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

For Swift 4, and animating + hiding by placing tabBar outside the view:

if let tabBar = tabBarController?.tabBar,
   let y = tabBar.frame.origin.y + tabBar.frame.height {
   UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2) {
     tabBar.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: tabBar.frame.origin.x, y: y), size: tabBar.frame.size)
   }
}