custom uitabbar subclass uitabbarcontroller or develop custom view?

Question

I am developing an application for iOS 4 based iphone/ipad, required to develop custom UITabBar for my application. as per specification, The tab-bar has 1. image as background 2. tabbar items as custom buttons 3. buttons having badges

Please refer the image: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/tabbar.jpg/

It is not required to bring any views corresponding to the click of buttons. so is it advisable to a. subclass uitabbar controller OR b. make a view with custom buttons having badges?

Please share your thoughts, alternative approach and code snippet if possible. Thanks and Regards, powerpc

Answer 1

If you are not bringing on any views, you are most probably looking for a toolbar rather than a tab bar.

After looking at your image I recommend rolling your own with UIView.

However, if you need advanced tab bar functionality, such as managing the items and badges, you can also subclass UITabBar. After all it is also a subclass of UIView.