Detect selected tabbar when switching tab bar - iphone

Question

I have three tab bar application and my tabs is TAB1, TAB2 , TAB3 i have write the following code in TAB1 view controller to detect which tab user have pressed
- (void)tabBar:(UITabBar *)tabBar didSelectItem:(UITabBarItem *)item
{
NSLog(#"tab selected: %#", item.title);
}
But this delegate never get called
i have setup my tab in appdelegate.m something like that
- (void)setupTabBar
{
self.myWorkListViewController = [[MyWorkListViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyWorkListViewController"
bundle:nil];
self.askHRViewController = [[AskHRViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"AskHRViewController"
bundle:nil];
self.moreViewController = [[MoreViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MoreViewController"
bundle:nil];
self.bookLeaveViewController = [[BookLeaveViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"BookLeaveViewController"
bundle:nil];
self.helpViewController = [[HelpViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"HelpViewController"
bundle:nil];
// Create navigation controllers
workListNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.myWorkListViewController];
askHRNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.askHRViewController];
bookLeaveViewController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.bookLeaveViewController];
moreNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.moreViewController];
helpNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.helpViewController];
[self setTabBarImagesAndText];
// Setup tab bar controller
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[self.tabBarController setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:workListNavigationController, askHRNavigationController, bookLeaveViewController, helpNavigationController,moreNavigationController, nil]];
//Set TabBar background
[self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"TabBar_iOS4_Background"]] atIndex:0];
[self.tabBarController setSelectedIndex:0];
}

Answer 1

you can detect selected Tabbar Item like this way:-
as par your code you just need to add this line
// Setup tab bar controller
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.delegate=self;
[self.tabBarController setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:workListNavigationController, askHRNavigationController, bookLeaveViewController, helpNavigationController,moreNavigationController, nil]];
//Set TabBar background
[self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"TabBar_iOS4_Background"]] atIndex:0];
[self.tabBarController setSelectedIndex:0];
in .h file define like
#interface yourViewcontroller : UIViewController<UITabBarControllerDelegate>
{
//declare your Tabbar controller with #proparty
}
in .m file
//#synthesize here your Tabbar controller
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
self.yourTabbarControler.delegate=self;
[super viewDidLoad];
}
and now put this delegate of UITabbarController
- (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController
didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
NSLog(#"controller class: %#", NSStringFromClass([viewController class]));
NSLog(#"controller title: %#", viewController.title);
if (viewController == tabBarController.moreNavigationController)
{
tabBarController.moreNavigationController.delegate = self;
}
}

Answer 2

You have to "wire up" the delegate, either using code (in ViewDidLoad etc.) or in interface builder.
Look at this answer which explains how to connect a textView delegate (it's pretty much the same): https://stackoverflow.com/a/1785366/764575