Question

I am working on an Iphone application.
I am using a StoryBoard.

I have a Tab View with 3 tabs. “Home”, “Users” and “Settings”.

I create the “Home” and “Users” view on the story board, but The settings view is a XIB file (SettingsView.xib)

How can I make the third tab (“Settings”) open the SettingsView.xib? Can I use both the story board and xib files?

I tried to initialize a UINavigationController in the startApp method in the AppDelegate but I can’t find out how to add it to the story board.

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

You can add a xib-based view to your storyboard-based tab bar controller as follows. I am assuming the following:

• The tab bar controller is the initial view controller of your storyboard.
• Your settings controller is a class called SettingsController
• You have a tab bar image in your bundle called SettingsTabImage

Define the tab bar controller in the storyboard with just your storyboard-based tab bar items in it – Home and Users in your case

In your application delegate, use the following code in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions::

// Create your settings view controller
SettingsController *settingsVC = [[SettingsController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];

// Create a tab bar item
UITabBarItem *settingsItem = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Settings" image:[UIImage imageNamed:@"SettingsTabImage" tag:0];
settingsVC.tabBarItem = settingsItem;

// Get a reference to the tab bar controller
UITabBarController *tbC = (UITabBarController*)self.window.rootViewController;

// Get the current view controllers in your tab bar
NSMutableArray *currentItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:tbC.viewControllers];

// Add your settings controller
[currentItems addObject:settingsVC];
tbC.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithArray:currentItems];