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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Designing and Starting the App A Storyboard with a Tab Bar Controller

Storyboard with a tabBarController

Who can help me?

The tabs are stored in an array named tabBarItems (line 9). Declare a UITabBarItem variable named tab and set it from tabBarItems. Use the selectedIndex we just set as the index for the tab you get from the tabBarItems array.

4 Answers

I found it!!!

UITabBarItem *tab = tabBarItems[self.tabBarController.selectedIndex];

Jules Labador
Jules Labador
3,207 Points

Anita Mercado

How does the tabBarItems next to the method work?

Jonathan Fernandez
Jonathan Fernandez
8,325 Points

Like you I'm staring at the code but am clueless as to how it works..

Nivit Kochhar
Nivit Kochhar
2,502 Points
UITabBarItem *tab = [tabBarItems objectAtIndex:self.tabBarController.selectedIndex];
Benjamin McMahan
Benjamin McMahan
6,679 Points

How were we supposed to know this? Did I miss something? This challenge and the one prior to it seem totally unrelated to the material covered.

Jonathan Fernandez
Jonathan Fernandez
8,325 Points

. (internet was weird so these . ended up getting posted for some reason upon loading sorry if they annoy anyone..)