How do I hide/show tabBar when tapped using Swift in iOS8

Question

I am trying to mimic the UINavigationController\'s new hidesBarsOnTap with a tab bar. I have seen many answers to this that either point to setting the hi

Answer 1

Loved Michael Campsall's answer. Here's the same code as extension, if somebody is interested:

Swift 2.3

extension UITabBarController {

    func setTabBarVisible(visible:Bool, animated:Bool) {

        // bail if the current state matches the desired state
        if (tabBarIsVisible() == visible) { return }

        // get a frame calculation ready
        let frame = self.tabBar.frame
        let height = frame.size.height
        let offsetY = (visible ? -height : height)

        // animate the tabBar
        UIView.animateWithDuration(animated ? 0.3 : 0.0) {
            self.tabBar.frame = CGRectOffset(frame, 0, offsetY)
            self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.width, self.view.frame.height + offsetY)
            self.view.setNeedsDisplay()
            self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
        }
    }

    func tabBarIsVisible() ->Bool {
        return self.tabBar.frame.origin.y < CGRectGetMaxY(self.view.frame)
    }
}

Swift 3

extension UIViewController {

    func setTabBarVisible(visible: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        //* This cannot be called before viewDidLayoutSubviews(), because the frame is not set before this time

        // bail if the current state matches the desired state
        if (isTabBarVisible == visible) { return }

        // get a frame calculation ready
        let frame = self.tabBarController?.tabBar.frame
        let height = frame?.size.height
        let offsetY = (visible ? -height! : height)

        // zero duration means no animation
        let duration: TimeInterval = (animated ? 0.3 : 0.0)

        //  animate the tabBar
        if frame != nil {
            UIView.animate(withDuration: duration) {
                self.tabBarController?.tabBar.frame = frame!.offsetBy(dx: 0, dy: offsetY!)
                return
            }
        }
    }

    var isTabBarVisible: Bool {
        return (self.tabBarController?.tabBar.frame.origin.y ?? 0) < self.view.frame.maxY
    }
}