I have a Tab Bar Controller which, as we know, displays the tab bar at the bottom of the screen. I'm looking for a way to move it to the top. I don't think I can use a simple UITabBar
for this as I need to nest UINavigationControllers
under it.
Is there any way to move the Tab Bar in a UITabBarController
to the top of the screen?
Try this code in methods "viewDidLayoutSubviews" your UITabBarController
Swift 2.X
self.tabbar.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,50) //example for iPhone 5
Swift 3.X
self.tabbar.frame = CGRect(0,0,320,50) //example for iPhone 5
Swift 4.X
self.tabbar.frame = CGRect( x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 50) //example for iPhone 5
(in Swift)
In the TabBarViewController.swift file (everyone has named this file as he wants):
First: create an IBOutlet of a tab bar and then connect it to the appropiate tab bar in the storyboard or in the nib file.
@IBOutlet var profileTabBar : UITabBar!
Second: add this code in the viewDidLoad() function to situate the tab bar where you want (in this case I add de tab bar under the navigation controller). To modify the position change x and y of CGRectMake initializer.
// [Maybe you don't have a navigation controller] yNavBar indicates the height of the navigation bar.
var yNavBar = self.navigationController?.navigationBar.frame.size.height
// yStatusBar indicates the height of the status bar
var yStatusBar = UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarFrame.size.height
// Set the size and the position in the screen of the tab bar
profileTabBar.frame = CGRectMake(0, yNavBar! + yStatusBar + profileTabBar.frame.size.height, profileTabBar.frame.size.width, profileTabBar.frame.size.height)
I dont think so. The only thing I can think of is to use UITabBar instead of UITabbarController ...
This might be a better option anyway if you are considering nesting UINavigationControllers for each view loaded for the different tabs.
I use Tab Bar Controller
then I simply change the TabBar
position in the Tab Bar Controller
in the ViewDidLoad()
import UIKit
class TabbarViewController: UITabBarController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tabBar.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 0,y :64), size: CGSize(width: 400, height: 50))
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
Here is the Screen Short attached of the required result...
Tab bar on top in tab bar view conmtroller
Note: It is in swift 3 you can change the syntax to swift 2.* on your own.