Add a UINavigationController nested inside a container view controller to a UITabBarController

Question

I have a UIViewController (red) set as the first tab of a UITabBarController as shown in the storyboard below. This view controller is a container view

Answer 1

I know you are also looking for an answer which works on iOS 6, but on iOS 7 and above you can use

self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = YES;

Answer 2

Have you tried setting self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeAll; in -(void)viewDidLoad of Table View Controller - Root?

Note: iOS 7 only