Xamarin iOS Slider color - xamarin

I have a slider in a Xamarin Forms app that I'm trying to change the color of the thumb and the slider bar. In Android it was easy to override this in a renderer, but in iOS it looks like all I can do is change the thumb image. Is it possible to change the bar color? Thanks!

You can use the TintColor:
var slider = new UISlider(View.Frame);
slider.ThumbTintColor = UIColor.Blue;
slider.MinimumTrackTintColor = UIColor.Red;
slider.MaximumTrackTintColor = UIColor.Green;

I also just found a new plugin that does all of that and a lot more. It will probably be overkill for just that but if you plan to do a lot more custom stuff to controls it might be helpful.
I have not tried it myself but I looking forward to using it soon.
XF Gloss

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