Vertical tab bar navigation in swift - ios

Question

Is there a way to reposition the UIKit tab bar vertically? Like the
gmail app navigation
This question has been asked quite a few times. None of the solutions I found seem to work for me. I’m looking for a solution from scratch in Swift, no third party libs.

Answer 1

Just like what #rmaddy has commented, you will need to create a customised tab and place it in a view as shown below.
FYI, you can easily build a customised tab bar by using buttons.
Once clicked, you just need to add the new controller as a subview by using the extension below.
extension UIViewController {
func add(parentViewController: UIView, childViewController: UIViewController) {
// Add Child View Controller
addChild(childViewController)
// Add Child View as Subview
parentViewController.addSubview(childViewController.view)
// Configure Child View
childViewController.view.frame = parentViewController.bounds
// Notify Child View Controller
childViewController.didMove(toParent: self)
}
}
So from your main view controller, it should look something like this.
class MainController: UIViewController {
// Outlets
#IBOutlet weak var mainView: UIView!
// Lazy loaded controller
private lazy var tab1Controller: Tab1Controller = {
// Instantiate View Controller
let tab1Controller = UIStoryboard(name: "Tab1Controller", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "Tab1") as! Tab1Controller
return tab1Controller
}()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
// MARK: - Tab Bar
#IBAction func Tab1TouchUpInside(_ sender: Any) {
// Navigate to child view
self.add(parentViewController: self.mainView, childViewController: self.tab1Controller)
}
}
Hope it helps!