Navigation controller awkward placement issue

[Micksabox]

So what I'm trying to do is this:

I have an app that uses a tab bar layout. On one of it's view controllers, I need to display a view that updates real time changes to an image, occupying the upper part of the screen. On the bottom half of the screen I want to display a tableview that uses the navigation controller to push and pop views BUT ONLY ON THE BOTTOM HALF! The top image must stay put.

My problem is that I am too reliant on IB for creating iPhone GUI. I've tried using [self.view addSubview: image] and [self.view addSubview: navController.view], but I get errors when I click on the tab bar button for that view controller.

Any suggestions or ideas as to what I should do? Thanks.

Edit: Disregard question, I simply seen examples of GUI being created programmatically, and had to build the view in the viewDidLoad{..} method of the viewController corresponding to the tab.

[leukosaima]

Originally Posted by Micksabox

So what I'm trying to do is this:

I have an app that uses a tab bar layout. On one of it's view controllers, I need to display a view that updates real time changes to an image, occupying the upper part of the screen. On the bottom half of the screen I want to display a tableview that uses the navigation controller to push and pop views BUT ONLY ON THE BOTTOM HALF! The top image must stay put.

My problem is that I am too reliant on IB for creating iPhone GUI. I've tried using [self.view addSubview: image] and [self.view addSubview: navController.view], but I get errors when I click on the tab bar button for that view controller.

Any suggestions or ideas as to what I should do? Thanks.

Edit: Disregard question, I simply seen examples of GUI being created programmatically, and had to build the view in the viewDidLoad{..} method of the viewController corresponding to the tab.

Could you point me to the sample code that you used? I'm trying to achieve the same basic idea as you describe, a navigation controller but only on the bottom half of the screen.