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

To make the animations work with self.tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden = true just do this:

UIView.animateWithDuration(0.2, animations: {
    self.tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden = true
})

Other than the other solution this will also work nicely with autolayout.