# robbdimitrov/RDVTabBarController

Deeply customizable, drop-in replacement for UITabBarController, engineered to deliver bespoke navigation in iOS apps.

Repository: https://github.com/robbdimitrov/RDVTabBarController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rdvtabbarcontroller
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, objective-c, tabbar, tabbarcontroller
Last push: 2022-06-12T07:02:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4883, "days_push": 1543, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2295, forks 487 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.094221+00:00)

## What it is
RDVTabBarController is a drop-in Objective-C replacement for UITabBarController on iOS, offering deep customization of tab bar appearance, badges, and items. It supports iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape orientations, and can be embedded inside a UINavigationController.

## Use cases
- customize the iOS tab bar appearance beyond what UITabBarController allows
- replace UITabBarController with a drop-in alternative
- add custom badges to tab bar items
- build a tabbed iOS app with custom selected/unselected tab icons and backgrounds
- use a tab bar controller inside a navigation controller
- support both iPhone and iPad tabbed layouts

## When to choose
- you need pixel-level control over tab bar visuals in an Objective-C or Swift iOS app
- UITabBarController's customization options are insufficient for your design
- you want a lightweight, MIT-licensed component you can drop into your project

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and can rely on modern UITabBarController or SwiftUI tab APIs
- you need actively maintained Swift-first UI libraries with ongoing updates
- your app targets only the newest iOS versions where system tab bars suffice

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, tabbarcontroller, uitabbarcontroller-replacement, cocoapods, navigation, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- robbdimitrov/RDVTabBarController (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.094221+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:40:23.602739+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/robbdimitrov/RDVTabBarController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.094221+00:00, sha da522eeff7ed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.