自定义UITabBarController，并设为窗口的根控制器

我们这里不用Main.storyBoard作为程序的主窗口，我们采用代码来自己创建窗口。

下面来到AppDelegate.m，#import "TabBarController.h"（这是我们自定义的UITabBarController，继承自UITabBarController）

在程序启动方法里创建窗口，并设置窗口的根控制器为我们自定义的TabBarController

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    
    // 创建窗口
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] init];
    self.window.frame = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds;

    // 设置窗口的根控制器
    self.window.rootViewController = [[TabBarController alloc] init];;
    
    // 显示窗口
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    
    return YES;
}

2.在自定义的UITabBarController里，设置UITabBarItem的文字属性，添加tabBarController的子控制器，替换tabBar为自定义的tabBar

//
//  TabBarController.m

#import "TabBarController.h"
#import "TabBar.h"
#import "EssenceViewController.h"
#import "NewViewController.h"
#import "FriendTrendsViewController.h"
#import "MeViewController.h"

@interface TabBarController ()

@end

@implementation TabBarController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    // 通过appearance统一设置UITabBarItem的文字属性
    NSMutableDictionary *attrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    attrs[NSFontAttributeName] = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
    attrs[NSForegroundColorAttributeName] = [UIColor grayColor];
    
    NSMutableDictionary *selectedAttrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    selectedAttrs[NSFontAttributeName] = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
    selectedAttrs[NSForegroundColorAttributeName] = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
    
    // 拿到UITabBarItem的appearance
    UITabBarItem *item = [UITabBarItem appearance];
    [item setTitleTextAttributes:attrs forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [item setTitleTextAttributes:selectedAttrs forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    
    // 给tabBarController添加子控制器
    [self setupChildVc:[[EssenceViewController alloc] init] title:@"精华" image:@"tabBar_essence_icon" selectedImage:@"tabBar_essence_click_icon"];
    [self setupChildVc:[[NewViewController alloc] init] title:@"新帖" image:@"tabBar_new_icon" selectedImage:@"tabBar_new_click_icon"];
    [self setupChildVc:[[FriendTrendsViewController alloc] init] title:@"关注" image:@"tabBar_friendTrends_icon" selectedImage:@"tabBar_friendTrends_click_icon"];
    [self setupChildVc:[[MeViewController alloc] init] title:@"我" image:@"tabBar_me_icon" selectedImage:@"tabBar_me_click_icon"];
    
    // 更换为自定义的tabBar
//    self.tabBar = [[TabBar alloc] init]; //tabBar为只读属性，所以我们下面采用KVC的方式
    [self setValue:[[TabBar alloc] init] forKey:@"tabBar"];
}

/**
 *  初始化子控制器
 */
- (void)setupChildVc:(UIViewController *)vc title:(NSString *)title image:(NSString *)image selectedImage:(NSString *)selectedImage {

    // 设置文字和图片
    vc.tabBarItem.title = title;
    vc.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:image];
    vc.tabBarItem.selectedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:selectedImage];
    vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:arc4random_uniform(100)/100.0 green:arc4random_uniform(100)/100.0  blue:arc4random_uniform(100)/100.0  alpha:1.0];
    
    // 添加为子控制器
    [self addChildViewController:vc];
}

@end

3.在自定义的UITabBar里，我们要创建一个特殊的按钮，然后要调整tabBar上所有UITabBarButton的布局

#import "TabBar.h"

@interface TabBar()

/** 发布按钮 */
@property(nonatomic,weak)UIButton *publishButton;

@end

@implementation TabBar

- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        UIButton *publishButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
        [publishButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBar_publish_icon"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [publishButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBar_publish_click_icon"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
        [self addSubview:publishButton];
        self.publishButton = publishButton;
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];
    
    // 设置 发布按钮 的frame
    self.publishButton.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.publishButton.currentBackgroundImage.size.width, self.publishButton.currentBackgroundImage.size.height);
    self.publishButton.center = CGPointMake(self.frame.size.width * 0.5, self.frame.size.height * 0.5);
   
    // 设置其他UITabBarButton的frame
    CGFloat buttonY = 0;
    CGFloat buttonW = self.frame.size.width / 5;
    CGFloat buttonH = self.frame.size.height;
    NSInteger index = 0;
    for (UIView *button in self.subviews) {
        // 排除发布按钮
//        if(![button isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UITabBarButton")]) continue;
        if(![button isKindOfClass:[UIControl class]] || button == self.publishButton) continue;
        
        // 计算按钮的x值
        CGFloat buttonX = buttonW * ((index>1) ? (index+1) : index);
        button.frame = CGRectMake(buttonX, buttonY, buttonW, buttonH);
        
        // 增加索引
        index++;
    }
}

@end

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