How to add an "entry point arrow" to a tab bar controller?

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In Xcode 6.2 beta, I am able to make some view controllers such as "View Controller" or "Navigation view controller" the entry point of my interface by dragging and dropping the "entry point arrow" on it, it gives me something like this : enter image description here
But when I want to drag this arrow on a tab bar controller, it does not work, so is that a bug or should I do it in another way ?

@AshishKakkad What view controller ? I have only my Tab bar controller. — Pop Flamingo, Dec 29 '14 at 05:03
Delete the tab bar controller, add a normal view controller and then embed it in a tab bar controller — Paulw11, Dec 29 '14 at 05:12
@Paulw11 Oh, OK thank you ! Hope Apple will make it easier in the future. — Pop Flamingo, Dec 29 '14 at 05:16

score 156 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 05:54

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Try with following steps.

1) Open StoryBoard.

2) select TabbarControllerwhich you want to set as RootViewController.

3) Open Properties.

4) select InitialView Controller Option.

For help you can see following image.

enter image description here

answered Dec 29 '14 at 05:54

Abhishek Sharma

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Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, it doesn't work anymore with the newest version of Xcode (Xcode 6.2 I think, it was still possible in Xcode 6.1 if I remember...) – Pop Flamingo Dec 29 '14 at 07:25
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Make sure that you select the View Controller boarder (the white part), not the middle part of the view controller, because that's something else. See this image. http://i.imgur.com/3tD99Dy.png – user43633 Jun 15 '16 at 22:54

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '17 at 17:18

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its a litile bit confusing over versions on xCode, I'm using version 8.3.2 and it has the follwing

select navigation controller

check the is initial view controller checkbox

2[ select is initial view controller ]2

answered May 21 '17 at 17:18

M_AWADI

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '15 at 09:35

Had the same problem. The Answer above solved it using Xcode 6.4. So I think this is the right answer. But as I can´t comment to provide this alternative, I write a new answer

It is also possible to:

open the StoryBoard per Open as Source Code
In the XML <document> tag you can add the initialViewController="viewVontrollerID" tag
replace the "viewVontrollerID" with the id of the ViewController, that the application should start with. (keep the "")

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 03 '19 at 04:30

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I couldn't find the "initial view controller" checkbox at first. Then I realized that this is because I was in the "Table View" not the "Table View Controller." When I clicked into the "Table View Controller" that checkbox appeared.

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edited Oct 03 '19 at 04:30

Hasta Dhana

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answered Oct 02 '19 at 17:18

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How to add an "entry point arrow" to a tab bar controller?

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