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copied!<p>You can achieve that and more using the new appearance API introduced in iOS 5.</p> <p>Basically you set the appearance for your UI once and it gets reflected in the whole program.</p> <p>Here is an example for the <code>UIBarButtonItem</code>:</p> <pre><code>// You can also use stretchable images UIImage *image = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"myCoolBarButton.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 5, 0, 5)]; [[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault]; </code></pre> <p>If you cannot use iOS 5, then you have to build those programmatically like this:</p> <pre><code>// Create a custom button with an image UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"myCoolBarButton.png"]; UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; [button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal]; button.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, image.size.width, image.size.height); // Create a custom UIBarButtonItem with the button UIBarButtonItem aBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:aButton]; </code></pre> <p>Anyway, here are a few links with good tutorials on the appearance subject</p> <p><a href="http://www.raywenderlich.com/4344/user-interface-customization-in-ios-5">User Interface Customization in iOS 5</a></p> <p><a href="http://mobileorchard.com/how-to-make-your-app-stand-out-with-the-new-ios-5-appearance-api/">How To Make Your App Stand Out With The New iOS 5 Appearance API</a></p> <p>EDIT: Just for clarification, it is much easier to do with custom images than playing around with colors, gradients and transparency.</p>

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