UITabBarController - more button does not show up - ios

Question

I create my TabBarController programatically, because I want the same Controller in every tab displaying different content. The content is fetched by an ID.
I use the storyboard id the same way as one would use initWithNibName:.
I do this in the AppDelegate:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UITabBarController *tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
MyViewController *svc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"MyView"];
[svc setID: i];
[tabBarController addChildViewController:svc];
}
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
[self.window setRootViewController: tabBarController];
return YES;
}
But the TabBar shows only 5 of the 7 Tabs. This is fine, because only 5 tabs can be visible the same time. Unfortunately the ... More button is not visible. So the last 2 tabs are not accessible.
Does anyone have an idea how to force the More button to show up, or why it does not show up?
Regards!

Answer 1

It's not showing up because you are adding viewcontrollers to the tab bar controller using addChildViewController method which is a UIViewController method and not a tab bar controller method. So i think what's happening is the tab bar controller doesn't really know that it has more than 5 view controllers.
If you want the more view controller to show up, set the viewControllers array of the tab bar controller directly. Modify your code to something like below:
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UITabBarController *tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *vcArray = [NSMutableArray array];
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
ViewController *svc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"MyView"];
[svc setID: i];
[vcArray addObject:svc];
}
[tabBarController setViewControllers:vcArray]; //This is the important part.
[self.window setRootViewController: tabBarController];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

Answer 2

Following is simple example for How can you use UITabBarController
Firsts Create all object of UIViewController and UINavigationController in AppDelegate.h file and use following method of AppDelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window=[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds ]];
self.viewCon=[[ViewController alloc] init];
self.navCon=[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.viewCon];
self.navCon.navigationBar.tintColor=[UIColor blackColor];
self.viewCon.title=#"First View";
self.fView=[[FirstViewController alloc] init];
self.FnavCon=[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.fView];
self.FnavCon.navigationBar.tintColor=[UIColor blackColor];
self.fView.title=#"Secound View";
self.sView=[[SecoundViewController alloc] init];
self.SnavCon=[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.sView];
self.SnavCon.navigationBar.tintColor=[UIColor blackColor];
self.sView.title=#"Third View";
.
.
// create UIViewController and UINavigationController As you need
.
.
.
UIImage *img1=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Australia.gif"];
self.tbItem1=[[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"First Page" image:img1 tag:1];
self.viewCon.tabBarItem=self.tbItem1;
UIImage *img2=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Cameroon.gif"];
self.tbItem2=[[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Secound Page" image:img2 tag:2];
self.fView.tabBarItem=self.tbItem2;
UIImage *img3=[UIImage imageNamed:#"Canada.png"];
self.tbItem3=[[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Third Page" image:img3 tag:3];
self.sView.tabBarItem=self.tbItem3;
NSMutableArray *viewArr=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[viewArr addObject:self.navCon];
[viewArr addObject:self.FnavCon];
[viewArr addObject:self.SnavCon];
self.tbCon=[[UITabBarController alloc] init];
self.tbCon.viewControllers=viewArr;
[self.window addSubview:tbCon.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}