hide / show tab bar when push / back. swift

Question

Answer: Use self.tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden instead of hidesBottomBarWhenPushed in each view controller to manage whether the view controller should show a tab

Answer 1

As it's name suggest, hiddenBottomBarWhenPushed only hide bottom bar if needed, it will not unhide bottomBar. You can do this to get it works:

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden = true/false
} 

or simply put self.tabBarController?.tabBar.hidden = true/false in prepareForSegue

But I would not recommend you to do so, as it would be weird if bottomBar suddenly popped out, user will thought they suddenly back to rootViewController while they are not.

Users should always know where they are in your app and how to get to their next destination.