I'm quite new in iPhone Programming, but I'm trying to do my best cause I have some skills in OOP.
I'm creating an iPhone app based on a four element Tabbar. I would like to use other functionalities already implemented by a friend of mine in his own iPhone app (a three elements TabBar app).
Since I would like my app's users could "switch" to old application (3 tabs) by pressing on one of my app's tab, my question is: is it possible to do this, maybe by "popping out my tabbar" (4 tabs) and "pushing in the old tabbar" (3 tabs)?
For a better problem description, we could say that I'm trying to implement a "new mode" and "old mode" in the same application.
Thank you in advance.
P.S. I'm using Xcode 3.2.2 on a Macbook Pro coreDuo and 3.1.3 iPhone simulator
Luca
Your question is a little bit vague, but if you want to be able to choose between two different tab bars, the easiest way to do it is to include both tab bars in the application, and simply hide the one you don't want active. You can still do this in Interface Builder. Just wire up both tab bars, and let your view controller hide the old one in -viewDidLoad. Then, when the "old mode" button is pressed, show the old tab bar and hide the new one.
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I am creating a code editor for Mac using Xcode and Swift. I already have a toolbar (NSToolbar) but am not sure how I would achieve a tab design simmilar to Firefox's. I don't want to use NSTabView as those are more like tabbed buttons, and I am looking for a proper tab bar for Mac.
Example of what I want to achieve
In the below image, I have edited the tab bar from Firefox into the design of the app so you can see what I would like to accomplish.
Will I have to implement something like this from scratch, and if so - how would I go about doing it?
Thanks, dhilln.
I am teaching myself iOS5 with Xcode 4.2.1 and did a bit of digging into tabs. I found information on tab bars and how to make them do a lot of neat things, however, I have not found any information on how to create this type of tab:
I came to the conclusion that this type of tab cannot be created using a Tab Bar app or utilizing the toolbar in some fancy way, based on the research I have done. How can I create this type of tab for an iPhone app?
You can use multiple customized 'UIButton' objects, or a customized 'UISegmentedControl', that when tapped change the contents of 'UIView' which gives you the desired effect.
Okay, so I am a beginner at Cocoa and I've decided to try to make my first app. I went into Xcode and made a new app, I chose Navigation Based Application because it was the first one on the list.I need a tutorial that teaches me how to make a simple Navigation Based Application for the iPhone. I want it to be able to allow me to control what shows up when I click the '+'.
To see how navigation-based applications work, it would be suggestible to choose view-based application instead and work from there.
I would also suggest watching: Navigation & Tab Bar Controllers
i have recently started working on iPhone but i am completely confused which application is best for the programming.. i mean TabBar Application, Navigation based app or window based . As we generally need all tab bar and navigation bar in our application In that case which application i should use??? Please explain it.
Cheers
The need for a TabBar, NavBar, or Window based application is mostly subjective. This will depend on:
How you want the application to look
Whether or not you need the functionality of the nav and tab bars
Window only applications are typically the EASIEST to implement, at first, but do not provide the necessary functionality that many people are use to. Window/OpenGL based applications are ideal for games that require "full screen."
TabBar applications are perfect for applications that have several main "sections." Akin to a website that has "blog", "products", and "contact us", you can have many sections with the TabBar.
NavBar applications let you stack up additional views, one at a time, that you can transition to as necessary. A typical implementation of this is a "drill-down" menu.
Good luck!
-Kevin
If you are wondering which user interface element to use, I recommend reading the "Navigation Bars, Tab Bars, Toolbars, and the Status Bar" section of the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines.
If you're asking which application template to start from, it doesn't really matter. You won't be locked into a particular type of application if you start from a particular template. You can even start multiple templates, and copy across the relevant code and interface elements that Apple provides for you to combine functionality.
I have a tabController-based iPhone application. First tab is associated with a table view controller. When I select a table cell I want to show another table controller view, but with different tabs on the bottom. What is the best way to do it? Change dynamically tab entries, or do it through IB? Please advise.
Thanks,
Nava
The Apple Human Interface Guidelines really advise against this.
For example, on iPhone, iPod uses a tab bar to allow users to choose which part of their media collection to focus on, such as Podcasts, artists, videos, or playlists. The Clock application, on the other hand, uses a tab bar to give users access to the four functions of the application, namely, World Clock, Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer. Figure 6-10 shows how selecting a tab in a tab bar changes the view in Clock. Notice how the tab bar remains visible in the different Clock modes shown in Figure 6-10. This makes it easy for users to see which mode they’re in, and allows them to access all Clock modes regardless of the current mode.
What you're thinking of doing might be possible with toolbars.
BTW, I found the best and the cleanest way to do that thanks to Rufus - iPhone Beta Dev Forum contributor: you can change the views of root tabbarcontroller anytime you want, also you can change tabbaritems title & icons. So actually I don't need 2 tabbarcontrollers, instead i change the existing one, setting its views & tabbaritems of views accordingly.