Just open the Storyboard as XML and delete the tabBarAppearance element if it is standard with no child elements and you're targeting iOS < 13: <tabBarAppearance key="standardAppearance"/>

Well this is frustrating. Our application relies on local network access and we'll have to do some hacks to find if the user has denied access as well. Definitely harmful to user experience for my apps, with or without this hack. 1