How to change initial tab bar selection programmatically
Since this is the initial view controller, and is not a subclass, you need to set this in your appDelegate.
In AppDelegate.m, add the following to your application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{ // Override point for customization after application launch. // Select the left-most tab of our initial tab bar controller: UITabBarController *tabBar = (UITabBarController *)self.window.rootViewController; tabBar.selectedIndex = 0; return YES;}
tabBar setSelectedItem: try using this in your viewDidLoad