setting tabbar translucent not working
<p>I want to make my tabbar half transparent by setting the translucent value to true. However it is not doing the trick. I have a TabBarVC assigned to the tab bar with the following code. The tab bar remains solid</p>

<pre><code>class TabBarVC: UITabBarController {

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // color of background -&gt; This works
    self.tabBar.barTintColor = UIColor.purpleColor()

    // color when selected -&gt; This works
    self.tabBar.tintColor = UIColor.redColor()

    // This does not work
    self.tabBar.translucent = true
}
</code></pre>

<p>I also tried to do something like </p>

<p>UIColor(red: 246.0/255, green: 246.0/255, blue: 246.0/255, alpha: 0.5)</p>

<p>But it does not seem to work. I did a bit of search on Google but everyones issue seems to differ from mine. Could anyone help me out here?</p>

<p>Thanks, </p>