How to set first tab bar selected programmatically in iphone

Question

I have UITabBar in view which have 5 tab. I am using didSelectItem delegate to open different view i.e. I am NOT using TabBarController.

My problem is on view load I need first tab get selected by default. Is there any property in TabBar which we can set to make it selected.

Thanks

Answer 1

Use the selectedItem property

Answer 2

set the tabbar.selectedItem=0; in the viewWillAppear so when ever the view appears it will select the first tab by default.

Answer 3

This will wok [tabBar setSelectedItem:[tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0]];