Disable tabbar item - Swift

Question

How do I disable a particular tabbar item? Something like for the 3rd icon...

self.tabBarItem.items![2].enabled = false

There must be a way of doing such a simple task as a one liner? The above doesn't work...

Answer 1

Here is the answer

if  let arrayOfTabBarItems = tabBarViewController.tabBar.items as! AnyObject as? NSArray,tabBarItem = arrayOfTabBarItems[2] as? UITabBarItem {
        tabBarItem.enabled = false
    }

Answer 2

Here's my code for doing the same, using Swift 3:

    let tabBarControllerItems = self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items

    if let tabArray = tabBarControllerItems {
        tabBarItem1 = tabArray[0]
        tabBarItem2 = tabArray[1]

        tabBarItem1.isEnabled = false
        tabBarItem2.isEnabled = false    
    }

Just put the block of code above in the viewDidLoad() method for starters and don't forget to create the tabBarItem variables and you're all good to go from there!