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.
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When call:
[UITabBarController setViewControllers:animated:]
It crashed and raise an Fatal Exception:
Fatal Exception: NSInternalInconsistencyException Attempting to select a view controller that isn't a child! (null)
the crash stack is:
Fatal Exception: NSInternalInconsistencyException
0 CoreFoundation 0x8408c __exceptionPreprocess
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x172e4 objc_exception_throw
2 Foundation 0x82215c _userInfoForFileAndLine
3 UIKitCore 0x38a468 -[UITabBarController transitionFromViewController:toViewController:transition:shouldSetSelected:]
4 UIKitCore 0x3fa8a4 -[UITabBarController _setSelectedViewController:performUpdates:]
5 UIKitCore 0x3fa710 -[UITabBarController setSelectedIndex:]
6 UIKitCore 0x8a5fc +[UIView(Animation) performWithoutAnimation:]
7 UIKitCore 0x3e54e0 -[UITabBarController _setViewControllers:animated:]
8 UIKitCore 0x45d7a0 -[UITabBarController setViewControllers:animated:]
And it appear sometimes, what's the root cause?
Our project using UISplitViewController as the root view controller for whole app. And when using the xocde26 to build app in iOS26, the layout of page is uncorrect.
for iPhone, when launch app and in portrait mode, the app only show a blank page:
and when rotate app to landscape, the first view controller of UISplitViewController's viewControllers will float on second view controller:
and this float behavior also happens in iPad:
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 {
let vc = SplitViewController(primary: TabBarViewController(), secondary: ViewController())
window.rootViewController = vc
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
return true
}
}
SplitViewController:
import UIKit
class SplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
init(primary: UIViewController, secondary: UIViewController) {
super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
preferredDisplayMode = .oneBesideSecondary
presentsWithGesture = false
delegate = self
viewControllers = [primary, secondary]
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
}
extension SplitViewController: UISplitViewControllerDelegate {
}
TabBarViewController.swift:
import UIKit
class FirstViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .red
tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "Home", image: UIImage(systemName: "house"), tag: 0)
}
}
class SecondViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .purple
tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "Setting", image: UIImage(systemName: "gear"), tag: 1)
}
}
class TabBarViewController: UITabBarController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let firstVC = FirstViewController()
let secondVC = SecondViewController()
tabBar.backgroundColor = .orange
viewControllers = [firstVC, secondVC]
}
}
ViewController.swift:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .systemPink
}
}
And I have post a feedback in Feedback Assistant(id: FB18004520), the demo project code can be found there.