How can I call the same ViewController from two TabBar items?

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I used:

MyViewController *vc1 = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNib:@"MyViewController" bundle:nil]; MyViewController *vc2 = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNib:@"MyViewController" bundle:nil];

UITabBarController *tabs = [[UITabBarController alloc] init]; [tabs setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:vc1, vc2, nil] animated:NO];

But variables will be reset, I want to keep the variables.

My view controller contains TableView with listdata, I just want to show first three of them when I click one 2nd TabBar, but listdata variable is reset and become nil.

Any fix? Thanks

So you want to show the same thing in two tabs? Why have two separate tabs then? — SVD
Because one is for showing all data in tableView, and other one is for showing specific data in tableView (e.g. Favorite items) — Houranis

EmilioPelaez EmilioPelaez · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06T01:27:35

I'm not sure why you'd do this, but this probably works.

MyViewController *vc1 = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNib:@"MyViewController" bundle:nil]; 

UITabBarController *tabs = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
[tabs setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:vc1, vc1, nil] animated:NO];

How can I call the same ViewController from two TabBar items?

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