ios6 - Use iOS 6 Style Segmented Control in iOS 7?

Question

Is it possible to have a segmented control on an iOS 7 device show up as the iOS 6 version of the control?

We really aren't ready for an interface redesign and the new flat control doesn't jive with the rest of our UI. It would definitely be best to keep the iOS 6 style for now, if possible.

To clarify, I am compiling using the iOS 6.1 Base SDK. I am aware that this is the "obvious" answer to my question, but it does not work. Most other UI elements will show up with iOS 6 styling by doing this, but like the UIAlertView and UIActionSheet, the UISegmentedControl does not. However, unlike the UIAlertView and UIActionSheet, UISegmentedControls do not feel like a "system" item; they should be able to display in iOS 6 mode.

Edit: I thought it would be helpful if I finally included a picture with this (probably should have done this from the start). However, the answer I provided did fix the issue. Also, in retrospect, it looks like this might be the iOS 6 style after all, it's just displaying so wrong that it appears like iOS 7 style.

Answer 1

I manage to do a pretty good job of solving this problem by setting all the attributes manually, but it is not quite perfect.

This is what I ended up doing:

- (void)fixSegmentedControlForiOS7
{
    NSInteger deviceVersion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion].integerValue;
    if(deviceVersion < 7) // If this is not an iOS 7 device, we do not need to perform these customizations.
        return;

    NSDictionary *attributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12], UITextAttributeFont,
                                [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor,
                                nil];
    [self.segmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:attributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    NSDictionary *highlightedAttributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[UIColor whiteColor] forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor];
    [self.segmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:highlightedAttributes forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

    self.segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
    self.segmentedControl.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:49.0 / 256.0 green:148.0 / 256.0 blue:208.0 / 256.0 alpha:1];
}