Hiding "Back" button in UITabViewController

Question

My storyboard sequence is as follows:

• UINavigationController
• LaunchScreenVC
• LoginVC or SignUPVC
• UITabBarController
• Tab1VC
• Tab2VC

I would like the back button to appear in LaunchScreenVC and LoginVC/SignUpVC but not Tab1VC and Tab2VC.

I placed [self.tabBarController.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:YES animated:YES]; inside viewWillAppear of Tab1VC and TabVC2 but it had no effect. I read that this code should be called prior to instantiation of the VC but how am I able to do this since I am using storyboards?

Answer 1

If you only want to hide the back button, you can do the following, add it to the tabBarController's viewDidLoad method.

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;