Tutorial Changing UISwitch Colours in Preference Bundles

Joka · March 28, 2019

I know Preference Bundles are pretty dead to use in 2019 but they're useful for tweak developers or those that prefer them over mod menu's

I only just learnt how to do this, but in order to change a UISwitch color (when enabled - default is green), you need to edit 2 files within your Preference Bundle.

The first file to edit is the tweak.mm. This file is located at /private/var/mobile/tweakproject/tweakproject/.

Open the file and paste this at the top of it:

@interface PSSwitchTableCell : PSControlTableCell
- (id)initWithStyle:(int)style reuseIdentifier:(id)identifier specifier:(id)specifier;
@end
 
@interface SRSwitchTableCell : PSSwitchTableCell
@end
 
@implementation SRSwitchTableCell
 
-(id)initWithStyle:(int)style reuseIdentifier:(id)identifier specifier:(id)specifier {
 
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:identifier specifier:specifier];
   
if (self) {
        [((UISwitch *)[self control]) setOnTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]]; // Change the colour of the ON state UISwitch here
 
    }
    return self;
}
 
@end

So you should have something like this:

Next, open up the tweakproject.xm file which is located at /private/var/mobile/hidephonetabs/hidephonetabs/Resources. (The "tweakproject.xm" file will be called whateveryounamedtheproject.xm basically, in case you get confused.)

Open it up and you'll see something like this:

All you need to do is add this code to the top of each PSSwitchCell you have in your .xm file:

<key>cellClass</key> 
<string>SRSwitchTableCell</string>

So it should look something like this:

Compile the project and go test!

Results:

More information:

If you would like to use custom hex colours instead, go to https://www.uicolor.xyz/, type in the hex colour you'd like to use and then copy and paste the Objective-C code in the UIColor box.

You can also customise the actual button of the UISwitch and the border of the switch itself by adding either of these below the [((UISwitch *)[self control]):

[((UISwitch *)[self control]) setThumbTintColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.11 green:0.22 blue:0.20 alpha:1.0]]; // Change the colour of the circle UISwitch button 
[((UISwitch *)[self control]) setTintColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.56 green:0.00 blue:0.00 alpha:1.0]]; // Change the colour of the border of the UISwitch

Ghost of fire · March 28, 2019

Ted2 · March 28, 2019

can’t you just use the existing framework for this

Joka · March 28, 2019

Just now, Joey said:

can’t you just use the existing framework for this

UIKit?

Ted2 · March 28, 2019

Just now, Joka said:

UIKit?

no there’s some framework for creating colorized patcher

Fadexz · March 28, 2019

Well done, cool to still see people sharing how to create tweaks, etc.

Joka · March 28, 2019

Just now, Joey said:

no there’s some framework for creating colorized patcher

Ah no idea. If you find it, PM me.

Ted2 · March 28, 2019

14 minutes ago, Joka said:

Ah no idea. If you find it, PM me.

ok dad good job on this

Joka · March 28, 2019

Added information on how to add custom hex colours to a UISwitch.

More information added on how to change the colour of the UISwitch button and the UISwitch border.

Fadexz · June 19, 2019

On 3/29/2019 at 12:27 AM, Joka said:

Added information on how to add custom hex colours to a UISwitch.

More information added on how to change the colour of the UISwitch button and the UISwitch border.

Thanks dad!