How to set tab bar item title programmatically in objective c?

Question

I want to set title to tab item programatically, but it not works. My code is below:

- (IBAction)tab1Click:(id)sender {
    myTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];        
    view2Controller = [[View2Controller alloc] init]; 
    [view2Controller setTitle:@"title"];
    view3Controller = [[View3Controller alloc] init];  
    deneme = [[ViewController alloc] init];  

    myTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:deneme, view2Controller,view3Controller, nil]; 
    [self.view addSubview:myTabBarController.view];    
    myTabBarController.selectedIndex=1;
}

I edited my question please check now – Hacer sengul Akac Jan 19 '12 at 12:35 — Hacer sengul Akac, Jan 19 '12 at 12:35

score 66 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 01 '17 at 10:27

You can set all the UITabBar icons in an easy way. You can do this in your viewWillAppear: method:

[[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BotonMapas", @"comment")];

[[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BotonRA", @"comment")];

[[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:2] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BotonEstado", @"comment")];

[[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:3] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"LabelInfo", @"comment")];

Swift 3.1 Solution

self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[0].title = NSLocalizedString("BotonMapas", comment: "comment")
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[1].title = NSLocalizedString("BotonRA", comment: "comment")
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[2].title = NSLocalizedString("BotonEstado", comment: "comment")
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[3].title = NSLocalizedString("LabelInfo", comment: "comment")

Which view controller's `viewWillAppear:`? – fatuhoku Feb 15 '15 at 10:37 — fatuhoku, Feb 15 '15 at 10:37
How about to set title for each an UIViewController? – alexmorhun Feb 28 '17 at 13:28 — alexmorhun, Feb 28 '17 at 13:28

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 15:16

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How I do it in the actual View Controller (not the App Delegate):

// set tab title
self.title = @"Tab Title";
// optionally, set different title for navigation controller
self.navigationItem.title = @"Nav Title";
// Note: self.title will reset Nav Title. Use it first if you want different titles

answered Sep 26 '12 at 15:16

Rob

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+1 for setting a different title for the navigation controller! I needed that to make it uppercase, on the navigation bar only. – nmdias Mar 03 '15 at 16:03

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '12 at 14:21

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An easy way to do this : In your viewController2 's viewDidLoad method, set self.title = @"MyTitle";

answered Jan 19 '12 at 14:21

Legolas

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The issue with this is that if it is in the viewDidLoad for viewcontroller2, it will only fire once viewController2's tab has been clicked on. At that point it will show correctly, but to fix it so that it shows correctly from the get-go, us: [self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BotonMapas", @"comment")]; Like Aitul listed as his answer. – Steven Marlowe Mar 16 '13 at 20:18

glogic · Answer 4 · 2012-01-19T13:30:53.313

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[view2Controller setTitle:@"ImATitle"];

might be what your after

edit: ok i just tested this and it def works for me so give it a go

UINavigationController *nav1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] init]; 
myViewController *myView = [[myViewController alloc] init];
//myView.title = @"Title"; //prob not needed
[nav1 pushViewController: myView  animated:NO];
UITabBarItem *item = [[UITabBarItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" image:[UIImage      imageNamed:@"title.png"] tag:0];
nav1.tabBarItem = item;
UITabBarController *tbc = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
tbc.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:nav1, nil];

edited Jan 19 '12 at 13:30

answered Jan 19 '12 at 12:27

glogic

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6361010/set-uitabbaritem-title-programmatically – glogic Jan 19 '12 at 12:45
when I click the button nothing happens – Hacer sengul Akac Jan 19 '12 at 13:47
sorry u still need to add the tbc to the window or view – glogic Jan 19 '12 at 14:31

score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 19 '12 at 18:16

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try this

[(UIViewController *)[tabBarController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:Index] setTitle:@"Title"];

or also you can set tab bar by in this way

UITabBarItem *tabItem = [[[tabBarController tabBar] items] objectAtIndex:INDEX];
[tabItem setTitle:@"TITLEe"];

edited Jan 19 '12 at 18:16

Hiren

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answered Jan 19 '12 at 12:36

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Judging from the documentation, there's no way to set the title of a tab bar item after you create it. You need to make a new one instead. – Caleb Jan 19 '12 at 12:44

Caleb · Answer 6 · 2012-01-19T12:48:37.560

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The title displayed on a given tab bar item is determined by the corresponding view controller's instance of UITabBarItem. Those aren't mutable, though... if you want to change the title (or image, or tag), you have to make a new item and assign it to the view controller.

UITabBarItem *item2 = [[UITabBarItem alloc initWithTitle:@"someTitle" image:someImage tag:0];
viewController2.tabBarItem = item2;

edited Jan 19 '12 at 12:48

answered Jan 19 '12 at 12:39

Caleb

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I try this but not worked - (IBAction)tab1Click:(id)sender { myTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init]; view2Controller = [[View2Controller alloc] init]; view3Controller = [[View3Controller alloc] init]; UITabBarItem *item2 = [[UITabBarItem alloc]initWithTitle:@"someTitle" image:nil tag:0]; view2Controller.tabBarItem = item2; myTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:deneme,view2Controller,view3Controller, nil]; [self.view addSubview:myTabBarController.view]; myTabBarController.selectedIndex=1; } – Hacer sengul Akac Jan 19 '12 at 13:02

score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 12 '16 at 08:03

first declare UITabBarDelegate

- (IBAction)tab1Click:(id)sender {

    myTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init]; 

    myTabBarController.delegate = self;

    view2Controller = [[View2Controller alloc] init]; 
    [view2Controller setTitle:@"title"];
    view3Controller = [[View3Controller alloc] init];  
    deneme = [[ViewController alloc] init];  
    dename.title = @"Dename";
    view2Conreoller.title = @"View2";
    view3Conreoller.title = @"View3";
    myTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:deneme, view2Controller,view3Controller, nil]; 
    [self.view addSubview:myTabBarController.view];    
    myTabBarController.selectedIndex=1;
}

and even you can set tab images using

view2Controller.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"misle.png"];

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 09 '15 at 21:22

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If you are calling this from within an embedded UIViewController, you can change the parent tab bar title with:

self.tabBarController.title = @"My Title.";

answered Mar 09 '15 at 21:22

Simon Canil

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 12:08

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In swift you can change the UITabBarController item's title in viewDidLoad: method as below-

   self.viewControllers![0].title="Deposit"
   self.viewControllers![1].title="Withdraw"
   self.viewControllers![2].title="Activity"

answered Sep 18 '18 at 12:08

Anindya

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 13:26

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {


    UITabBarController *tb=[[UITabBarController alloc]init];
    UIStoryboard *sb=[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main"   bundle:nil];
    UIViewController *vc1=[sb   instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"View1"];
    UIViewController *vc2=[sb   instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"View2"];

      //To Set Title for UIViewController

      [vc1 setTitle:@"View1"];
      [vc2 setTitle:@"View2"];


    NSArray *vController=[[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:vc1,vc2,nil];
    tb.viewControllers=vController;
    self.window.rootViewController=tb;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];


  return YES;
}

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