UISplitViewController in a TabBar ( UITabBarController )?

Question

I am in kind of situation that I need to start with a tab based application and in that I need a split view for one or more tabs. But it seems that split view controller obj

Answer 1

Using the interface builder, create a split view controller and a tab bar controller and link them to your outlets:

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UISplitViewController *splitViewController;

In your app delegate didFinishLaunchingWithOption, assign your split view controller to the tab bar controller:

splitViewController.tabBarItem = [[[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" image:nil tag:0] autorelease];
NSArray *controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:splitViewController,  /* other controllers go here */ nil];
tabBarController.viewControllers = controllers;
[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];

This will create a tab bar controller (with only 1 tab in this case), which is displayed correctly in all orientations.