Adding a webview for each tab in UITabBarController? - ios

Question

How do I add a web view for each of these tabs in my UIViewController?
public class TabController: UITabBarController
{
UIViewController tab1, tab2, tab3, tab4, tab5, tab6, tab7;
public TabController()
{
tab1 = new UIViewController();
tab1.Title = "Test";
tab1.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Orange;
tab2 = new UIViewController();
tab2.Title = "Test2";
tab2.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Orange;
tab3 = new UIViewController();
tab3.Title = "Test3";
tab3.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
tab4 = new UIViewController();
tab4.Title = "Test4";
tab4.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
tab5 = new UIViewController();
tab5.Title = "Test5";
tab5.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
tab6 = new UIViewController();
tab6.Title = "Test6";
tab6.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
tab7 = new UIViewController();
tab7.Title = "Test7";
tab7.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
var UIViewController = new UIViewController[] {
tab1, tab2, tab3, tab4, tab5, tab6, tab7
};
tab1.TabBarItem = new UITabBarItem(UITabBarSystemItem.Favorites, 0);
ViewControllers = UIViewController;
}
}
So for each tab, instead of "tab1.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Orange;", it
should be:
Webview + Title + Link so that each tab has a different page?

Answer 1

The easiest way would be to do this using the storyboard and assigning the viewcontroller classes to your tabs. However if you want to do it programatically I suppose you would need to do the following:
tab7 = new UIViewController();
tab7.Title = "Test7";
tab7.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Red;
//Create a webview
UIWebView webView = new UIWebView(View.Bounds); //Takes size as a constructor parameter
//Set it's navigation location
webView.Navigate(new URI("www.whatever.co.uk"));
//Add the webview to the subviews of your UIViewController
tab7.View.AddSubview(webView);
You'd do this for each tab.
On a side note it's worth mentioning that apples guidelines for application submissions to their store does tend to frown upon applications which are just web site representations, so worth bearing that in mind. The application must be able to do more than apples web browser could.