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

I use tabBar.hidden = YES in ObjC to hide the tab bar in certain cases. I have not tried wiring it up to a tap event, though.