Is it possible to hide the tabbar when a button is pressed to allow a full screen view of the content?

Question

I have a UITabBar in the detail view of my navigation based application. I am storing text and images in a tableview and would like the user to be able to tap on a cell to

Answer 1

The best workaround I have found is to change the view size so that it covers the tabbar. Here's my code for hiding the statusBar, navBar, and tabBar when a row is selected:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

if (appDelegate.navigationController.navigationBar.hidden == NO)
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:YES];
    [appDelegate.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:YES];

    [UIView beginAnimations:@"HideTabbar" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:.2];
    self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,480);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}
if (appDelegate.navigationController.navigationBar.hidden == YES)
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO animated:YES];
    [appDelegate.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:YES];

    [UIView beginAnimations:@"ShowTabbar" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:.2];
    self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,368);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}   
}