PersonViewController in TabBarController

I have a UITabBarController with three tabs. When a certain one is pressed, I'd like the user to immediately see a person view controller (an instance of the ABPersonViewController class).

I don't want to just use the presentViewController() method with a person view controller as a parameter because this results in a lag, when the user can see the underlying view controller from which it's presented.

I also can't make the view controller inherit from ABPersonViewController, because it's set by Apple so that it can't be subclassed. Is there a way I can accomplish this?

via Chebli Mohamed