iOS Help with tab bar and navigation controller.

[iohan]

Hi,
my first post in here.

This will be a little tricky to describe so i have attached an image so you can get an understanding of what i whould like to do.

I would like to have a tab bar on the first screen.
When a button is pushed in a tab bar view a new view will open but i don't want the tab bar to move along. On this new view i would only like to use a navigation controller. Is this possible?

How in earth am i pulling this of?
I have been working with PHP for 6 years but i find the architecture of Objective-C a pain in the a**. =)

Can someone give me som advice?

Thanks

//J

Oops, forgot to attach the image.

 

[jiminaus]

How in earth am i pulling this of?
I have been working with PHP for 6 years but i find the architecture of Objective-C a pain in the a**. =)

What resource(s) are you using to learn iOS programming? If you've not learnt the philosophy and design principles behind Cocoa Touch, then sure you going to find it a pain in the a**, because you don't understand it.

You'll want to look at UINavigationController.

 

[sundialsoft]

How to wire up your app

I suggest you start with a navigation bar based app, hide the nav bar on the first screen and create your own tool bar with your own buttons on the main screen or use a uitoolbar instead of a tab bar. Only issue using a toolbar is that you only get the semi-transparent white/grey images & small text not full color.
If you want to simulate a tab bar just use icons that have a blue highlight when pressed.
The nav bar needs to be shown as you bring up the other screens & hidden when you go back in the 'viewwillappear' function of the main viewcontroller.

    self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden=TRUE;