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Karolis Raišelis
Karolis Raišelis

Reputation: 335

What approach should i use when making tab bar application

I'm started to work at new place as iOS programmer. I joined existing project and got an assignment that i don't really know how to approach.

So my problem is this: when you press a button, next window has to have a tab bar with four icons, this means four different navigation stacks. Its not that hard to make, but in main screen i have more then four icons, and if i press any one of them next window always has to have a tab bar with four static icons, like shortcuts or something.

So what should I do? Does anyone had the same situation? I want to start with a good advice to save trouble later on.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 45

Answers (2)

marcb
marcb

Reputation: 41

Your root view controller should be embedded in a navigation controller. Then push a view controller which contains any number of tab bar items not TabBarController. Then you can present each view controller either push or custom.

Upvotes: 0

tilo
tilo

Reputation: 14169

You should probably rethink the app design. Tapping an item on the tab bar shouldn't result in a different number of tab bar items, as it leads to an unstable and unpredictable UI.

While not the most efficient in terms of visible content, you could introduce a segmented control (or a similar custom view) on top right under the navigation bar (if there is one), as seen in the Facebook app (though here it is used to perform actions, not changing views).

Upvotes: 1

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