I have one tabbarcontroller set as main controller and its views were configured using interface builder. Now, programmaticaly, I would like to change default class view. How can it be done? For example, one tab view is set from class1 and I would like to set it from class2. Thank you.
I am not sure if this is what you meant, but to assign different view controllers programmatically to a tabbarcontroller you can use this:
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[FirstTab alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstTab" bundle:NSBundle.mainBundle];
UINavigationController *firstNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[SecondTab alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondTab" bundle:NSBundle.mainBundle];
UINavigationController *secondNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:viewController2];
myTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
myTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:firstNavController, secondNavController, nil];
I would add and remove a tab bar item rather than changing the view controller of a single item.
Probably not animated.
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I used tabbed application template to start my new iPhone project.
I will have 4 tabs.
And I want to nave navigation bar at the top.
So I added this in AppDelegate:
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navigationcontroller = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:navigationcontroller, viewController2, nil];
And this added navigation bar only at the top of the first ViewController (first tab).
What I want is to add navigation bar for the whole application not just in one view.
This will enable me to jump from one view to another and back across tabs.
So what is the best way to programmatically make one navigation bar for all tab views?
UPDATE
Basically my main question is should I have one navigation bar for all views or each tab should have its own navigation bar?
What is best practice in "iDevelopers" world.
I'd rather have the self.window.rootViewController be a navigationController, and afterwards, just push your tabBarController or
NSMutableArray *viewControllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
// create someViewController
[viewControllers addObject:someView];
// create someViewController2
[viewControllers addObject:someView2];
UITabBarController *tabController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[tabController setViewControllers:viewControllers];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:tabController]
self.window.rootViewController = navController;
If you want to have navigation bars on each controller, you should to have UINavigationController on each tab of your UITabBarController
Look an answer to this question.
You you need navigation bar you have to add UINavigationController as you did for each view controller in tab bar. So self.tabBarController.viewControllers will have all navigation controllers.
Its not good idea to switch across tabs without user intervention.
I have 3 tabs and main navigation controller. I implements with code:
UIViewController *monitorController = [[[MonitorController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MonitorController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
UIViewController *dashboardController = [[[DashboardController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DashboardController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
UIViewController *settingsController = [[[SettingsController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SettingsController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
self.tabBarController = [[[UITabBarController alloc] init] autorelease];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:monitorController, dashboardController, settingsController, nil];
self.navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.tabBarController] autorelease];
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
self.window.rootViewController = self.navigationController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
I want to change navigation title when I select another tap, but no variant (see below) not working (there are no any title at navigation controller):
self.title = DASHBOARD_TITLE;
self.navigationController.title = DASHBOARD_TITLE;
How I can resolve this problem?
The UINavigationController will display the title of the UIViewController it's currently displaying, that is why you are not able to set it directly.
You may try to change the title on your UITabBarController, but I'm not sure the navigation controller will update it's title after it first appeared on screen.
But, Do you really need that Architecture?
Usually the UITabBarController is the root viewController and if you need UINavigationControllers they are place inside the Tab that need to have navigation capability.
It was design to be use that way.
Unlike other view controllers, a tab bar interface should never be installed as a child of another view controller.
Quoted from UITabBarController Class Reference
Sorry I misread your question, what you have to do is to implement -tabBar:didSelectItem: from UITabBarDelegate protocol, and then change the title according to the pressed tab.
Or in the ViewWillAppear method of your controllers set the title, the way you were doing it
Hihi all,
I am pretty new in iPhone dev. I have follow some tutorial and created a tabbar application. Below is the code in the appdelegate implementation:
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[ViewController1 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController1" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController2" bundle:nil];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1, viewController2, nil];
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
Then set the title and the image for the tab in each of the controller implementation.
My problem is that, example, in my viewController1, I need to navigate to viewController3, when I use presentModalViewController method to push the viewController3 in, the tabbar at the bottom will be disappeared.
While I tried to use the app delegate to refer to my tabBarController, and use tabBarController.navigationController pushViewController method, my viewController3 is not being pushed, and seems nothing happens.
I have tried to follow a few tutorial, but it's all required to drag in the navigationcontroller into the MainWindow.xib, which, in the xcode 4, MainWindow.xib doesn't exist anymore. How can i create the navigationcontroller from code so that the app can navigate between different view without hiding the tabbar?
Any comment is very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
:)
If you want to use a navigation controller, you need to create a navigation controller. Since you're not using a XIB, you'll have to create it manually.
Since you want the tab bar to remain visible when you present viewController3, you need to make the navigation controller a child of the tab bar controller.
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[ViewController1 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController1" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navController1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController2" bundle:nil];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
navController1,
viewController2,
nil];
Then when you want to present viewController3, do this:
// in some method of viewController1
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController3 animated:YES];
I am not very Sure but have you tried this??? Actually i am going to use XCode 4 soon, i am still using 3.2.8 version:-
WebViewController *viewController = [[WebViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"WebViewController" bundle:nil];
viewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentModalViewController:viewController animated:YES];
[viewController release];
See in this also the Tab bar will be removed when you navigate to your 3rd screen, you have to provide the navigation bar to come back.
Hope it helps.. :)
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,
I've developed a ViewController that shows different data according to the input parameter. I would like to use a tabBar interface and call the same ViewController from different tabs by passing them to different parameters.
Can I do this? I get errors if I specify the ViewController's NIB in tabBar item.
Can you help me please?
Thanks in advance.
Create two different instances of your ViewController:
MyViewController *vc1 = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNib:#"MyViewController" bundle:nil];
MyViewController *vc2 = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNib:#"MyViewController" bundle:nil];
UITabBarController *tabs = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[tabs setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:vc1, vc2, nil] animated:NO];