I have added a tabBarController and hooked it up to viewControllers and given the tabBarController its own class. It works, but I would like to customize it by changing the constraints so that it's not right at the bottom. From what I can see there's no way to add constraints in auto layout as it's all grayed out. I gave a shot at adding it programmatically, but nothing happens.
final class TabBarViewController: UITabBarController {
#IBOutlet var customTabBar: UITabBar!
override func viewDidLoad() {
self.selectedIndex = 2
let fontAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20.0)]
UITabBarItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(fontAttributes, for: .normal)
//This doesn't work
customTabBar.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
//Neither does this
self.tabBar.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
//Or this
if let tabC = self.tabBarController {
tabC.tabBar.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
}
}
So how do I do this? I want the tabBar to be about 50p from the bottom.
You can create a container view controller to hold you UITabBarController.
Then, when you set the constraints on your container view, you can add 'padding' to the bottom, to have it go upwards. Below are two screenshots explaining the layout.
I'm working with a UITableViewController which when scrolling makes the navigationBar disappear. Now when the navigation bar is hidden when the user swipes the table view the contents of the cells are seen below the status bar ...
To solve this problem I tried to insert a UIView to simulate a background of the status bar and everything works but the problem is that when I close the UITableViewController the background view of the status bar is not removed from the superview
For now my code is this, can you help me understand where I am wrong? why can't I remove the UIView from the superview?
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
setupStatusBarView()
}
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
navigationController?.navigationBar.isHidden = true
UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.viewWithTag(1)?.removeFromSuperview()
}
//MARK: - Setup Status Bar View
func setupStatusBarView() {
let height = view.window?.windowScene?.statusBarManager?.statusBarFrame.height ?? 0
let statusBarView = UIView()
statusBarView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: view.frame.width, height:height+5)
statusBarView.backgroundColor = .systemBackground
statusBarView.tag = 1
UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.addSubview(statusBarView)
}
viewDidLayoutSubviews get calls multiple times and you have put setupStatusBarView() in viewDidLayoutSubviews that means your background view has been added multiple times and this is totally wrong flow!
You are removing topmost view only not previous ones!
You should set frame in viewDidLayoutSubviews and should add the view from viewDidLoad!
try this one
let subviewArray = UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.subviews
for view in subviewArray!{
if view.tag == 1{
view.removeFromSuperview()
}
}
My app deployment target version is iOS 10. and I added navigation bar large title in my app. it is working as per need in above iOS 10. if I try to test this in iOS 10 it is not working. So I am trying to create custom Navigation bar large tile for iOS 10 as well. but i don't know how to achieve this. please guide me. Thanks Advance
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
} else {
// need to add here as well
}
In case somebody needs this. Here is how I did it. For me, this is better than the default, because it supports whatever customization you may want from large title (ex. multiline)
In my case my layout looks like this. You can have however you want, but make sure title is not inside of the table view / scroll view.
view
view
large title label
view (this view will stick on top)
view
table view
view
view
In this case, I have scrollViewDidScroll delegate, which checks the scrollView content offset to change the titleLabels top constraint. For me top constraint is 16. Change it to whatever you want to have
extension YourViewController: UITableViewDelegate {
public func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
let titleHeight = titleLabel.bounds.height
if (scrollView.contentOffset.y <= 0) {
// Title is fully visible - table view is at the top
titleLabelTopConstraint.constant = 16
isLargeTitleHidden = false
} else if (scrollView.contentOffset.y > (titleHeight + 16)){
// Title is not visible at all. Table view is at an unknown position but it is not top
titleLabelTopConstraint.constant = -titleHeight
isLargeTitleHidden = true
} else {
// Title is kind of visible. Not fully hidden or shown.
titleLabelTopConstraint.constant = -scrollView.contentOffset.y + 16
isLargeTitleHidden = false
}
} }
I also have the isLargeTitleHidden to update the nav
var isLargeTitleHidden: Bool = false {
didSet{
if (oldValue != isLargeTitleHidden){
updateNavBar()
}
}
}
func updateNavBar(){
let fadeTextAnimation = CATransition()
fadeTextAnimation.duration = 0.2
fadeTextAnimation.type = CATransitionType.fade
navigationController?.navigationBar.layer.add(fadeTextAnimation, forKey: "fadeText")
if isLargeTitleHidden {
navigationItem.title = titleLabel.text
} else {
navigationItem.title = ""
}
}
NavigationBar have a titleView object where the title is. You can customize a label to go there however you want and make navigationBar.titleView = yourLabel or make a custom UIView all the same.
Please refer to this Answer.
I am trying to do the same thing, however I want to do this in a Tab Bar App where the Now Playing bar is above the Tab Bar in all the scenes of the app.
Update:
I want to have a view at the bottom of the screen (above the tab bar) and under the content views of the different tabs (not above them). In addition, I want to have the ability to remove this view at a certain point making the main view take the whole screen.
I can do this using the mentioned Answer by changing the constraints of the nowPlaying view programmatically.
Using UITabBarViewController subclass it is possible:
Ex:
class DashBoardViewController: UITabBarController {
let nowPlayingBar:UIView = {
let view = UIView(frame: .zero)
view.backgroundColor = .blue
return view
}()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
initView()
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
nowPlayingBar.frame = tabBar.frame
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
var newSafeArea = UIEdgeInsets()
// Adjust the safe area to accommodate
// the height of the bottom views.
newSafeArea.bottom += nowPlayingBar.bounds.size.height
// Adjust the safe area insets of the
// embedded child view controller.
self.childViewControllers.forEach({$0.additionalSafeAreaInsets = newSafeArea})
}
private func initView() {
nowPlayingBar.frame = tabBar.frame
view.addSubview(nowPlayingBar)
}
}
You'll add your view/container to your app window, you'd do something like
guard let window = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate)?.window
else { return } // check if there's a window
let containerHeight: CGFloat = 50 // height for the view where you wish to add the music player
let containerFrame = CGRect(x:0, y: window.frame.maxY - (tabBar.frame.height + containerHeight), width: window.frame.width, height: containerHeight)
// most important part here is the y axis in some sense, you will add the height of the tabBar and the container, then subtract it from window.frame.maxY
let container = UIView(frame: containerFrame)
// now you have the container do whatever you want with it
window.addSubView(container) // finally add the container to window as a subview
I am updating my app to use iOS 7 and I'm having a problem with a table view. My tab bar is translucent. The problem is when I scroll to the bottom of my table view, part of the last cell is still behind the tab bar. I'd like to have a bit of space between the last cell and the tab bar. I could fix this by using an opaque tab bar instead, but I want to keep it translucent.
Try setting
self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeNone;
self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = NO;
self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;
Inside the tableview controller
Swift 4.x
let adjustForTabbarInsets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, self.tabBarController!.tabBar.frame.height, 0)
self.yourTableView.contentInset = adjustForTabbarInsets
self.yourTableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = adjustForTabbarInsets
Check the screen shot
Check the under top Bar and Un-checke under Bottom Bar
SWIFT 3
put this inside viewDidLoad of your tableViewController:
self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdge()
self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = false
self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false
Swift 3.0
This is what worked for me. In your Custom ViewController:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let adjustForTabbarInsets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(self.tabBarController!.tabBar.frame.height, 0, 0, 0);
//Where tableview is the IBOutlet for your storyboard tableview.
self.tableView.contentInset = adjustForTabbarInsets;
self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = adjustForTabbarInsets;
}
Not to sure I like the solution but it works for me.
With iOS 11 I have no issue, I simply use the following in viewDidLoad():
self.collectionView.bottomAnchor.constraint(self.view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
However on iOS 10 I need to hack my way like this:
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
let tabBarHeight: CGFloat = (self.parent?.tabBarController?.tabBar.frame.size.height)!
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
} else {
self.collectionView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor, constant: -tabBarHeight).isActive = true
}
}
This is working for me
override func viewDidLoad() {
self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdge()
self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = false
}
If any view shows behind a UITabBar you can grab the bottomLayoutGuide and make adjustments at runtime. What I do is have a BaseViewController that all my view controllers inherit from. Then if the tab bar is visible we adjust the view like so:
import UIKit
class BaseVC: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
//Ensures that views are not underneath the tab bar
if tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden == false {
var viewBounds = self.view.bounds;
var bottomBarOffset = self.bottomLayoutGuide.length;
self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, viewBounds.width, viewBounds.height - bottomBarOffset)
}
}
}
Since I don't use storyboards (where you can click a checkbox in IB to fix this problem), this has been the best solution I have found.
It is really hard to resolve the issue without detail information or actual codes. I have similar issue of tabview behind UItabBar in my project. The solutions offered here do not work in my case. After exploring my codes, I found a solution for my case.
Here is brief explanation of my case. I have a UItabBar in main view with two tab buttons. In one tab view, there is table view. If user taps on a row, a detail view is presented by using navigation controller. In the detail view, the tab bar is hidden, and a toolbar is showing at the bottom.
In order to bring tab bar back and hide the toolbar when the main view is brought back, I have to explicitly show tab bar and hide toolbar in the event of viewWillAppear:
class myMainViewController: UITableViewController {
private var tabBarHidden: Bool? = {
didSet {
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.isHidden = tabBarIsHidden ?? true
}
}
private var toolBarIsHidden: Bool? {
didSet {
let hidden = toolBarIsHidden ?? true
self.navigationController?.toolbar.isHidden = hidden
self.navigationController?.setToolbarHidden(hidden, animated: true)
}
}
...
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
self.tabBarIsHidden = false
self.toolBarIsHidden = true
}
...
}
I finally realize that the visibility of bar at the bottom is set in the event of viewWillAppear. At that time, the tableView or scroll view's content insets are set already based on no bar at the bottom. That's why my tableView is behind the bottom bar.
The solution I found is to reset content insets in the event of viewDidAppear:
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
// In the event of viewWillAppear, visibilities of tool bar and tab bar are set or changed,
// The following codes resets scroll view's content insets for tableview
let topInset = self.navigationController!.navigationBar.frame.origin.y +
self.navigationController!.navigationBar.frame.height
let adjustForTabbarInsets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(
topInset, 0,
self.tabBarController!.tabBar.frame.height, 0)
self.tableView.contentInset = adjustForTabbarInsets
self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = adjustForTabbarInsets
}
The best approch would be to Embed TabBarController to your ViewController (Editor -> Embed In -> TabBar Controller)and set the bottom of the tableview to be bottom of safe area of viewcontroller. The other ways wont be as perfect as this one.
You need to adjust the height of the table view. Just leave 49px at the bottom, as the tabbar height is 49 px. Adjust the height of table view so that it leaves 49px space below it.