I have also been stuck on this for weeks, and was finally able to get it working with something like this: if #available(iOS 13.0, *) { let tabBarAppearance: UITabBarAppearance = UITabBarAppearance() tabBarAppearance.configureWithDefaultBackground() if #available(iOS 15.0, *) { UITabBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = tabBarAppearance } } I have this set this in SceneDelegate.swift