How to change Navigation Bar color in iOS 7?

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The behavior of tintColor for bars has changed in iOS 7.0. It no longer affects the bar’s background.

From the documentation:

barTintColor Class Reference

The tint color to apply to the navigation bar background.

@property(nonatomic, retain) UIColor *barTintColor

Discussion
This color is made translucent by default unless you set the translucent property to NO.

Availability

Available in iOS 7.0 and later.

Declared In
UINavigationBar.h

Code

NSArray *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([[ver objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7) {
    // iOS 7.0 or later   
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
}else {
    // iOS 6.1 or earlier
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
}

We can also use this to check iOS Version as mention in iOS 7 UI Transition Guide

if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) <= NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) {
        // iOS 6.1 or earlier
        self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
    } else {
        // iOS 7.0 or later     
        self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = [UIColor redColor];
        self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
    }

EDIT
Using xib

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