How to Create Tab bar programmatically from second viewcontroller - iphone

I am developing an application which contains a login page. The first page should be a login page (with a view controller). Once the user has logged in I am going to show another view from that I need to show a tab bar, when the user logs out the same login screen has to be shown. How can I achieve this?

you create TabbarController in your AppDelegete class.when user login successfully then you set Appdelegete TabbarController to RootViewController of your window.
AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *) [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[appDelegate.window setRootViewController:appDelegate.tabBarController];

I have done this type of project but i have made custom tabbar as requirement. After login user have to go to profile page then i use 2nd method but before checking the user has loggedin or not by this 1st method-
if([AppHelper userDefaultsForKey:#"user_id"].length>0)
{
[[AppDelegate getAppdelegate] createTabBar];
}
then you should you this -
-(void)createTabBar
{
self.tabBarController=[[RXCustomTabBar alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.customizableViewControllers = nil;
Home *homeObj = [[Home alloc] initWithNibName:#"Home" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tab1Controller = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:homeObj];
ChatList *chatListObj = [[ChatList alloc] initWithNibName:#"ChatList" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tab2Controller = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:chatListObj];
Settings *settingObj = [[Settings alloc] initWithNibName:#"Settings" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tab3Controller = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingObj];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: tab1Controller, tab2Controller,tab3Controller, nil];
self.tabBarController.selectedIndex=0;
self.tabBarController.delegate = self;
[self.tabBarController selectTab:0];
self.window.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
self.tabBarController.view.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
[self.window addSubview: self.tabBarController.view];
}
After this if you have any problem I will be here. Hope this helps.

I would present the log in screen via a modal view. In this case you can implement the tab bar in interface builder for the first view.

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issue in DDMenuController menuViewController like facebook

My First Question
DDMenuController(facebook split menu) Must be on RootviewController? it can not be on other viewController which we push on rootViewCotroller?
if answer is no then
Second Question
i am trying to make split viewController like facebook for that i am using this sample
https://github.com/devindoty/DDMenuController
now what i want to do is i dont want set DDMenuControl as rootviewcontroller in appdelegate in my rootcontrollers there are view buttons which push my all other ViewController
so what i want is from my rootViewController' Buttons i push another controller and then that view should get pushed and same time there should be DDMenuController too
so what will happen is on navigation bar there wont be back button there will be splitting screen button like facebook and from there i can go to another view controller
now let me tell you what i have achieved so far my rootViewController is getting displayed and then from there i push my other ViewController and on navigation bar splitting button is also getting displayed but its not working let me should you code to make this all clear
this is how i set my rootViewContoller in app delegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary
*)launchOptions
{
FirstPadViewController *mainController = [[FirstPadViewController alloc] init];
navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:mainController];
self.window.rootViewController = navController;
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
so it get displayed with some buttons from where i can push my other viewController
this is how i push my other ViewController
- (IBAction)goToCamera:(id)sender {
AROverlayPadViewController *svController = [[AROverlayPadViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:svController animated:YES];
[svController release];
svController = nil;
}
so AROverlayPadViewController is getting pushed
and in AROverlayPadViewController's viewWillAppear this is what i do for achieving splitting screen like facebook
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
DDMenuController *rootController = [[DDMenuController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self];
LeftController *leftController = [[LeftController alloc] init];
rootController.leftViewController = leftController;
}
splitting button is getting displayed but when i press it is not working
now i really dont have any clue what to do any help will be highly appreciated
Answering the first question: actually it's a yes. This is how you do it, in the method that sends you to your nextScreen:
-(void) goToAnotherController {
OtherViewController *nextScreen = [OtherViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:nextScreen];
DDMenuController *menuController = (DDMenuController*)((AppDelegate*) [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]).menuController;
[menuController setRootController:navController animated:YES];
}

change the view on button clicked in tabbar app

In my tab based app, I programetically created the tabbar app with 4 tabs. In my first tab there is 5 scrren & in 3rd tab there is 3 screens.
On my first tab's 2nd screen when i click one button i want it should go to 2nd screen in 3rd tab. But now it go to the screen which is last open on 3rd tab.
e.g. tabControllers: a,b,c,d
a tab: 1->2>3>4>5
C tab: 1>2>3
I want selected tab is a: & screen is: 3 &
click button on that screen go to
selected tab is C & screen is 2nd
reference link is:
Change the selected TabBar index on button click
My code is as follow:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
//for home tab..
UINavigationController *nav1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[[CarAccidentAppViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CarAccidentAppViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil] autorelease];
nav1.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1, nil];
//for steps tab...
UINavigationController *nav2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[[FirstSteps alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstSteps" bundle:nil] autorelease];
nav2.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController2, nil];
//for profiles tab...
UINavigationController *nav3 = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController3 = [[[Profiles alloc] initWithNibName:#"Profiles" bundle:nil] autorelease];
nav3.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController3, nil];
//for contact us tab...
UINavigationController *nav4 = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController4 = [[[ContactUs alloc] initWithNibName:#"ContactUs" bundle:nil] autorelease];
nav4.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController4, nil];
self.tabBarController = [[[UITabBarController alloc] init] autorelease];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:nav1,nav2,nav3,nav4 ,nil];
self.window.rootViewController=self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
//Button click event
-(IBAction)btnNewDriverPressed:(id)sender
{
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setInteger:0 forKey:#"showselectedIndex"];
self.tabBarController.selectedViewController=[self.tabBarController.viewControllers
objectAtIndex:2];
}
Sorry you cannot make it work.. if you are in "C" tab with first screen,you will goto second screen by clicking any button only. By pressing c tab,its not gonna load second view controller to your navigation controller without pressing any button. so you need to push to second screen yourself and select the c tab too.. But from my opinion your app design is not good if you do like that. Its not gonna give best user experience.
Please upload your flow with images that explains what you actually want to achieve.
navigate through your desire viewcontroller/screen using initwithnibname method.
Follow :
self.viewController = [[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:self.viewController animated:YES];

options for TabBar/UITabBarController implementations

I am new to xcode and trying to understand how UITabBarController works. I have been looking everywhere and could not find a straight solution to this question. In the majority of the examples/tutorials that I see, the UITabBarController is defined in the AppDelegate, and then once you launch the app, you see the tab bar right away. In my app, I want to show a welcome screen first, then once you click "Enter" you get to the tabbar view. So the ideal structure of my objects will be the following:
MyProjectAppDelegate --> MyProjectViewController --> FirstView / SecondView
As far as my understanding, nothing tabbar related should then be declared in MyProjectAppDelegate with this structure. I tried to look at some examples where the UITabBarController is declared in the AppDelegate and do the same in the MyProjectViewController, but nothing happens.
For example, I did this in my MyProjectViewController within an IBAction that is connected to the "Enter" UiButton on my welcome screen:
- (IBAction) EnterApp {
[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tabBarController.delegate=self;
FirstView* first = [[FirstView alloc] init];
UINavigationController *firstNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:first];
SecondView* second = [[SecondView alloc] init];
UINavigationController *secondNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:second];
NSArray* controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:firstNav,secondNav, nil];
tabBarController.viewControllers = controllers;
[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
}
Again, this did not do anything once I clicked on the "Enter" button, even though it does the job in the example where I took it from (where it's within the AppDelegate)
I also tried this on my MyProjectViewController, where the tabbar did show up on the First/Second view, but with no option to customize it (just blank black bars with nothing on them and no idea where to configure them):
- (IBAction) EnterApp {
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[FirstView alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstView" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[SecondView alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondView" bundle:nil];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1, viewController2, nil];
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
What went wrong here and what should be the right way to go about doing that? A quick example would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
I have something similar in one of my apps. At first launch it shows a login screen. After the user successfully logs in, the app switches to a tab bar controlled view.
I do the switching in my appdelegate. The login view sends a notification which the app delegate observes and rebuilds the screen:
- (void)switchView:(NSNotification *)notification {
MyTabbarView *homeView = [[MyTabbarView alloc] init];
NSArray *controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:homeView];
[mainNavController setViewControllers:controllers animated:YES];
mainNavController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
mainNavController.navigationBar.hidden = NO;
[homeView release];
}

Adding a UITabBarController programmatically with a UINavigationBarController as the first tab TO an existing Navigation Controller

I currently have a UINavigationController in my app delegate where I push a ViewController on to login. If the login is successful I want to then create a UITabBarController with a Navigation Controller as the first Tab whose root controller is a UIViewController that I am creating.
The RootViewController of my first UINavigationController is actually acting as a delegate to the logincontroller so if a user logs in correctly it calls a method in my RootViewController which is where I would then like to push a UITabBarController onto the stack. Here is my code:
UITabBarController *tbController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
FileBrowserViewController *fileController = [[FileBrowserViewController alloc] init];
fileController.pathToFileDB = pathToDBUnzipped;
fileController.parentId = #"0";
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:fileController];
NSMutableArray *aViewControllersArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:2];
[aViewControllersArray addObject:navController];
[navController release];
[tbController setViewControllers:aViewControllersArray];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tbController animated:YES];
[tbController release];
Now, it is all working fine. Except 2 things. Here is the screen shot:
1) I can't see any uitabbar items. How do i set an image and the text for each tab?
2) I don't want that top black bar. I only want 1 bar ontop with the undo button. How do I remove the additional bar?
I always follow this approach when I have both a UINavigationController and a UITabbarController:
You need to start with a view based application. And then create a UITabbarController in your appDelegate file.
Appdelegate.h
UITabBarController *tabBarController;
// set properties
Appdelegate.m
// Synthesize
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tabBarController.delegate=self;
// Adding Search,Nearby,Map,AboutUs,Favorites Tabs to tabBarController
Search * search = [[Search alloc] init];
UINavigationController *searchNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:search];
Nearby* nearby = [[Nearby alloc] init];
UINavigationController *nearbyNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:nearby];
Map* map = [[Map alloc] init];
UINavigationController *mapNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:map];
AboutUs* aboutUs = [[AboutUs alloc] init];
UINavigationController *aboutUsNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:aboutUs];
Favorites* favorites = [[Favorites alloc] init];
UINavigationController *favoritesNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:favorites];
NSArray* controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:searchNav,nearbyNav,mapNav,aboutUsNav,favoritesNav, nil];
tabBarController.viewControllers = controllers;
[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
You can accordingly manage in which tab you want to place navigation controller or only a view controller.
Then in each of the view controllers mentioned above you need to implement
- (id)init {}
in which you can set Tab name and image.
I always follow this approach and it never fails. The tabs are always visible. You can make changes according to your code.
to hide the above black bar use -
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:TRUE];
to set tab bar item use -
for system item -
UITabBarItem *firstItem = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTabBarSystemItem:UITabBarSystemItemFavorites tag:0];
for custom item -
UITabBarItem *firstItem = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"title" image:[UIImage imageNamed:#""] tag:0];
[navController setTabBarItem:firstItem];
Here is a good video on how to combine Tab Bar, Navigation Bar, and/or Table Views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBnPfAtswgw
If you don't want you sign-up screen to have a Tab Bar controller, then you will have to present it as a modal view (since the tab bar is your root view controller). This can be done through the presentModalViewController:animated: method. You can find info about that at:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ModalViewControllers/ModalViewControllers.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457-CH111-SW1
I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Cheers, Evan.
hi friend that top bar is status bar . You can set.statusbar hidden = yes;
or change it from plist , when you open your plist there is a option to hide it,

How to manage TabBarController on new view after viewController push action

I have a problem building applicatin with tabBarController.
There is no problem doing tabBarController with navigationController if I build it from AppDelegate.
But now I have experienced problem when I want to create new view with tabBarController (3 tabs and each has navigation controllers) after a push from previous navigation controller.
It simply doesnt work.
Here is the code:
MainViewController *mainViewController = [[MainViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MainView_iPhone" bundle:nil];
mainViewController.tabBarItem.title = #"First";
UINavigationController *mainNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:mainViewController];
DictionariesViewController *dictionariesViewController = [[DictionariesViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DictionariesView_iPhone" bundle:nil];
dictionariesViewController.tabBarItem.title = #"Second";
UINavigationController *dictionariesNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:dictionariesViewController];
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:mainNavigationController, dictionariesNavigationController, nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tabBarController animated:YES];
There is a problem after view is pushe to "First" controller. Application crashes...
Please for help.
Regards
Borut
What are you trying to do with the following code?
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tabBarController animated:YES];
You said that your app has 3 tabs and each of those tabs have a navigation controller. Therefore, what you should do is to add the navigation controllers to tabBarController.viewControllers (which you did), but then you need to set the tabBarController as the root view controller.
I have done it this way and it works:
registerViewController = [[RegisterViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"RegisterView_iPhone" bundle:nil];
AppDelegate_Phone *delegatePhone = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[delegatePhone.firstViewController.navigationController pushViewController:registerViewController animated:YES];
Thanks for your help guys.