How can I add a another main view controller?

[ngocphu2810]

Hello , Firstly, This tutorial is really helpful for me and I want to say thank you so much. Secondly, I want to add a another main view controller to replace tabbar view controller when I click into left menu. And switch between them. Please add more functions like that. Sorry I'm Swift beginner.

[chenr2]

@ngocphu2810 I'm not quite sure if I understand. Are you trying to open a modal when selecting something from the menu? Can you provide a screenshot another app that does what you have in mind? Thanks!

[ngocphu2810]

I'm really sorry for my English too bad. I want to add more item in left menu and when I click to it, the right container view will change that child view. It remove tabbar and replaced by another view controller. I also add "Main View" in left menu when I clicked , It will open tabbar again. I really apologize to make much your time.

[chenr2]

It doesn't look like this UI design will play work well with apple's APIs. The slideout menu is already discouraged by apple, and replacing the main view makes things harder. Personally, I would try to come up with a simpler UI design.

But if you absolutely had to use this approach, this is how I would go about it. Currently, you have a main view controller that holds containers for the left menu and tab bar controller:

• parent view controller (root view controller)
  • container
  • left menu
  • container
  • tab bar controller (your "Main View")

You can actually use a tab bar controller (and hide the bottom tab bar) to switch between different flows. So you could try something like this:

• parent view controller (root view controller)
  • container
  • left menu
  • container
  • tab bar controller (the "switcher", and the bottom tab bar is hidden)
    • tab 0: UIViewController
    • container
      • tab bar controller (your "Main View")
    • tab 1: UIViewController (your other child view)

When you click on the left menu items, you can tell the switcher to select tab at index 0 or 1.

This approach is pretty complicated, and a lot of time will be spent debugging user navigation. It would probably be easier to find a UI design that works better with apple's APIs.

[ngocphu2810]

Thank you so much.