I'm creating an application that, when the user selects a project in a table, displays a view with a tab bar at the bottom. I'm using this code:
- (id)init
{
[super initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
tabController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
// Create all view controllers to be included in the tab bar
SummaryViewController *summaryController = [[SummaryViewController alloc] init];
ImagesViewController *imagesController = [[ImagesViewController alloc] init];
// Make an array containing the view controllers
NSArray *viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:summaryController, imagesController, nil];
[summaryController release];
[imagesController release];
// Attach them to the tab bar controller
[tabController setViewControllers:viewControllers];
[self.view addSubview:tabController.view];
return self;
}
With the end result being the tab bar at the bottom appearing cut off around half its height. I'm guessing it's somehow related to the navigation controller at the top (link to image).
Any help in solving this mystery would be greatly appreciated!
I believe the problem here is that you're adding the UITabBarController as a subview of another UIViewController. UITabBarController descends directly from UIViewController.
Instead of creating this view controller to hold it, you should just create the tab bar controller, configure it and push that onto your stack.
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In a common iPhone configuration, my application's main window is a tab bar controller that contains multiple UINavigationController. My stumbling block now is pushing and changing controllers simultaneously: it appears that I can do both sequentially, but I have to press the tab again to have the view updated.
For example, I'm on tab 1, and I have a button that will load a new view on tab 2 that I want to present right away. Code for that is
tabController.selectedViewController = myListsController;
EditListViewController * editController = [[EditListViewController alloc] initWithList:l];
[myListsController.navigationController pushViewController:editController animated:YES];
With this code, the new tab is presented, but I don't see the new view. Can this be done?
If you have only 2 tab views (and myListsController.navigationController is the root of your 2nd tab), you could do it like this:
UINavigationController *nc = myListsController.navigationController;
EditListViewController *editController = [[EditListViewController alloc] initWithList:l];
[myListsController.navigationController setViewControllers:
[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[[nc viewControllers] objectAtIndex:0],editController,nil]];
NSMutableArray *vcs = [[tabController viewControllers] mutableCopy];
[vcs replaceObjectAtIndex:1 withObject:nc];
[tabController setViewControllers:vcs];
[vcs release];
[self.tabController setSelectedIndex:1];
Try
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
//your code
}
in you Viewcontroller class.
I have developed a tab based iphone application.
In this, I am facing a problem as described below:
The view associated with 1st tab bar contains 2-3 buttons. Action of these buttons are to load another view. Now on pressing these buttons the views are loading but in full size(320x480) and hiding the tab bar.
I want to load that view just above the tab bar so that tab bar is accessible.
I explicitly set the view frame in that view's viewDidLoad function, but it is not working.
Please help me out.
Try this :
You need to start with view based application. And then create a UITabbarController in you appDelegate file.
Appdelegate.h
UITabBarController *tabBarController;
// set properties
Appdelegate.m
// Synthsize
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.
Rename the tbs as per your requirement. Place 2 buttons in the one of the views which is Navigation controller.
Hope this helps.
Typical application navigation allows the user to freely move forwards and backwards, between tabs etc. This is facilitated by pushing and popping ViewController's on the navigation bar stack.
In certain scenarios you want to force the user to complete some task and this is when you should use a modal view controller. When the application presents a modal view the idea is that the user should NOT be able to navigate away from the view, instead they should only be able to complete or cancel the action and hence the default behavior for a modal view is to hide the navigation bar, tab bar etc.
It sounds to me from your description that you are performing navigation and not a modal task and thus can I recommend using pushViewController instead of presentModalViewController?
If you are only using presentModalViewController because you want a bottom to top animation then you'll need to use a custom animation.
I have a very simple question. I have a view controller. In the view controller, i have added few buttons. On button click I have to start a tab bar controller (each of which has navigation controller).
Code Snippet:
- (IBAction) pushNewsAlertsController:(id)sender {
//Create a navigation controller
UINavigationController *FirstNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init] ;
//create the view controller (table view controller)
FirstViewController *firstViewController = [[FirstViewController alloc] init];
[FirstNavController pushViewController:firstViewController animated:YES];
//Create a navigation controller
UINavigationController *secondNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init] ;
//create the view controller (table view controller)
SecondViewController *secondViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
[secondNavController pushViewController:secondViewController animated:YES];
// Set the array of view controllers
tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:firstNavController, secondNavController, nil] ;
//Add the tab bar controller's view to the window
[self.view addSubview:tabBarController.view];
}
I am able to add the tabviews and navigation controller. The problem is I am unable to get back to the main view once the button is clicked.
Can anyone guide me on how to get back to the previous view so that I can click other buttons.
In this case, I would consider presenting the tab bar controller modally. It's a cleaner way of organizing your views in the same way the user interface is organized. You can just dismiss the modal presentation to go back to the previous view. Read View Controller Programming Guide for iOS about similar advice and examples.
Not sure if I get what you are trying to do, but if you want the tab bar controller view to disappear again, the only way would be the inverse of
[self.view addSubview:tabBarController.view];
which could be
[tabBarController.view removeFromSuperview];
I must say it looks like an odd construction you're building, but it may work nevertheless.
So, I'm having some issues with my implementation of the Three20 TTLauncherView. I am using their code, not a fork (although I have heard of rodmaz's version), and I can't get it to work properly. This is what my app looks like.
alt text http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8792/screenshot20100715at409.png
I removed the icon image, that's not the issue. The issue is, at the top there is no Navigation bar at all, and I believe also causes the white strip at the bottom, which appears to have the same dimensions as a Nav Bar. I've spent quite a while looking through their code and can't figure this out at all. It looks like their Navigation bar (as seen in their Catalog example app) stems from the TTTableViewController, or something further up. However, my app starts like the Facebook app does, not into a table, but into the TTLauncherView. So... how do I get the Navigation bar into my TTLauncher view, if it goes "App Delegate -> TTLauncherView Subclass"
Thanks for your help!
Edit:
Added the code I used. I put this in my app delegate, wrapping my first view with the UINavigation Controller, and it worked just as I wanted!
MainViewController *aController = [[MainViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil]; //my Main view
self.mainViewController = aController;
[aController release]; //release for Memory Management
self.mainViewController.view.frame = [UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame;
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
[navigationController pushViewController:self.mainViewController animated:NO]; //Gets the main view on the screen
[window addSubview:navigationController.view];
You simply wrap the view with a navigation bar before you push the new view. As an example, here is a snippet of my code where I present a modal view controller with a navigation bar.
- (IBAction) showNewNavView: (id) sender
{
// Present it as a modal view and wrap the controller in a navigation controller to provide a navigation bar for the Edit and Save buttons
ModalViewController *addController = [[ModalViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ModalViewController" bundle:nil];
addController.delegate = self;
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:addController];
navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;
[self presentModalViewController:navigationController animated:YES];
[navigationController release];
[addController release];
}
If you want to add any buttons or set the title of it, you need to do that in the viewDidLoad method of the view that you are pushing (i.e. your TTLauncher view)
So, I want my app starts with a UIViewController(without seeing a tabbar), and then enter a UITableView with navigationbar and tabbar. the problem is that the Tabbar is visible at the app starts up, anyone can help on this will be very appreciated...
I think you should either send -presentModalViewController:animated: to your main UIViewController with the tab bar controller as an argument or just do this:
[myWindow addSubview: myTabBarController.view];
Make your app a navigation based application (rather than a tab bar based one) then add a tab bar on the UITableView.
There is help for adding the UITabBar here
I do it like this : in this case drawing a table view and map view (From the Locati application)
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init]; // creates your tab bar so you can add everything else to it
searchTableViewController = [[SearchTableViewController alloc] init]; // creates your table view - this should be a UIViewController with a table view in it, or UITableViewController
UINavigationController *searchTableNavController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:searchTableViewController] autorelease];
[searchTableViewController release]; // creates your table view's navigation controller, then adds the view controller you made. Note I then let go of the view controller as the navigation controller now holds onto it
searchMapViewController = [[SearchMapViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *mapTableNavController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:searchMapViewController] autorelease];
[searchMapViewController release]; // does exactly the same as the first round, but for your second tab at the bottom of the bar.
tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:searchTableNavController, mapTableNavController, nil]; //add both of your navigation controllers to the tab bar. You can put as many controllers on as you like
I found this pattern a long time ago. Sorry that I can't point at the original.
YOu then need to add the tabbarcontoller to the relevant view ([...view addSubView:tabBarController];) possibly setting frame first.