Question

How do I programmatically switch to another tab and go to the first view in the navigation stack ?

I can switch to a different tab.

self.tabBarController.selectedIndex = 4;

However, I also need to switch the a different view controller in the navigation stack of that tab.

How do I do that?

As soon as I run the code above, it switches, but to the currently loaded view controller in the navigation stack.

My view controllers are loaded into 5 navigation controllers which are added to the tab bar in app delegate.

Answer 1

I assume you have UINavigationControllers in your UITabBarController. If that’s the case you can use popToRootViewControllerAnimated: to go to the first view controller.

int index = 4;
self.tabBarController.selectedIndex = index;
[self.tabBarController.viewControllers[index] popToRootViewControllerAnimated:NO];