I know I can do this
[self.navigationController pushViewController:self.someUITabBarController animated:YES];
And that means putting UITabBarController on a navigationgController somehow
What about if I want someUITabBarController to be the first controller (the one located on the lowest level) of navigationController?
I simply cannot change the rootViewController of the NavigationController into someUITabBarController
Erm not sure this is what you want. Below this code will be put under the - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions in you "appDelegate" class.
UITabBarController *tabController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController1 = ...
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
NSArray *controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:navigationController, nil]; // can add more if you want
[tabController setViewControllers:controllers];
// this is for custom title and image in the tabBar item
navigationController.tabBarItem.title = #"abc";
[navigationController.tabBarItem setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"abc.png"]];
self.window.rootViewController = tabController; // or [self.window addSubview: tabController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
I am not sure if this works. But try this,
UINavigationController *navCont = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
[navCont pushViewController:navCont animated:NO];
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I have an activation page in my app, which is mandatory for every user to activate the app.
Once the app is activated, the user moves to the tabbed bar view.
I have created a tabbed bar application, where from my activationView on click of button I am trying to call the tab bar, I am getting an entire black screen.
- (IBAction)moveToActivateView:(id)sender {
AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
UITabBarController *tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc]init];
[self.view addSubview:tabBarController.view];
appDelegate.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = #[viewController1, viewController2];
appDelegate.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[appDelegate.window makeKeyAndVisible];}
Hey make your tabBarController's property in appDelegate and assign all ViewController there then call your tabBarController from yourViewController
in AppDelegate.h
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UINavigationController *navigationController;
#property (retain, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController;
in AppDelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
[self makeTabBar];
[self addInitialVIew];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
-(void)makeTabBar
{
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tabBarController.delegate=self;
FirstViewController *firstVC =[[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *firstNC = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:firstVC];
firstNC.tabBarItem.title=#"Profile";
firstVC.tabBarController.tabBar.tag = 0;
SecondViewController *secondVC = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *SecondNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:secondVC];
SecondNavController.tabBarItem.title = #"Search";
secondVC.tabBarController.tabBar.tag = 1;
NSArray *viewControllers =[[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:firstNC,SecondNavController, nil];
[tabBarController setViewControllers:viewControllers animated:NO];
}
-(void) addInitialVIew
{
InitialViewController *initialViewController = [[InitialViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"InitialViewController" bundle:nil];
navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:ViewController];
[self.window addSubview:navigationController.view];
}
Now in InitialViewController you can add yourTabBar and remove InitialViewController
- (IBAction)switchToTabBarBtnPress:(id)sender
{
AppDelegate *appdelegte =(AppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
[[[appdelegte navigationController] view]removeFromSuperview];
[[appdelegte window]addSubview:[[appdelegte tabBarController]view]];
[[appdelegte tabBarController]setSelectedIndex:0];
}
And Follow my answer
Answer
You want to create dynamic tabbar application to resolve your problem. So you just create the view based application. in the view controller viewdidload method put these code
tabbar1 = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
artist_tab_obj = [[artist_tab alloc] initWithNibName:#"artist_tab" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tabItem1 = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: artist_tab_obj] autorelease];
tabItem1.title=#"Artist";
tabItem1.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon1.png"];
music_tab_obj = [[music_tab alloc] initWithNibName:#"music_tab" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tabItem2 = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: music_tab_obj] autorelease];
tabItem2.title=#"Music";
tabItem2.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon2.png"];
shout_tab_obj = [[shout_tab alloc] initWithNibName:#"shout_tab" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tabItem3 = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: shout_tab_obj] autorelease];
tabItem3.title=#"Shout";
tabItem3.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon3.png"];
schedule_tab_obj = [[schedule_tab alloc] initWithNibName:#"schedule_tab" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tabItem4 = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: schedule_tab_obj] autorelease];
tabItem4.title=#"Schedule";
tabItem4.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon4.png"];
follow_tab_obj = [[follow_tab alloc] initWithNibName:#"follow_tab" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *tabItem5 = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: follow_tab_obj] autorelease];
tabItem5.title=#"Follower";
tabItem5.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon5.png"];
tabbar1.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:tabItem1, tabItem2,tabItem3,tabItem4,tabItem5,nil];
In user acceptation is yes button action call this code.
[self.view insertSubview:tabbar1.view belowSubview: artist_tab_obj.view];
tabbar1.selectedIndex=1;
[self presentModalViewController:tabbar1 animated:YES];
Did you realize that your local varialbe tabBarController is not identical but sort of hides the property self.tabBarController? You create a new UITabBarCotnroller and assign it to your local variable tabBarController, which is accessible from this method only. Then you manipulate (add newly created view controllers) etc to self.tabBarController. Self.tabBarController could easily be nil here or anything else. But it is not the very UITabBarController that you just created.
And it is self.tabBarController (so probably nil) what you assign to the window as rootViewController.
You do add the tabBarController's view as subview to self.view. Besides that I do not know what self acutally is, I don't think is it really nessessary to manually add the tabBar's view as subview. Setting the root view controller (properly) should be enough
I try to create framework for iPhone and try to implement Custom Tabbar Controller in my framework. Any one can help me to create custom tab bar controller for iPhone. I mean programmatically add tab bar controller.
To create tab bar give this code in AppDelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
UIViewController *viewController1, *viewController2,*viewController3;
viewController1 = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewControllerXibname" bundle:nil];
viewController2 = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewControllerXibname" bundle:nil];
viewController3 = [[ThirdViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ThirdViewControllerXibname" bundle:nil];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1, viewController2,viewController3, nil];
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
self.tabBarController.moreNavigationController.navigationBar.tintColor =[UIColor darkTextColor];
[[UITabBar appearance] setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor yellowColor]]; //change selected image color on tabbatItem
self.tabBarController.moreNavigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
[self.tabBarController.tabBar setOpaque:YES];
return YES;
}
This links may be helpful to you:
http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/how-can-i-add-tabs-programmatically-to-uitabbar/201/
http://kurrytran.blogspot.in/2011/10/ios-5-tutorial-creating-custom-tab-bar.html
http://mobiledevelopertips.com/open-source/ios-open-source-custom-tabbar-controller-bctabbarcontroller.html
Or
The other option is - you can go with the custom buttons which acts like an UITabbarController.
Enjoy Coding :)
Mrunal
In IB, I can set the bottom bar as a tab bar for a view as below screen shot, but how can I set it by code in the implement(.m) file?
Thanks
Create an NSArray of the UIViewControllers that you want to use. Then instantiate a UITabBarController and set the viewControllers property to this array. Then add the view of the tabBarController to the window. All this should be done in the AppDelegate.m file. For example:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
UIViewController *vc1 = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
UIViewController *vc2 = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
CustomViewController *vc3 = [[CustomViewController alloc] init];
NSArray *viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:vc1, vc2, vc3, nil];
[vc1 release]; [vc2 release]; [vc3 release];
UITabBarController *tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[tabBarController setViewControllers:viewControllers];
[window addSubview:[tabBarController view]];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
employeeDetailed = [[[EmployeeDetailedViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"EmployeeDetailedViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
UINavigationController *navController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:employeeDetailed] autorelease];
[employeeDetailed release];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:navController animated:YES];
I try this its saying bad access.[crash]
how to reslove this issue.
# thanks in advance
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
// Set the view controller as the window's root view controller and display.
UINavigationController *navController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.viewController] autorelease];
self.window.rootViewController = navController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
employeeDetailed = [[[EmployeeDetailedViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"EmployeeDetailedViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
[self. navigationController presentModalViewController: navController];
This will work for you try this.
You have autorelease set in the first line (alloc/init)
You are then explicitly releasing the view controller on line three.
You are therefore over-releasing this object and causing the crash.
You can remove the [employeeDetailed release] line and it will be fine.
You cannot add UINavigationController to existed navigation stack. Instead of you need to show new navigation controller modal like this:
employeeDetailed = [[[EmployeeDetailedViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"EmployeeDetailedViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
UINavigationController *navController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:employeeDetailed] autorelease];
[self presentModalViewController: navController];
The Best Way I found to present Navigation Controller in a specific part in your Application is like these:
MyViewController *myViewController = [[MyViewController alloc]initwithnibname :#"MyViewController"];
UINavigationController *myNavC = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:myViewController];
Then in your myViewController.m
use
[self.NavigationController pushViewController: XController animated:YES];
I tried to use an "tabbed application" with a navigation bar in it. With the default the tab bar works fine, but I just can't gat a navigation bar. I found some stuff about pushing the navigation-bar and stuff like that, but all the stuff I found was some years ago, so don't gonna help me. And the recent stuff is outdated to, since iOS5 and the new version of Xcode..
Could anyone point me in the right direction to combine a to solve this problem?
Keep the following facts in mind please:
I'm developing for iOS5
I'm using Xcode 4.2
Here's how you can achieve it programmatically.
Delete the reference to your main xib in [appName]-Info.plist
In main.m, load your delegate:
int retVal = UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, #"myAppDelegate");
In the app delegate, load the tabBar, the navigation controller and the view in the navigationController.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
// create window since nib is not.
CGRect windowBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame];
windowBounds.origin.y = 0.0;
[self setWindow:[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:windowBounds]];
// View Controllers for tabController (one viewController per tab)
NSMutableArray *viewControllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
// first tab has view controller in navigation controller
FirstView *firstView = [[FirstView alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstView" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:firstView];
[viewControllers addObject:navController];
SecondView *secondView = [[SecondView alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondView" bundle:nil];
[viewControllers addObject:secondView];
// create the tab controller and add the view controllers
UITabBarController *tabController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[tabController setViewControllers:viewControllers];
// add tabbar and show
[[self window] addSubview:[tabController view]];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
NSMutableArray *arrayViewController = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController1 = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navigationController1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
[arrayViewController addObject:navigationController1];
UIViewController *viewController2 = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navigationController2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController2];
[arrayViewController addObject:navigationController2];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = arrayViewController;
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
In iOS 5 it is no longer tolerated to change the view controller for a tab (no problem before iOS5). The only accepted controller is that defined in IB for that tab. So it is neccessary to install a navigation controller on this tab and give his view the navigation bar. Then you can push or pop your desired views without changing the tab's controller.
The basic theory is that you create a UITabBarController, and then put a UINavigationController inside that, and then put a UIViewController as the root view controller of the navigation controller. bryanmac just answered with a good code sample.