Get selected index tabbar controller Swift

Question

I'm trying to get the selected index of the tabbarController.

let application = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as AppDelegate
let tabbarController = application.tabBarController as UITabBarController
let selectedIndex = tabBarController.selectedIndex

I'm getting this error: 'UITabBarController?' does not have a member named 'selectedIndex'

Am I missing something?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:29

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application.tabBarController is an optional, this means it can be nil. If you are sure it will never be nil, do this:

var selectedIndex = tabBarController!.selectedIndex

answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:29

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '17 at 07:15

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you should try this:

let application = UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate
let tabbarController = application.window?.rootViewController as! UITabBarController
let selectedIndex = tabbarController.selectedIndex

answered May 26 '17 at 07:15

nabu

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what about if the TabbarController is not the RootViewController ? – Houcine Dec 21 '19 at 18:04

Get selected index tabbar controller Swift

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