following in AppDelegate.swift




func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {

// Override point for customization after application launch.


//Navigation bar tint color change

UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor(red: 42/255.0, green: 140/255.0, blue: 166/255.0, alpha: 0.5)

//Back button tint color change

UINavigationBar.appearance().barStyle = UIBarStyle.Default
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(red: 204/255.0, green: 255/255.0, blue: 204/255.0, alpha: 1)

//Navigation Menu font tint color change

UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor(red: 204/255.0, green: 255/255.0, blue: 204/255.0, alpha: 1), NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "OpenSans-Bold", size: 25)!]//UIColor(red: 42/255.0, green: 140/255.0, blue: 166/255.0, alpha: 1.0)

UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent


return true
}

You can use like this one. Place it inside `AppDelegate.swift`.

func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.

UINavigationBar.appearance().translucent = false
UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor(rgba: "#2c8eb5")
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.whiteColor()]

return true
}