presentViewController with the tabbar

Question

I have a app which has a tabbar which is presented in most of the ViewControllers. The problem is its not showing in an viewController which i'm presenting by this code.

UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:songsViewController];
[self presentViewController:navigationController animated:YES completion:nil]

I'm using the presentViewController instead of the pushViewcontroller, cause i want to customize the navigationBar in this view.

How can i present my standard tabbar which i've created using storyboard?

Answer 1

When you use presentViewController:animated:completion, you are presenting the view controller modally, meaning it is not being contained within any of your existing containers like a UITabBarController or anything like that. So if you want something to show up when you present a UIViewController modally, it must be contained within the view controller that you're modally presenting. So from the looks of it, you're simply presenting a UINavigationController with your songsViewController contained within it. If you want to keep your UITabBar showing, either you need to add one to the view you're presenting, or you need to change your code so that you're not presenting a view controller modally here. And to add a second UITabBar for the modal view that matches the UITabBar that you were already presenting, it will make your app work rather strangely, so I would suggest trying to change it so you're not having to present a modal view at all.