gistfile1.cs

//most of the non-declared variables here are at the class level - eg window is:
// UIWindow window
// etc.


window = new UIWindow (UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds);
			
			UIApplication.SharedApplication.StatusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.BlackOpaque;
			
			tabBar = new UITabBarController();
			
			
			MainView = tabBar.View;
			
			//make some DialogViewController's - I descend various classes off them
			summary = new OverviewDialogViewController();
			records = new RecordsDialogViewController();
			deadlines = new DeadlinesDialogViewController();
			export = new ExportDialogViewController();
			
			
			tabControllers = new UINavigationController[] {
			
				new UINavigationController(summary) {
					TabBarItem = new UITabBarItem("Overview", Resources.Overview, 0)
				},
				new UINavigationController(records) {
					TabBarItem = new UITabBarItem("Records", Resources.Records, 1)
				},

				new UINavigationController(deadlines) {
					TabBarItem = new UITabBarItem("Deadlines", Resources.Deadlines, 2)
				},
				new UINavigationController(export) {
					TabBarItem = new UITabBarItem("Export", Resources.Export, 3)
				}
				
			};
			
			
			
			tabBar.SetViewControllers(tabControllers, false);
			

			tabBar.ViewControllerSelected += delegate(object sender, UITabBarSelectionEventArgs e) {
				if (tabBar.SelectedIndex == 0)
				{
					(summary as OverviewDialogViewController).ReloadSummary(null);
				}
			};
			
			
			window.RootViewController = tabBar;
			window.MakeKeyAndVisible ();

Hi do you have the full code listing for this? Specifically the classes?
summary = new OverviewDialogViewController();
records = new RecordsDialogViewController();
deadlines = new DeadlinesDialogViewController();
export = new ExportDialogViewController();

Hi Nic,

Thanks for this example. The only bit I don't understand is:

MainView = tabBar.View;

Where does MainView come from, or where is it supposed to be declared?

Cheers!

@ArnoldKrimins - no, they are just DialogViewController descendants, which is specific to the (client) application. Basically just a UITableViewController.

@Shogan: I think this might be old, dead code. You used to have to keep track of things a bit more aggressively in MonoTouch than you do now, to avoid being GC'ed. I doubt there is any need for it.