Question

I am building an iPad app which basically has a UITabController which controls and displays 2 UIViewControllers that I set via:

[tabBarController setViewControllers:
[NSArray arrayWithObjects:browserController, videoController, nil]]; 

I would like to add a 3rd button to the UITabBar that presents a Popover when clicking it.
I have no idea how to do this…

I tried a couple of things like:
(in .h)

UITabBarItem *bbiOpenPopOver;

(in .m)

[bbiOpenPopOver setTitle:@"test"];
tabBarController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = bbiOpenPopOver;

But I guess I was way off, this did nothing visible…

How can I add an item to a UITabBar by code, that will present a Popover?

Thank you for any feedback and/or pointers.

S.

Answer 1

A UITabBarItem should not display a popover. The Apple HIGs specifically state that they should be used to switch view, and should not be used to invoke code.