Question

I have a TabBar that I’ve created through IB, I chose “create new project” -> “Tab bar application”. Is there a way for me to access one of the TabBarItems for customization through the code?

It seems to me that something like:
[[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0] setTitle:@"Button one"];
should set the title of that item to “Button one”, but it doesen’t. The title itself is not a problem (I can set that through IB aswell), however adding an Icon seems to be.

So to sum up, what I really want to know is: Is there a way to add an Icon to a TabBarItem created through IB?

SOLUTION:
Adding in viewDidLoad in the first view, being loaded automatically upon starting the app:

UITabBarController *tb = [self tabBarController];
[[tb.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1] setTitle:@"Title"];

Let me set the title of the second button (objectAtIndex: 1). I was also able to set the image the same way, which also worked for buttons one (objectAtIndex: 0) and three (objectAtIndex: 2).

Answer 1

Add this to your viewDidLoad: method of one of the tabBar viewControllers and it should work:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];


    //Get the tabBarItem
    UITabBarItem *tbi = [self tabBarItem];

    //Give it a lable
    [tbi setTitle:@"Title A"];

    //create a image from a file for the tabBar
    UIImage *i = [UIImage imageNamed:@"NiceImage.png"];
    //and put it on the tabBar
    [tbi setImage:i];

}