Swift Content Tabs? - ios

Question

I am building an app and I am required to have 3 tabs if you click on the first tab, its a tableview, second tab a different tableview, third tab, TextView, here is an image of what I am trying to do:
Every time I google looking for examples of something like this, I get referred to UITabBarController, I don't think a tab bar is what I am looking for.

Answer 1

What you are looking for is called Segmented Control (UISegmentedControl).
You can see it in Action natively e.g. in both the Apple iTunes and Health App.
Instead of performing segues to different views with the UITabBarController, you can, using Interface Builder, connect it to your UIViewController like so
#IBOutlet weak var segmentedControl: UISegmentedControl!
and in
viewDidLoad() {
switch segmentedControl.selectedIndex {
case 0: // Do something on your first picture
someFunction()
case 1: // Do something on your second picture
performSegue(withIdentifier: "your identifier here", sender: nil)
case 2: // Do something on your third picture
image.isHidden = true
button.isEnabled = false
default: break
}
... etc. You could also initiate different View Controllers instead of manipulating just one View, which you can then access via segues.
Please see official Swift doc # https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uisegmentedcontrol?changes=_3

Answer 2

I would create this layout programmatically. You want a custom look to it so I do not think the standard controls are your best option.
Here is a playground to get you started on one way this could be achieved:
import UIKit
import PlaygroundSupport
class ViewController: UIViewController {
let view1 = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 100, width: 768, height: 924))
let view2 = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 100, width: 768, height: 924))
let view3 = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 100, width: 768, height: 924))
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 768, height: 1024)
self.view.backgroundColor = .black
// View to have a border around the buttons
let box = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 40, y: 20, width: 300, height: 50))
box.layer.borderColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
box.layer.borderWidth = 2
self.view.addSubview(box)
// Tab buttons
let button1 = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 40, y: 20, width: 100, height: 50))
button1.setTitle("Orange", for: .normal)
button1.tag = 1
button1.addTarget(self, action: #selector(tabTouched(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
self.view.addSubview(button1)
let button2 = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 140, y: 20, width: 100, height: 50))
button2.setTitle("Blue", for: .normal)
button2.tag = 2
button2.addTarget(self, action: #selector(tabTouched(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
self.view.addSubview(button2)
let button3 = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 240, y: 20, width: 100, height: 50))
button3.setTitle("Green", for: .normal)
button3.tag = 3
button3.addTarget(self, action: #selector(tabTouched(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
self.view.addSubview(button3)
// Tab Views
view1.backgroundColor = .orange
self.view.addSubview(view1)
view2.backgroundColor = .blue
view2.alpha = 0
self.view.addSubview(view2)
view3.backgroundColor = .green
view3.alpha = 0
self.view.addSubview(view3)
}
// When each of the buttons are tapped we will hide or show the correct tab's view
#objc func tabTouched(sender: UIButton) {
if sender.tag == 1 {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.view1.alpha = 1
self.view2.alpha = 0
self.view3.alpha = 0
}
} else if sender.tag == 2 {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.view1.alpha = 0
self.view2.alpha = 1
self.view3.alpha = 0
}
} else if sender.tag == 3 {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.view1.alpha = 0
self.view2.alpha = 0
self.view3.alpha = 1
}
}
}
}
PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true
PlaygroundPage.current.liveView = ViewController()
You can copy and paste this into an empty playground to see it in action. Essentially this is showing or hiding the appropriate views based on which button is selected. You can swap out the views for view controllers if you so desire.