Unable to change tab using self.tabBarController?.selectedIndex

Question

My application is embedded within a TabBarController, I am trying to switch the selected tab from the ViewController.

With the following few lines I was hoping to find out if the function worked, unfortunately it does not but I am unsure why, can anybody help out where I am going wrong ?

func tabbar() { self.tabBarController?.selectedIndex = 4 }

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    tabbar()

}

PS: The reason I am testing this is because I wanted to find out if the following will work for my 3DTouchShortcuts. I know the 3D Touch Shortcuts appear and open the initial view controller, I am hoping the following line for each case would actually make the shortcut open to different tabs.

tababarController.selectedIndex = 1

private func handleShortcutItem(shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem) {

     if let rootViewController = window?.rootViewController, let shortcutItemType = ShortcutItemType(shortcutItem: shortcutItem) {
        let tabbarController = rootViewController as! UITabBarController

        switch shortcutItemType {
        case .AddItem:
            NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().postNotificationName("performsegueAddItem", object: nil)
            tabbarController.selectedIndex = 1
            break
        case .FavouritesTab:
            tabbarController.selectedIndex = 2
            break

        }
    }
}

You have so many different spelling for your tababarController tabbarController tabBarController and so on. I would't be surprised it doesn't work — Leo Dabus
– Leo Dabus, Commented Jan 30, 2016 at 1:26
use tabBarController everywhere and try calling tabBarController?.selectedIndex = 4 inside viewDidLayoutSubviews instead of viewDidLoad — Leo Dabus
– Leo Dabus, Commented Jan 30, 2016 at 1:44
@LeoDabus alright it seems without using .self and calling it inside viewDidLayoutSubviews worked. Using viewdidload actually crashed because optional value is nil. Thank you (Y) PS: Does the handleShortcutItem seem fine to you ? — RileyDev
– RileyDev, Commented Jan 30, 2016 at 1:51
@LeoDabus If you put your suggestions as an answer I will accept it. — RileyDev
– RileyDev, Commented Jan 30, 2016 at 2:00

Leo Dabus · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-30 02:13:56Z

4

You just have to call it inside viewDidLayoutSubviews instead of viewDidLoad and you should use tabBarController when calling it. You should also use guard to unwrap it:

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    guard let tabBarController = tabBarController else { return }
    tabBarController.selectedIndex = 0
}

answered Jan 30, 2016 at 2:13

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Nithin Yell · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-25 22:08:18Z

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more easy

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    self .selectedIndex = 2 // desired index
}

answered Sep 25, 2017 at 22:08

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