UIKit equivalent of SwiftUI .tabRole(.search)?

In SwiftUI, iOS 18+ provides a dedicated Search tab role:

Tab(value: .search, role: .search) {
    Text("This view is intentionally blank")
}

This displays Search as a separate tab bar item/slot. Is there an official UIKit equivalent for UITabBarController / UITabBarItem? If not, what is Apple’s recommended UIKit approach to achieve the same UX?

UIKit exposes a UISearchTab class, a subclass of UITab that can be passed to a UITabBarController.

UIKit equivalent of SwiftUI .tabRole(.search)?
 
 
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