particular tabbar item hide when app loads in Tab bar controller? - iphone

HI,
i have added the following in Appdelegate.m file to hide particular tab bar item("Hai") in tab bar controller(created by IB).but it did not work
- (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
if ([viewController.tabBarItem.title isEqualToString:#"Hai"])
{
self.tabBarController.tabBar.hidden = YES;
}
}

There is no way to hide a tab bar item, but you could create an array of view controllers and exclude this particular one from that array. Later when the tab should be visible, set the view controllers for the tab bar controller again and include that view controller this time.
- (void)setViewControllers:(NSArray *)viewControllers animated:(BOOL)animated

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iOS - is it possible to select view for a uitabbar at runtime?

I am assigning my view controller to my tab right after I create it. Is it possible to select the view that will show after the tab is clicked?
For eg
//user clicks tab 1
if(hasMessages)
//show view A
else
//show view B
Yes, it is possible. You need to set a delegate for your tab controller:
UITabBarController *tabBarController = (UITabBarController *)self.window.rootViewController;
tabBarController.delegate = self; // or whatever suitable class you have
This delegate needs to conform to the UITabBarControllerDelegate protocol.
In your delegate, implement tabBarController:didSelectViewController: and inside it, find out which view you want to present. Assuming your tab's root view controller is a navigation controller, then the delegate method implementation would be something like this:
- (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
/* logic goes here */
[viewController pushViewController:someNewVC animated:YES];
}

select Tab Bar button

I want to hide an image when the tabBar button is pressed.I have
self.tabBarController.delegate = self;
in my app delegate and the code below is located in my view controller's .m file . but it doesn't work . Can anyone help pls ?
- (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController{
if (viewController.tabBarController == nil)
{
img.hidden = YES;
NSLog(#"Tab Bar Button");
}
}
Do you know that
In versions of iOS prior to version
3.0, this method is called only when the selected view controller actually
changes. In other words, it is not
called when the same view controller
is selected.
In addition to this, make sure you are hiding the imageView that contains the image.
UPDATE
Get the tabBarController instance in the view controller and make its delegate the view controller. Then you can call this method in the view controller.
give name for the tabbarcontroller and then set the delegate for that.If my suggestion not useful,then ask me freely

Return to first view in UITabBarItem

When I receive a Push Notification, I want to jump to the middle tab on the tabbar and reset the tab (it has multiple table views that the user may have navigated into). I am able to jump to the tab using tabBarController.selectedIndex = 1; ... but how do I reset to the first view?
Implement UITabBarControllerDelegate on a controller class (perhaps your app delegate) and implement tabBarController:didSelectViewController: to pop all pushed view controllers off the navigation stack:
- (void) tabBarController:(UITabBarController *) tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *) viewController {
if([viewController isKindOfClass:[UINavigationController class]])
{
[(UINavigationController *)viewController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
}

Disable action - user taps on tabbar item to go to root view controller

I want to disable the default action when user taps the tabbar item.
For example, i have a tabbar with Tab1, Tab2 and Tab3. In Tab1, user can navigate from View1 to View3 (View1 > View2 > View3). If user is at View3, and he taps the Tab1, the application takes the user to View1 (the root view controller). I want to disable this functionality. I don't want the tap on Tab1 to pop all the view controllers. How can i do that?
Edit:
This behavior is a little strange, but a handy shortcut in case of deep hierarchy!
You can implement following UITabBarControllerDelegate methods to disable this system wide shortcut:
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark UITabBarControllerDelegate
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tbc shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)vc {
UIViewController *tbSelectedController = tbc.selectedViewController;
if ([tbSelectedController isEqual:vc]) {
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
if you look at the UITabBarController delegate there is a method:
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
If you implement this in your class, you can check if the UIViewController is the already displayed one and then return NO, which will stop this from happening.
I had the same problem with a ABPeoplePicker object embedded in a UITabBarController, in that pressing the 'Contacts' tab a second time which was already displayed would make the ABPeoplePicker control show the 'Groups'

Disable tab bar navigating to root view

I have a tab bar based application with navigation on each tab bar item.
When i navigate to another view on any tab bar item and click on on tab bar item,then root view controller on that tab bar item is called.
Its like PopToRootView .
Can we disable this situation?
Yes, you can disable the automatic popToRootViewController by implementing the UITabBarControllerDelegate method on your view controller:
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
if(self.navigationController == viewController) {
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
Thanks to: Disable action - user taps on tabbar item to go to root view controller
Though they say you're not supposed to subclass UINavigationController, you can what you want by making a subclass of UINavigationController and overriding the - (NSArray *)popToRootViewControllerAnimated:(BOOL)animated; method.
Doing this (and not calling the super popToRootViewController) will prevent the view controllers from popping when you click the tab bar item. It could run you into some problems somehow, but hopefully it works for you.
Include UITabBarControllerDelegate in your header file.
try this:
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
if(bool_youDontWantPopToRootView)
return (tabBarController.selectedViewController != viewController);
return YES;
}
For bool_youDontWantPopToRootView, you can add condition into it when you want it to behave like default behaviour.
- (NSArray *)popToRootViewControllerAnimated:(BOOL)animated; when you pass 'NO' in animated argument you will be directed to root view without any animation
you dont need to use this method while you tap on any tab bar its the default behaviour of the navigation controller that it maintain its own stack of VCs