Use tvOS 12 UITabBarController default UI in tvOS 13 app compiled with Xcode 11

Question

tvOS 13 introduces a completely new default UI for UITabBarController.

Is it possible to use the default UI of UITabBarController that was in previous versions of tvOS, 9-12, in a tvOS 13 application compiled with Xcode 11?

tvOS 9-12 UITabBarController (Desired UI):

tvOS 13 UITabBarController:

The main answer - no, you can't do this easily. This can help. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58320307/how-to-change-background-color-for-tab-in-tvos-13 — Nike Kov, Nov 05 '19 at 14:01
@NikKov yeah I've migrated to adopting the new styling. Was hoping for a temporary solution for this during the transition period. — Daniel Storm, Nov 06 '19 at 15:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '19 at 13:58

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If you are talking abut the "always on top" behaviour of the new UI then you can change this by using:

var tabBarObservedScrollView: UIScrollView? { get set }

answered Sep 28 '19 at 13:58

This doesn’t account for hitting the menu button and having the tab bar appear. Using this will scroll to top when menu is pressed. – Daniel Storm Sep 28 '19 at 14:08

Use tvOS 12 UITabBarController default UI in tvOS 13 app compiled with Xcode 11

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