iPhone: can we use Tab bar controller in view base application - iphone

Question

can we use UITab bar controller in view base application thank you

Answer 1

Yes you can.
you can look at the "TheElements" example that apple provides.
you can find it here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/TheElements/Introduction/Intro.html
look at the app delegate.
its very strait forward example.
for you request i tried to make a simple example:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
[self setupPortraitUserInterface];
return YES;
}
- (UINavigationController *)AchievementsControllerWrappingViewController:(NSInteger*)tabIndex{
switch(tabIndex){
case 0:
FirstViewController *theViewController;
theViewController = [[FirstViewController alloc] init];
break;
case 1:
SecondViewController *theViewController;
theViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
break;
}
UINavigationController *theNavigationController;
theNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:theViewController];
[theViewController release];
return theNavigationController;
}
- (void)setupPortraitUserInterface {
UINavigationController *localNavigationController;
UIWindow *localWindow;
localWindow = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
self.window = localWindow;
[localWindow release];
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *localViewControllersArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:2];
for(int i=0;i<2;i++){
localNavigationController = [self AchievementsControllerWrappingViewController:i];
[localViewControllersArray addObject:localNavigationController];
[localNavigationController release];
}
tabBarController.viewControllers = localViewControllersArray;
[localViewControllersArray release];
[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
i am not next to xCode and i did it with text edit, so please check it when you use it.
shani

Answer 2

Yes we can..
For that you have to create UITabBarViewController and its Object then refrence it with you Application..like :
in your AppDelegate.h
#interface youAppDelegate.h : UIApplicationDelegate {
UIWindow *window;
YourViewController *viewController;
// Declare Your TabBarController Here
UITabBarController *tabBar;
}
#property (nonautomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;
#property (nonautomic, retain) IBOutlet TabBarViewController *tabBar;
#end
in you implementation file's ApplicationDidFinish Launching add the following Code
viewController = [[YourViewController alloc] init];
[viewController addSubView:tabBar];
[self.window addSubView:viewController];
In interface builder you have to add the TabBarController to your MainWindow and relate it with the IBOutLet. Give what ever view you want to display in tabBar.
enjoy..