How to add UITabbarController to UIViewController in iOs

Question

How to push Viewcontroller with TabbarController? In Viewcontroller'XIB, i created UITabbarController. Then i push this ViewController, but it not appear UITabbarController. This is my code: *Viewcontroller.h:

 @interface StatusViewController : UIViewController<UITabBarControllerDelegate>
{
    IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController;

    IBOutlet UIButton *UploadButton;
    IBOutlet UIButton *ConvertorButton;
    IBOutlet UIButton *CompletedButton;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController;
@end

*Viewcontroller.m:

@implementation StatusViewController
@synthesize tabBarController ;

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization

    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
    [self createTabView];
}
-(void)createTabView
{
    ....

    ....
    [ConvertorButton addSubview:Label3];

    [CompletedButton setTag:3];


    [CompletedButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Overlay-2.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [CompletedButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background.jpg"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [CompletedButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background.jpg"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

    //[[CompletedButton layer] setBorderWidth:2.0f];
    // [[CompletedButton layer] setBorderColor:[UIColor grayColor].CGColor];

    UILabel *Label4=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(6, 8, 70, 30)];
    [Label4 setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];
    [Label4 setText:@"Completed"];


    Label4.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
    [Label4 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:12]];
    Label4.textColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
    [CompletedButton addSubview:Label4];

    // [self selectTab:1];

    [self.view addSubview:UploadButton];

    [self.view addSubview:ConvertorButton];

    [self.view addSubview:CompletedButton];


}

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

If You want to use UITabBarController in your UIViewController class then use this below code...

UIViewController .h Class -

    @property (nonatomic, retain) UITabBarController *tab;

UIViewController .m Class -

Add this in ViewDidLoad method...

    self.tab=[[UITabBarController alloc]init];

    // FirstViewController
    First *fvc=[[First alloc]initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    fvc.title=@"First";
    fvc.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"i.png"];

    //SecondViewController
    Second *svc=[[Second alloc]initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    svc.title=@"Second";
    svc.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"im.png"];

    //ThirdViewController
    Third *tvc=[[Third alloc]initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    tvc.title=@"Third";
    tvc.tabBarItem.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"img.png"];

    self.tab.viewControllers=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:fvc, svc, tvc, nil];

    [self.view addSubview:self.tab.view];

here First, Second and Third are three different UIViewControllers. And you don't need to give the action on Tabs.

It will work...

Answer 2

If you're are starter,best practice is to search in google for the latest api samples,then understand the code and make your own world.

1) You can find the related sample codes from apple here.

2) TweetieBar --Here is the sample code with custom TabBarController(TweetieTabBar)