Adding a UINavigationBarController to a UITabBarController?

[itakenocrud]

I currently have a UITabBar switching between two different views. I want to add a UINavigationBarController to one of the views such that I can programmatically control the title of it.

I have been looking around and I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Could someone point me to a tutorial/source code?

This is what I attempted to do:

AppDelegate.h

@interface AppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {
    UIWindow *window;
    UITabBarController *rootController;
	UINavigationController * rootNavBar;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UINavigationController *rootNavBar;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITabBarController *rootController;

@end

AppDelegate.m

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {    
    
	UINavigationController *navBar = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootController];
	[self setRootNavBar:navBar];
    // Override point for customization after app launch    
    [window addSubview:rootController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

It compiles, but it doesn't add a Nav controller to any of the subviews. What am I missing here?

[BrianSlick]

The nav controller property is not necessary.

Open your MainWindow.xib. Open up the tab controller's view so you can see the tab bar across the bottom. Drag a nav controller directly to the tab bar. After that is in place, go to the list of objects, open the triangles until you find the root controller inside the nav controller. Change the class to be whatever you want to appear first.

In any view controllers that need to change the bar's title, do this:

[[self navigationItem] setTitle:....];

[itakenocrud]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

The nav controller property is not necessary.

Open your MainWindow.xib. Open up the tab controller's view so you can see the tab bar across the bottom. Drag a nav controller directly to the tab bar. After that is in place, go to the list of objects, open the triangles until you find the root controller inside the nav controller. Change the class to be whatever you want to appear first.

In any view controllers that need to change the bar's title, do this:

[[self navigationItem] setTitle:....];

Thanks man that was great. When I did what you said, I was said "oh s**t, that was really simple."