unable to add Tab Bar

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#1

this is my basic code to add tabbar I dont get any error but it shows me a blank screen,the tab bar is not being displayed

local widget = require(“widget”)

local tabButtons={
    {
        width=32,
        height=32,
        defaultFile=“heart.png”,
        label=“level-1”,
        selected=true
    },
    {
        width=32,
        height=32,
        defaultFile=“heart.png”,
        label=“level-2”
    }
}

– Create the widget
local tabBar = widget.newTabBar
    {
        top = display.contentHeight +30,
        width = display.contentWidth-50,
        buttons = tabButtons 
    }
tabBar.isVisible = true
 

basically I am trying to create a grid menu using the tabbar,is it a good idea to use a tabbar or buttons,I will have images as the background of each tab.

#2

Are there any messages in your Corona console log?

Rob

#3

this is  the warning in the  console

WARNING: unrecognized key: settings.orientation.content (string)

I fixed it now though just some bad co-ordinates caused the problem,

Where can I find the list of properties that I can add to this above table(tabButtons) just as similar to height,width etc
 

#4

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/widget/newTabBar.html

There are working examples in the WidgetDemo sample app (SampleCode/Interface/WidgetDemo)

You can also look at the business app sample:  https://github.com/coronalabs-samples/business-app-sample

And the CoronaWeather sample.https://github.com/coronalabs-samples/CoronaWeather

for examples.

Rob

#5

thanks for the reply I will take a look

#6

Are there any messages in your Corona console log?

Rob

#7

this is  the warning in the  console

WARNING: unrecognized key: settings.orientation.content (string)

I fixed it now though just some bad co-ordinates caused the problem,

Where can I find the list of properties that I can add to this above table(tabButtons) just as similar to height,width etc
 

#8

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/widget/newTabBar.html

There are working examples in the WidgetDemo sample app (SampleCode/Interface/WidgetDemo)

You can also look at the business app sample:  https://github.com/coronalabs-samples/business-app-sample

And the CoronaWeather sample.https://github.com/coronalabs-samples/CoronaWeather

for examples.

Rob

#9

thanks for the reply I will take a look