Get the tabbar item view.

getTabBarItemView.m

+ (UIView *)viewForTabInTabBar:(UITabBar* )tabBar withIndex:(NSUInteger)index
{
    NSMutableArray *tabBarItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:[tabBar.items count]];
    for (UIView *view in tabBar.subviews) {
        if ([view isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UITabBarButton")] && [view respondsToSelector:@selector(frame)]) {
            // check for the selector -frame to prevent crashes in the very unlikely case that in the future
            // objects thar don't implement -frame can be subViews of an UIView
            [tabBarItems addObject:view];
        }
    }
    if ([tabBarItems count] == 0) {
        // no tabBarItems means either no UITabBarButtons were in the subView, or none responded to -frame
        // return CGRectZero to indicate that we couldn't figure out the frame
        return nil;
    }
    
    // sort by origin.x of the frame because the items are not necessarily in the correct order
    [tabBarItems sortUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(UIView *view1, UIView *view2) {
        if (view1.frame.origin.x < view2.frame.origin.x) {
            return NSOrderedAscending;
        }
        if (view1.frame.origin.x > view2.frame.origin.x) {
            return NSOrderedDescending;
        }
        return NSOrderedSame;
    }];
    
    UIView *retVal = nil;
    if (index < [tabBarItems count]) {
        // viewController is in a regular tab
        UIView *tabView = tabBarItems[index];
        if ([tabView respondsToSelector:@selector(frame)]) {
            retVal = tabView;
        }
    }
    else {
        // our target viewController is inside the "more" tab
        UIView *tabView = [tabBarItems lastObject];
        if ([tabView respondsToSelector:@selector(frame)]) {
            retVal = tabView;
        }
    }
    return retVal;
}