How to insert UINavigationController
inside UITabBarController
.
Currently I have main UITabBarController
with declatarion inside application delegate like this (so tab is main)
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
And inside one of tabs I want to insert UINavigationController
, and can't get it.
The code is contructed like this:
MainWindow.xib
with UITabBarController
object with tab typed as UINavigationController
(point to NavigationHistory.xib
) - screenshot: invalid link
NavigationHistory.xib
contains only UINavigationController
where view point to History.xib
History.xib
have only UITableView
element - screenshot: invalid link
And now UIViewController
doesn't display my View1 view, and I have no clue why it may be. Maybe you have any clue? or point me to the place where such configuration is done.
I'll answer myself. It's good explained at
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/WindowsViews/Conceptual/ViewControllerCatalog/Chapters/CombiningViewControllers.html
Write a code in appdelegate.m file.....
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
NSMutableArray *Mutablearray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
UIViewController *1st_View = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"FirstViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *Navigation = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:1st_View];
[Mutablarray addObject:Navigation];
UIViewController *2nd_View = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SecondViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *Navigation = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:2nd_View];
[Mutablearray addObject:Navigation];
self.tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tabBarController.viewControllers = Mutablearray;
self.window.rootViewController = self.tabBarController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
Add your controller object to UINavigationController, and add that navigationcontroller object to UITabBarController
UINavigationController is a subclass of UIViewController, a UITabBarController expects an array of UIViewControllers (and therefore UINavigationController ); this tells me me that I can give a UITabBarController an array of UINavigationControllers (or sublasses thereof) giving the desired interaction.
Ref : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UINavigationController_Class/
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITabBarController_Class/
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
UITabBarController *tab = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
SimpleTableViewController *tableView = [[SimpleTableViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *nav1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:tableView];
UITabBarItem *item = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTabBarSystemItem:UITabBarSystemItemHistory tag:0];
nav1.tabBarItem = item;
AboutViewController *about = [[AboutViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *nav2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:about];
UITabBarItem *item2 = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTabBarSystemItem:UITabBarSystemItemFeatured tag:0];
nav2.tabBarItem = item2;
tab.viewControllers = @[nav1,nav2];
self.window.rootViewController = tab;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}