Change Container View Content with Tabs in iOS

Question

I\'m trying to make a form that spans three tabs. You can see in the screenshot below where the tabs will be. When the user taps a tab, the Container View should update and show

Answer 1

Update: UITabBarController is the recommended way to go, as you found out earlier. In case you'd like to have a custom height, here is a good start: My way of customizing UITabBarController's tabbar - Stackoverflow answer

As of iOS 5+ you have access to customize the appearance via this API; UIAppearance Protocol Reference. Here is a nice tutorial for that: How To Customize Tab Bar Background and Appearance

The most obvious way to achieve what you're looking for is to simply manage 3 different containers (they are simple UIViews) and implement each of them to hold whatever content view you need for each tab (use the hidden property of the containers).

Here is an example of what's possible to achieve with different containers:

These containers "swapping" can be animated of course. About your self-answer, you probably chose the right way to do it.