ABPeoplePickerNavigationController with UITabBarController is not showing correctly in iOS8 - ios

Question

I have an application in which UITabBarController as a rootViewController with two controllers. One is an empty controller and the second one is Picker controller extends from ABPeoplePickerNavigationController. The problem is view is going behind the tab bar and due to that view is cutting off from the bottom. I just highlighted the area in the screenshot:
Any help would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Officially ABPeoplePickerNavigationController doesn't support subclassing: link here
Subclassing Notes
The ABPeoplePickerNavigationController class does not support subclassing.
However, the problem is that the view of your ABPeoplePickerNavigationController subclass is extending under the tab bar.
You can, for example, change it's size at runtime in this way
- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
CGRect rect = self.view.bounds;
rect.size.height = rect.size.height - 40;
self.view.frame = rect;
}
Note, the 40 is only an example, you should calculate the height of your tab bar controller because it can change for other screen dimensions and rotations.
Or, better, you can search for the underlying UITableView instance and set the contentInset property.
EDIT
This seems to have problems with the status bar, since the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController is unable to extend the navigation bar under the status bar if you change it's frame
In both this cases, however, your app will probably be rejected, because you are subclassing a class that explicitly forbids it.
A better and "legal" way to add it is to use a container view controller
Look at This Example
Create a new view controller, add a container view, then add the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController in this way:
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// create the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController instance
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *controller = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
// add a new child view controller to self
[self addChildViewController:controller];
// alert the child that it has been added to the father
[controller didMoveToParentViewController:self];
// update the child view frame to fit into the containerView
controller.view.frame = self.containerView.bounds;
// translate autoresizing mask into constraints, this is not needed but I usually do because is more pratical
[controller.view setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:YES];
// add the `ABPeoplePickerNavigationController` view to the container
[self.containerView addSubview:controller.view];
}
Even in this way ABPeoplePickerNavigationController has problems with the status bar (it doesn't extends correctly under it), so I constrained the container view to the Top Layout Guide and changed the color of the main view of ContainerViewController to fit with the color of the navigation bar

Answer 2

In viewWillAppear
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
self.topViewController.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = YES;
}
In viewDidAppear
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
CGRect statusBarFrame = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarFrame];
CGRect tabBarFrame = self.tabBarController.tabBar.frame;
self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, statusBarFrame.size.height, self.view.frame.size.width, CGRectGetMinY(tabBarFrame) - statusBarFrame.size.height);
}

Answer 3

A little late to the party, but here's my answer to the problem or at least some additional input for you to work out a complete solution.
The problem to me seems to be that because UIPeoplePickerNavigationController is not subclass-able or at least is not recommended to be by Apple, you can't use it entirely anyway you like. What I mean is UIPeoplePickerNavigationController is meant to be used as a modal view, which should be presented full screen on iOS and on top of every other view controller. You shouldn't try to use it as a push view controller on a navigation controller stack.
So my suggestion is quite straight-forward. You should simply use your UITabBarController as the receiver of the presentViewController:animated:completion: method. That will take care of presenting the modal on top of the tab bar.
You can access the UITabBarController through the tabBarController property of your current view controller:
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *peoplePickerController = [ABPeoplePickerNavigationController new];
[peoplePickerController setPeoplePickerDelegate:self];
[self.tabBarController presentViewController:peoplePickerController animated:YES completion:^{}]
Note: I'm writing this from memory so there may be some method naming mistakes.