Issue with Split View Controller with UITabbarController in iOS7

Question

I am using UISplitViewController inside UITabbarController. Now the problem is that when I am trying to set translucent property of tabbar to NO then it shows an additional bar above the tab bar as shown in picture below.

Your help regarding the problem will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

- (void)setupTabbar {
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tabBarController.delegate = self;

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    tabBarController.tabBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kTabbarTintColor);
    tabBarController.tabBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}

UINavigationController *homeNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[root getViewController]];

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    homeNavController.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    homeNavController.toolbar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
else {
    homeNavController.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    homeNavController.toolbar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}


if (IS_IPAD_LAYOUT_ENABLED) {
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
        _homeSplitViewController = [[UISplitViewController alloc] init];

        category *objCategory = [[category alloc] init];
        objCategory.category_id = kInstructionsCategoryId;

        articleview *instructionsView = (articleview *)[objCategory getViewController];
        UINavigationController *placeHolderNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:instructionsView];

        _homeSplitViewController.delegate = instructionsView;

        if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
            placeHolderNavController.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
            placeHolderNavController.toolbar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
        }
        else {
            placeHolderNavController.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
            placeHolderNavController.toolbar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
        }
        _homeSplitViewController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:homeNavController, placeHolderNavController, nil];
        _homeSplitViewController.tabBarItem.title = @"Home";
        _homeSplitViewController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"home_ico.png"];
    }
    else {
        homeNavController.tabBarItem.title = @"Home";
        homeNavController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"home_ico.png"];
    }
}
else {
    homeNavController.tabBarItem.title = @"Home";
    homeNavController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"home_ico.png"];
}


settingsviewcontroller *settingsViewController = [[settingsviewcontroller alloc] initWithNibName:@"settingsviewcontroller" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *settingsNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingsViewController];
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    settingsNavController.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
else {
    settingsNavController.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}

settingsNavController.tabBarItem.title = @"More";
settingsNavController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"more_ico.png"];

SearchViewController *searchViewController = [[SearchViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SearchViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *searchNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:searchViewController];
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    searchNavController.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    searchNavController.toolbar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
else {
    searchNavController.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    searchNavController.toolbar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
searchNavController.tabBarItem.title = @"Search";
searchNavController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"search_ico.png"];


category *objCategory = [[category alloc] init];
objCategory.category_id = kMenuBar2CatId;
objCategory.screen_type = @"list";
objCategory.short_label = kMenuBar2Title;

UINavigationController *navController2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[objCategory getViewController]];
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    navController2.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    navController2.toolbar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
else {
    navController2.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    navController2.toolbar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
navController2.tabBarItem.title = kMenuBar2Title;
navController2.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:kMenuBarIcon2];


MyScheduleViewController *placeHolderVC = [[MyScheduleViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MyScheduleViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navController3 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:placeHolderVC];
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    navController3.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    navController3.toolbar.barTintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
else {
    navController3.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
    navController3.toolbar.tintColor = UIColorFromRGB(kNavigationTintColor);
}
navController3.tabBarItem.title = kMenuBar3Title;
navController3.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:kMenuBarIcon3];

[objCategory release];

if (IS_IPAD_LAYOUT_ENABLED) {
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
        tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:_homeSplitViewController, searchNavController, navController2, navController3, settingsNavController, nil];
    }
    else {
        tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:homeNavController, searchNavController, navController2, navController3, settingsNavController, nil];
    }
}
else {
    tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:homeNavController, searchNavController, navController2, navController3, settingsNavController, nil];
}

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
    self.window.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}

tabBarController.tabBar.translucent = NO;

self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.window.rootViewController = tabBarController;

}

Answer 1

Just add this code on master's viewDidLoad:

self.splitViewController?.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true