How to add a toolbar to the bottom of a UITableViewController in Storyboards?

Question

In my UITableView that I have setup using Storyboards, I need to be able to add a tool bar that sticks to the bottom of the view, it should not scroll.

Answer 1

This remedy works for (2016) iOS 9.2. We all hate how Apple makes us waste time in stuff that should be straightforward like this. I like step by step solutions for this type of silly problems, so I will share it with you!:

1. Select your View controller > Attribute Inspector > Select "Opaque Toolbar"
2. Now, drag and drop a "Bar Button item to your Storyboard.
3. Select your newly dropped Bar Button Item > Atrribute Inspector > System Icon > Select your favorite icon.

4. In the viewDidLoad() method of your View controller, add this code before anything else:

   override func viewDidLoad(animated: Bool) {
       self.navigationController?.setToolbarHidden(false, animated: true)
   

   //the rest of code }

5. You don't want that toolbar hanging around elsewhere, so add this inside your view to hide it once the current window is dismissed:

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 override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
                super.viewWillDisappear(animated);
                self.navigationController?.setToolbarHidden(true, animated: animated)

        }

Voila!