Where can I find custom UITabBarSystemItem icons?

Question

Is there a resource there where there are custom UITabBarSystemItem icons that others can use. I know that you can start with Apple, but I would suggest that there are many more that are very common. I see no reason for everyone to recreate the wheel for things like home, settings, etc.

Answer 1

Check out IconFinder . They have a very reliable collection, and you can sort by image size. although they are not always perfect for a TabBar, you can find some nice common icons. You can also filter by license to find icons available for commercial use.

Answer 2

Here is a list of useful resources that I have found. I have nothing to do with any of these sites, just some resources that I think are useful.

Collections:

Free:

• Application bits
• Working group
• Axialis Software

Free and paid:

• Glyphish
• Pixelpress
• Tab icons

Paid:

• Kombine
• eddit
• app-icons.com
• Berlin Icons

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Create your own:

• Berlin Online Builder Icons
• speckyboy.com
• Tutorial Using Illustrator
• Study Guide Using Omnigraffle
• Tutorial Using Photoshop

Answer 3

You can get free badges from Glyphish under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

Also, although it is not free, there is a good set of icons available from eddit . They work great for TabBar elements.

Answer 4

You can try using the following:

UITabBarItem *anItem = [[UITabBarItem alloc]initWithTabBarSystemItem:UITabBarSystemItemMore tag:0]; 

And system icons are described and shown in: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITabBarItem_Class/Reference/Reference.html