I want to make a tab bar controller and navigation controller programmatically. My code works so far that it shows a tab bar at the bottom, but the OptionViewController doesn't say anything (no title) on the button of the second tab bar. The funny thing is, when i click the button without anything on it, the title appears (and so is his view), can someone explain to me what i am doing wrong? I tried to use the following code:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
// Override point for customization after application launch.
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
NSMutableArray *tabItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:2];
DefaultViewController *dvc = [[DefaultViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *dvc_nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:dvc];
[tabItems addObject:dvc_nc];
[dvc release];
[dvc_nc release];
OptionsViewController *ovc = [[OptionsViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
UINavigationController *ovc_nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:ovc];
[tabItems addObject:ovc_nc];
[ovc release];
[ovc_nc release];
UITabBarController *tbc = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tbc.viewControllers = tabItems;
self.tabController = tbc;
[tabItems release];
[tbc release];
[self.window addSubview:self.tabController.view];
return YES;
}
You need to set the tabBarItem and title of the UINavigationController
and not its root viewController.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
// Override point for customization after application launch.
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
NSMutableArray *tabItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:2];
DefaultViewController *dvc = [[DefaultViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *dvc_nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:dvc];
dvc_nc.tabBarItem.title = @"Default";
dvc_nc.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Default" ofType:@"png"]];
[tabItems addObject:dvc_nc];
[dvc release];
[dvc_nc release];
OptionsViewController *ovc = [[OptionsViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
UINavigationController *ovc_nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:ovc];
ovc_nc.tabBarItem.title = @"Option"
ovc_nc.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Optiomn" ofType:@"png"]];
[tabItems addObject:ovc_nc];
[ovc release];
[ovc_nc release];
UITabBarController *tbc = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tbc.viewControllers = tabItems;
self.tabController = tbc;
[tabItems release];
[tbc release];
[self.window addSubview:self.tabController.view];
return YES;
}
I created the UITabbarController
as rooview controller of the app with UINavigationController
for UIViewController.
here one more example:
I used xibs for View Controllers.
AppDelegate.m
I create a method name: setupAppHome
#pragma mark - SETUP HOME
-(void) setupAppHome{
NSLog(@"set up the nano home");
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
if (_chatViewController == nil) {
_chatViewController = [[ChatViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ChatViewController" bundle:nil];
chatNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:_chatViewController];
chatNav.tabBarItem.title=@"Chat";
chatNav.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"chat_icon.png"];
}
if (_callController == nil) {
_callController = [[CallViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"CallViewController" bundle:nil];
callNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:_callController];
callNav.tabBarItem.title=@"Call";
callNav.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"call_icon.png"];
}
if (_contanctsController == nil) {
_contanctsController = [[ContactsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ContactsViewController" bundle:nil];
conNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:_contanctsController];
conNav.tabBarItem.title=@"Contact";
conNav.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"contact_icon.png"];
}
if (_settingController == nil) {
_settingController = [[SettingViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SettingViewController" bundle:nil];
settingNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:_settingController];
settingNav.tabBarItem.title=@"Setting";
settingNav.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"setting_icon.png"];
}
self.tabController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *controllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:4];
[controllers addObject:chatNav];
[controllers addObject:callNav];
[controllers addObject:conNav];
[controllers addObject:settingNav];
self.tabController.viewControllers = controllers;//@[chatNav,callNav,conNav,settingNav];
self.tabController.selectedIndex=0;
[self.window setRootViewController:self.tabController];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
It is texted in Xcode 9 with iOS 11.
If someone needs a SWIFT version. This worked for me. Thanks @rckoenes for the objC answer I used to translate this from.
window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
let dvc = HomeViewController()
let dvc_nc = UINavigationController(rootViewController: dvc)
dvc_nc.tabBarItem.title = "Home"
dvc_nc.tabBarItem.image = UIImage(named: "HomeIcon")
controllers.append(dvc_nc)
let ovc = ProfileViewController()
let ovc_nc = UINavigationController(rootViewController: ovc)
ovc_nc.tabBarItem.title = "Profile"
ovc_nc.tabBarItem.image = UIImage(named: "ProfileIcon")
controllers.append(ovc_nc)
let tbc = UITabBarController()
tbc.viewControllers = controllers
window?.rootViewController = tbc
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(red: 0.05, green: 0.47, blue: 0.91, alpha: 1.0)
UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor(red: 0.05, green: 0.47, blue: 0.91, alpha: 1.0)
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()]
UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent