From 67a029180e2b6661a8310f09ceefa56abd9b7897 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowfacts <me@shadowfacts.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:04:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't construct unnecessary view controllers in
 MainSplitViewController

---
 Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
index cc9555235b..a66a0c45c7 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ class MainSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
         primaryBackgroundStyle = .sidebar
 
         setViewController(EnhancedNavigationViewController(), for: .secondary)
-        select(item: .tab(.timelines))
+        // don't unnecesarily construct a content VC unless the we're in actually split mode
+        // when we change from compact -> split for the first time, the VC will be transferred anyways
+        if traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass != .compact {
+            select(item: .tab(.timelines))
+        }
         
         tabBarViewController = MainTabBarViewController(mastodonController: mastodonController)
         setViewController(tabBarViewController, for: .compact)