Ionic Tabs

The ionic tabs mostly used for mobile navigation. It means that tabs are placed at the top of the display on android devices, while at the bottom on IOS. It does not provide any comment or UI mechanism to switch between tabs. To do this, you must give the <Ion-Tab-bar> as a direct secondary element of the <Ion-tabs>.

The <ion-tabs> and the <ion-tab-bar> can be used as separate items. They do not be dependent on each other to work, but are generally used together for a tab-based navigation application that behaves like the original application.

The Tab component is a minor component of tabs. Each tab can have a top-level navigation stack for one application or view. The app can contain multiple tabs, with their independent navigation system.

Ionic-tab-bar: The tab bar is a component of the user interface that contains a set of tab buttons. A tab bar must be provided within the tabs to communicate with each tab.

Ionic-tab-button: The Tab button is a component of the user interface that is placed inside the tab bar. The tab button can specify the icon, design, and connect the tab view.

Simple tabs: Simple tabs menu can be designed by using the <ion-tabs> and <ion-tab-bar> components. The given below example shows how tabs designed in Ionic.

Example: This example explains how you can make simple tabs in the ionic application by using the <ion-tab> component.

 
  
  
 Tabs 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Message 
  
  
 Favourite 
  
  
 Setting 
  
  
  
   

Output: After executing this code, you will get the output, as shown below.

Adding icons: Ionic offers classes for adding icons to tabs. If you want your tabs to contain icons without text, you should add a category of tabs-icon-only just after the tab class. You can add the icon by using the <ion-icon> component.

Example: This example explains how you can add the tab icons in the ionic application.

 
  
  
 Tabs 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Alarm 
  
  
  
 Favourite 
  
  
  
 Bluetooth 
  
  
  
   

Output: After executing this code, you will get the output, as shown below.

Tabs Badges: Use the attributes tabBadge and tabBadgeStyle to add a badge to a tab. It's an attribute that contains a number or any other character. It can be used as a notification indicating that there is an additional item associated with an element showing the number of linked items.

Example: This example explains how you can add the tab badges in the ionic application.

 
  
  
 Tabs 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Chat 
 11 
  
  
  
 Twitter 
 8 
  
  
  
 Whatsapp 
 15 
  
  
  
   

Output: After executing this code, you will get the output, as shown below.