Question

i’m developing an iPhone application and i’m implementing the navigation among views with the UITabBarController.

The documentation says :

“The tab bar has limited space for
displaying your custom items. If you
add six or more custom view
controllers to a tab bar controller,
the tab bar controller displays only
the first four items plus the standard
More item on the tab bar. Tapping the
More item brings up a standard
interface for selecting the remaining
items. The interface for the standard
More item includes an Edit button that
allows the user to reconfigure the tab
bar. By default, the user is allowed
to rearrange all items on the tab bar.
If you do not want the user to modify
some items, though, you can remove the
appropriate view controllers from the
array in the
customizableViewControllers property.”

Is there a way i can force the control to use exactly six icons without adding the “More …” one?

Answer 1

You could subclass the object, and override its drawing properties, but it would most likely be rejected by Apple, as it is an inconsistant UI, and would go against the holy HIGs.