IOS: How to make a tab bar on the left on iPad

Question

I've seen many apps creating a side bar on the left like the image above. Apparently this is not a split view controller since the size is fix for that.

Anyone know how to do it? May I get some directions or advice on this?

Answer 1

It is shown in this tutorial, how you can implement that kind of "custom side Tab Bar", he did a video about it too.

Answer 2

That can be done simply by adding to your main view a UIView with a "vertical" frame, e.g. (0, 0, 44, screenHeight). That view should be then populated with all the icons you need...

There is nothing more to it, as far as I can see.