Can TabBar apply to some but not all the scenes?

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hello all,

I am thinking of an app where it starts with a “Main Menu”.

From there “Main Menu”:

1- you can go to the “settings menu” (which I would like to make a tabbed view).

2- you can go to “level select” view (not tabbed).

3- Help view (not tabbed).

From each for those views we should be able to go back to the “Main menu”.

When I go back from the “settings menu”, the TabBar remains visible.

How do I go back to normal (untabbed) view? Or is it not possible to mix “tabbed” and “untabbed” in the same project?

Sample project here:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsobMPtnfQiBkDto13wPKmv47apd?e=GLVeDQ

Thanks.

#2

Of course. You just need to add the tabBar object you created into the scene.view group. 

#3

Thanks @nick_sherman.

I tried what you suggested but that removes the tabBar from ALL scenes.

I tried to follow the code in the documentation where:

Scene1: the tabBar is defined.

Scene 2: tab one.

Scene 3: tab two.

If I add the tabBar to the scene group in scene 1 then as soon as I try to display the first tab (scene 2) the tabBar disappears.

The tabBar is not defined in Scenes 2 and 3 so I can’t add it to the scene group there.

Apology if I misunderstood your solution.

#4

Generally speaking, a user using a tabBar type app expects the tabs to always be there. As such most of our examples use the fact that display objects that do not go into a composer scene group stays on top. We call this feature “HUD mode”. 

If you have a global (or faux global - preferred) reference to the tabBar, you can always hide it:

tabBar.isVisible = false

when you don’t want it to show, and then set it back to true when you want it to show,.

Rob

#5

Thanks Rob. It worked.