Our project using UITabBarController and set a custom tabbar using below code:
let customTabBar = CustomTabBar(with: dataSource)
setValue(customTabBar, forKey: "tabBar")
But when using Xcode 26 build app in iOS 26, the tabbar does not show:
above code works well in iOS 18:
below is the demo code:
AppDelegate.swift:
import UIKit
@main
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
let window: UIWindow = UIWindow()
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
window.rootViewController = TabBarViewController()
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
return true
}
}
CustomTabBar.swift:
import UIKit
class CustomTabBar: UITabBar {
class TabBarModel {
let title: String
let icon: UIImage?
init(title: String, icon: UIImage?) {
self.title = title
self.icon = icon
}
}
class TabBarItemView: UIView {
lazy var titleLabel: UILabel = {
let titleLabel = UILabel()
titleLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
titleLabel.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 14)
titleLabel.textColor = .black
titleLabel.textAlignment = .center
return titleLabel
}()
lazy var iconView: UIImageView = {
let iconView = UIImageView()
iconView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
iconView.contentMode = .center
return iconView
}()
private var model: TabBarModel
init(model: TabBarModel) {
self.model = model
super.init(frame: .zero)
setupSubViews()
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
private func setupSubViews() {
addSubview(iconView)
iconView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor).isActive = true
iconView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true
iconView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 34).isActive = true
iconView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 34).isActive = true
iconView.image = model.icon
addSubview(titleLabel)
titleLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: iconView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
titleLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor).isActive = true
titleLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor).isActive = true
titleLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 16).isActive = true
titleLabel.text = model.title
}
}
private var dataSource: [TabBarModel]
init(with dataSource: [TabBarModel]) {
self.dataSource = dataSource
super.init(frame: .zero)
setupTabBars()
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
var sizeThatFits = super.sizeThatFits(size)
let safeAreaBottomHeight: CGFloat = safeAreaInsets.bottom
sizeThatFits.height = 52 + safeAreaBottomHeight
return sizeThatFits
}
private func setupTabBars() {
backgroundColor = .orange
let multiplier = 1.0 / Double(dataSource.count)
var lastItemView: TabBarItemView?
for model in dataSource {
let tabBarItemView = TabBarItemView(model: model)
addSubview(tabBarItemView)
tabBarItemView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
tabBarItemView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor).isActive = true
tabBarItemView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor).isActive = true
if let lastItemView = lastItemView {
tabBarItemView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: lastItemView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
} else {
tabBarItemView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor).isActive = true
}
tabBarItemView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: widthAnchor, multiplier: multiplier).isActive = true
lastItemView = tabBarItemView
}
}
}
TabBarViewController.swift:
import UIKit
class NavigationController: UINavigationController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
}
class HomeViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .red
navigationItem.title = "Home"
}
}
class PhoneViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .purple
navigationItem.title = "Phone"
}
}
class PhotoViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .yellow
navigationItem.title = "Photo"
}
}
class SettingViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .green
navigationItem.title = "Setting"
}
}
class TabBarViewController: UITabBarController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let homeVC = HomeViewController()
let homeNav = NavigationController(rootViewController: homeVC)
let phoneVC = PhoneViewController()
let phoneNav = NavigationController(rootViewController: phoneVC)
let photoVC = PhotoViewController()
let photoNav = NavigationController(rootViewController: photoVC)
let settingVC = SettingViewController()
let settingNav = NavigationController(rootViewController: settingVC)
viewControllers = [homeNav, phoneNav, photoNav, settingNav]
let dataSource = [
CustomTabBar.TabBarModel(title: "Home", icon: UIImage(systemName: "house")),
CustomTabBar.TabBarModel(title: "Phone", icon: UIImage(systemName: "phone")),
CustomTabBar.TabBarModel(title: "Photo", icon: UIImage(systemName: "photo")),
CustomTabBar.TabBarModel(title: "Setting", icon: UIImage(systemName: "gear"))
]
let customTabBar = CustomTabBar(with: dataSource)
setValue(customTabBar, forKey: "tabBar")
}
}
And I have post a feedback in Feedback Assistant(id: FB18141909), the demo project code can be found there.
How are we going to solve this problem? Thank you.
