iOS18 iPad Custom UITabBar invalid

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Created Apr ’25

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After my XCode was upgraded to 16.2, the custom bottom tabbar of iPadAPP could not be displayed properly (I set "traitOverrides.horizontalSizeClass = .compact", otherwise the tabbar would be displayed at the top and it was not the style I wanted)

Below are my code and pictures of the running effects of iOS17 and iOS18


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        setValue(CustomTabBar(), forKey: "tabBar")

        if #available(iOS 18.0, *) {
            self.mode = .tabBar
            self.traitOverrides.horizontalSizeClass = .compact
        }

    }


}

class CustomTabBar: UITabBar {
    
    var leftView = UIView()
    var rightView = UIView()

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
        var sizeThatFits = super.sizeThatFits(size)
        sizeThatFits.height = 60 // 自定义高度
        return sizeThatFits
    }
    
    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        self.backgroundColor = .red
        
        addSubview(leftView)
        addSubview(rightView)

        leftView.backgroundColor = .green
        leftView.frame = CGRect(x: 10, y: 4, width: 80, height: 40)
        
        rightView.backgroundColor = .green
        rightView.frame = CGRect(x: 600, y: 4, width: 80, height: 40)
        
    }
}
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Answer 1

chengping OP

Apr ’25

pictures

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Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Apr ’25

Could you please share a link to your test project. That'll help us better understand what's going on. If you're not familiar with preparing a test project, take a look at Creating a test project.

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Answer 3

chengping OP

Apr ’25

Due to company regulations, I cannot upload engineering code on the company network，So I posted all the key code, it's a very small demo with only a few dozen lines of code。 SceneDelegate.swift：


        let tabbar = TabBarController()
        let vc0 = UIViewController()
        vc0.view.backgroundColor = .red
        vc0.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "第一个", image: UIImage(systemName: "square.and.arrow.up.badge.clock"), tag: 100)
        
        let vc1 = UIViewController()
        vc1.view.backgroundColor = .green
        vc1.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "第二个", image: UIImage(systemName: "tray.full.fill"), tag: 101)

        let vc2 = UIViewController()
        vc2.view.backgroundColor = .blue
        vc2.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "第三个", image: UIImage(systemName: "list.bullet.rectangle.fill"), tag: 102)
        
        tabbar.setViewControllers([vc0,vc1,vc2], animated: true)
        window?.rootViewController = tabbar

        guard let _ = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return }
    }

TabBarController.swift ：


import UIKit

class TabBarController: UITabBarController {
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        setValue(CustomTabBar(), forKey: "tabBar")

        if #available(iOS 18.0, *) {
            self.mode = .tabBar
            self.traitOverrides.horizontalSizeClass = .compact
        }
    }
}

class CustomTabBar: UITabBar {
    
    var leftView = UIView() //info view
    var rightView = UIView() // info view

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
        var sizeThatFits = super.sizeThatFits(size)
        sizeThatFits.height = 60
        return sizeThatFits
    }
    
    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        self.backgroundColor = .gray
        addSubview(leftView)
        addSubview(rightView)

        leftView.backgroundColor = .green
        leftView.frame = CGRect(x: 10, y: 4, width: 80, height: 40)
        
        rightView.backgroundColor = .blue
        rightView.frame = CGRect(x: UIScreen.main.bounds.width - 90, y: 4, width: 80, height: 40)

        let tabBarButtonW = 100.0
        var tabBarButtonX = Double(UIScreen.main.bounds.width)/2 - 150
        var tabBarButtonIndex = 0
        for tempView in subviews {
            if NSStringFromClass(type(of: tempView)) == "UITabBarButton" {
                tempView.frame = CGRect(x: tabBarButtonX, y: 0, width: tabBarButtonW, height: 44)
                tabBarButtonX = tabBarButtonX + tabBarButtonW + 50
                tabBarButtonIndex += 1
            }
        }
    }
}

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Answer 4

chengping OP

Apr ’25

@DTS Engineer Please help me check the code I replied

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