Get selected index tabbar controller Swift

ios swift uitabbarcontroller selectedindex
Maystro picture Maystro · Feb 9, 2015 · Viewed 23.6k times · Source

I'm trying to get the selected index of the tabbarController.

let application = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as AppDelegate
let tabbarController = application.tabBarController as UITabBarController
let selectedIndex = tabBarController.selectedIndex

I'm getting this error: 'UITabBarController?' does not have a member named 'selectedIndex'

Am I missing something?

Answer

return true picture return true · Feb 9, 2015

application.tabBarController is an optional, this means it can be nil. If you are sure it will never be nil, do this:

var selectedIndex = tabBarController!.selectedIndex

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