Getting the frame of a particular tab bar item

Question

Is there a way to find the frame of a particular UITabBarItem in a UITabBar?

Specifically, I want to create an animation of an image \"falling\

Answer 1

Tab bar buttons are the only sub views that have user interaction enabled. Check for this instead of UITabBarButton to avoid violating hidden API's.

for (UIView* view in self.tabBar.subviews)
    {
        if( [view isUserInteractionEnabled] )
        {
            [myMutableArray addObject:view];
        }
}

Once in the array, sort it based on the origin x, and you will have the tab bar buttons in their true order.