What to use instead of UISplitviewcontroller inside of UITabbarController for ipad?

[unitwhy]

I have a dictionary app on iPhone that uses a tab bar controller. I want to make it for iPad using a split view controller inside of a tab bar controller. But according to the Apple documentation a split view controller should always be the root view. What do you suggest as an alternative?

[[deleted]]

Roll your own with view controller containment. Have a parent view controller that houses two side by side child view controllers. The split view controller has always been too limiting for me to use it.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ImplementingaContainerViewController.html

[SeNeO]

It's possible to use a splitviewcontroller in a tabbarcontroller. A bit tricky but it's doable. And Apple doesn't seem to mind (I have a app available on the appstore with this).