iOS: More tab crashes on my subclassed UITabBarController on iOS 7.1

Question

I simply updated to iOS 7.1 and I get an unrecognized selection error for a function called "_layoutCells".

I have a simple subclass of UITabBarController.

Answer 1

Note that this is a hack to avoid a bad crash until a better solution or explanation is found. I though I should share it.

Simply add the following method to your UITabBarController subclass implementation:

- (void) _layoutCells
{
    // HACK ALERT: on iOS 7.1, this method will be called from deep within the bowels of iOS.  The problem is that
    // the method is not implemented and it results in an unrecognized selected crash. So we implement it...
    //
    // What could go wrong?
}

Answer 2

Thanks to GenesisST for giving his answer, but I know methods are called for a reason. And usually layoutCells will call layout for all subviews. While I rather wait for an answer from Apple, I like other people need to submit my app within a given timeline.

In my case, I was getting this error due to some hacks. I had replaced the UIMoreNavigationController delegate, which is an undocumented class by Apple, so I could expect errors. I am doing this hack to extend the More tab's functionality, and this error only occurs when I change the moreNavigationController tableView's delegate.

So I store their delegate, change it, then call _layoutCells to their delegate when iOS calls it on my class.

- (void)_layoutCells
{
   if([self.moreTableViewDelegate respondsToSelector:@selector(_layoutCells)]){
      [self.moreTableViewDelegate performSelector:@selector(_layoutCells)];
   }
}

I don't know if this apply's to anyone here, but just in case someone else comes to SO with my edge case.