I have a tab bar controller in storyboard like below:
I have anther storyboard which I would like to use as the content of 1st tab. Let's call it Content.storyboard
What I want to achieve is:
I would like the content of the 1st tab of Tab Bar Controller to be the Content.storyboard.
What I tried is:
I removed the default 1st view controller from Tab Bar Controller storyboard and added a storyboard reference connecting from Tab Bar Controller to Content.storyboard, like below:
The problem is , as you see above, I lost the ability to edit the Tab Item.
So, what is the correct way to achieve what I want? (That's showing a view from another storyboard as content of a tab of TabBarController)
I ran into an issue similar to this recently. I ended up moving the navigation controller out of the separate storyboard and into the main storyboard and configured the tab bar items there.
EDIT
After some further testing, it looks like the storyboard reference node gets a fake tab bar item. You can't delete it or modify it.
To provide the tab bar item for the other view controller, go into that storyboard and set the view controllers simulated metrics to Translucent tab bar:
Then you can drag in a tab bar item from the object library:
I chose the Bookmarks system icon. you won't see this reflected in the main storyboard, but you will at runtime (and on the child storyboard).
You can achieve this using container view
1) Take Container view in your tab
2) Delete added viewcontroller window (Usually come with container view )
3) Add storyboard Reference
4) Drag from container view to storyboard Reference choose embed option
I have also faced the same issue:
Follow the step:
Go to your Content.storyboard
Expand your initial view controller.
then -
After that:
Related
I have a tab bar controller and there are some view controllers attached to it. All of the view controller names and their corresponding items show up perfectly at the tab bar. The problem occurs when I try to add a Storyboard reference to it. Nothing is shown at the tab bar for that particular item(storyboard) when I run it. Although it shows up perfectly on the UI design.
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Notice that the 3rd item (the storyboard reference) is invisible. Also, the invisible Storyboard reference works. Meaning, if I click on the invisible place it takes me to the proper storyboard.
I have seen some answers from here.
Refactoring to storyboard works. But I don't want to use it. Refactoring to storyboard creates a storyboard reference anyway. And it works perfectly. But when I create a storyboard reference, it doesn't work and stays blank.
Now, how should I add a storyboard reference to tab bar controller so that it shows up the name and the icon?
After the storyboard reference is correctly connected but the icon image doesn't appear, go to the initial view controller that is in the storyboard being referenced from the tab bar and make sure that the view of the initial view controller has a Tab Bar Item.
If it does, then add the desired image to the Tab Bar Item connected to the view. If the connected storyboard view does not have a Tab Bar Item, then add one and set the desired title and image. For other potential fixes this post is pretty good.
I started refactoring one of my projects to make the code easier to manage and the Tab Bar Controller lost its icons for which tab represents what. Without this I'm a bit lost which tab is what for re-ordering purposes.
How do I get the icons to show up again for a tab bar controller when I'm using storyboard references?
Refer to my attached image. Notice how the first 3 tabs are 'blank' but the other tabs that I have not refactored yet show with the icons and titles.
For those unfamiliar with storyboard references I was following the tutorial here: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ios-9-staying-organized-with-storyboard-references--cms-24226
Sample of Tasks Storyboard to show Icon set Correctly
It seems another solution that worked for me without altering the Approach you went through:
Leave Storyboard references as it's
Go to Initial view controller in the referenced storyboard
Add Tab bar item to the scene
Configure it as you have done in UITabBarController storyboard
Clean & Run
Repeat it for all Storyboard references
Happy Coding!
First, in the storyboard where the tab bar controller is, there should be a scene for the referenced storyboard.
Just click on the scene that tab is associated with and click the tab bar at the bottom, then go to the attributes inspector, and you'll be able to assign a new icon to it.
Update - This approach no longer appears to work in Xcode 9.
Here's how to get the tab to show properly:
Put the first UIViewController that will be embedded in the tab in
the same storyboard as the UITabViewController.
Ctrl + Drag from the tab bar controller to the content view
controller to make the connection as per usual. This will
automatically add the UITabBarItem to the bottom of the content view
controller.
Select the content view controller.
Click the Editor menu and choose Refactor to Storyboard...
The UITabBarController tab will now point to the new storyboard
reference...
... and the content view controller preserves the UITabBarItem from
the tab bar relationship. It will appear normally in the app now.
For some weird reason, I wasn't able to see the tab bar in my reference view controller in IB. Although while selecting it and expanding the Document Outline, I was able to see it in my view list. I could make my changes through it.
Hope this helps! :)
XCode 11.1: The following approach gets the desired tab title and icon to show at runtime:
Create a storyboard reference to the desired storyboard (including the correct bundle identifier if it is located in an external framework).
Ctrl-drag from the tab bar controller to the reference you just created and select "Relationship Segue > view controllers" from the context menu that appears.
The tab bar should now show a square image with the title "Item" beside it. Click and drag this item to rearrange it in the bar as desired.
In the target view controller (which should be the first responder in the referenced storyboard), create a Tab Bar Item and set the Title and Image properties in the Bar Item section of the properties panel.
At this point, the correct title should appear at runtime (but not at compile time in the storyboard editor). If the icon is there too, great. If it's not, you can try checking that the image reference is valid and located in the same module as the tab bar item (i.e. in the same framework). If it still doesn't appear, here's a hackish workaround that will work:
Create a new class which inherits from UITabBarController.
Override viewWillLayoutSubviews as follows:
override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
// Set the tab bar image at runtime
if let exampleTab = tabBar.items?.first(where: { $0.title == "ExampleTitle" }) {
// To insert an image literal, type "Image" and select Image Literal
// from the autocomplete menu. An icon should appear.
// Double-click the icon and select the desired image from the grid.
exampleTab.image = Image Literal
}
}
Change the type of your tab bar controller to the subclass you created (from the Identity panel in the storyboard editor).
Finally, the tab bar item should now appear correctly at runtime. If anyone knows how to make it appear correctly at compile time too (in the storyboard editor) for a storyboard in an external framework, let me know.
If you embed a navigation controller before your scene, you then can edit it like normal.
Select your storyboard reference then:
Go to the top and click Editor > Embed > Navigation Controller
Tab bar controller with embedded navigation controller and linking storyboard reference
I am creating a tab bar iOS app. The tab bar view controller has two tabs, each of them connected to a view controller.
This how it looks:
I need to add more tabs to the tab controller. I am doing it at the storyboard as follows:
I add a new view controller.
I control-drag from the tab bar controller to the new created view controller.
A window opens and I select Relationship Segue-View Controller.
The segue from the tab bar controller to the new view controller is created.
I think that is the way to do it, but after that the tab bar controller doesn't show any tab icons, the tab bar becomes grey.
Like this:
I need to know what am I doing wrong.
First drag A TabBarController from Object Library you see that only two tabs with thier VC there.
to add more Tab Item in TabBarVC drag VC from Object Library
Then Control drag from TabBarVC to Newly VC then Segue relation pop ups
Select last one Relationship Segue -> View Controllers
I had the same problem until I added a tab bar item from the object library into the new view (settings its attributes on the right hand panel) and THEN ctrl dragged from the tab bar controller to the new view, creating a relationship segue.
If I tried to ctrl drag from the tab controller without first adding a tab item to the new view, it had the behaviour you described.
be sure to check the size of your icon image.
the tint of image added is grey by default. If you have a large sized tab bar image, it can look like the whole tab bar is greyed out for some reason. pic does not auto resize.
bellow process is follow in Xcode 9.4 for adding new item in tab bar controller.
1)Drag and Drop new Tab Bar Controller into sotrtyboard
2)It will show 2 item which connected with 2 view controller.
3)For adding third item button in tab bar controller
i) Add new View Controller.
ii) Right click on Tab Bar Controller and Drag into new view controller.
iii) one option popup will display inside that popup select "view controllers" options
It will create relationship link and will generate automatic item button in tab bar controller.
need to add/drag icon (from showing the media library) to the 3rd view controller, so that it can display properly.
Restarting Xcode 6.1.1 solved the issue for me while I was working on multiple projects.
go t0 library and choose tabbar controller then drag and drop after that take another uiviewcontroller and then click on tabbar and control and right click then drag and drop in the uiviewcontroller then you see some options where you have to choose in the relationship segue -> view controller
for more clearance see these images
need some help here
My problem is, my app starts with a single view, it shows a menu made with buttons that takes me to different places, one of this places is another kind of menu, but this menu is a tab bar menu, so the thing is, I made a new file with its .xib, I added the tab bar controller, and i Linked all the sections of my tabs with its viewcontrollers...
this means that I have my first menu ready, I have my view controllers ready, I have my menu on the tab bar ready....
so my problem is...
how can I go from my single view (the first view that I see and that doesnt include a tab bar), to the new screen with tab bar controller in it after pressing a button???
help me please
Note: I'm using XCode 4.2 and I'm not working with storyboards (requirements of the app)
You have three options to show your viewController content :
1.using presentModalViewController:
2.add the viewController view as a subView to the current viewController. in your case : [singleViewController.view addSubView:tabBarViewController.view];
3.or if your simple ViewController is the navigation root viewController you can push other viewControllers to its navigation stack. (as #roronoa zorro described).
You might have added all the next viewControllers on the taBarController so if you have want to tabbar on to next screen you simplr have to push the tabbarcontroller on the navigationcontroller.
[self.navigationController pushViewController:TabBarControllerObj];
I'm trying to add a 3rd tab to the tabBarController using ios5. The standard object you get when you drag it out to your storyboard has 2 tabs. Does anyone know how to do this? I searched the internet and all examples start with their tabBarController with the extra tabs without showing how to get it.
Here is the video I watched that taught me how to add a third tab to a TabBarController:
Tab bar for Xcode Swift for iOS
I will summarize the process below.
Create a new Tabbed Application project
This will automatically provide two tabs that already "just work".
Add new View Controller
Drag another view controller onto the storyboard.
Add Tab Bar Item
Drag a Tab Bar Item onto the new View Controller that you just added.
Connect to Tab View Controller
Click and Control-Drag from the Tab View Controller to your new View Controller. A menu will pop up. Choose the view controllers option under the Relationship Segue group.
That's it. You should be able to run it now and have all three tabs work. Watch the video that I linked to for more details.
Note:
To do anything on your new tab, don't forget to add a new View Controller class (as you would for any new View Controller).
Based on Wolvorin and Tom van responses, and based on what I have experienced you should do as following:
Create an empty View Controller (in Controllers and Objects)
From Windows and Bars, drag Tab Bar Item to the newly added view
From the main View Controller, select Tab Bar Controller icon (next to First Responder), and Control-Drag to the newly added View
BOOM you have new tab
To expound on #Roozbeh 's answer, when you control drag from the Tab Bar Controller to the newly added view controller, make sure you select the view controller option under Relationship Seque
I was reading this question after having the same problem and I wanted to clarify what the exact step was.
for third tab first add a view controller and then right click the tabview controller and then from it's storyboard segway from relation controll drag to the added view controller and it's done
Look in the right part of the screen, I believe it's the Objects library view. Just find the "Tab Item" (or something) and drag it into the bar.