How to hide UITabBarController programmatically?

Question

Is it possible to hide it with animation ?

Answer 1

Another Solution I use: Call Methods When You Want to Hide Menu:

//Show Tab Bar
[self showTabBar:self.tabBarController];
//If You Want to Hide/Show Navigation Bar Also
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden: NO animated:YES];

//Hide Tab Bar
[self hideTabBar:self.tabBarController];  
//If You Want to Hide/Show Navigation Bar Also
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden: YES animated:YES];

Methods:

- (void)hideTabBar:(UITabBarController *) tabbarcontroller
{
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];

for(UIView *view in tabbarcontroller.view.subviews)
{
    if([view isKindOfClass:[UITabBar class]])
    {
      [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, 480, view.frame.size.width,            
      view.frame.size.height)];
    }
    else
    {
      [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, view.frame.origin.y,        
      view.frame.size.width, 480)];
    }
}

[UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (void)showTabBar:(UITabBarController *) tabbarcontroller
{
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];

for(UIView *view in tabbarcontroller.view.subviews)
{
    if([view isKindOfClass:[UITabBar class]])
    {
      [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, 431, view.frame.size.width,    
      view.frame.size.height)];

    }
    else
    {
      [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, view.frame.origin.y,  
      view.frame.size.width, 431)];
     }
}

[UIView commitAnimations];
}