On iOS 8 the iAd banner automatically created by using canDisplayBannerAd is displayed with a white background: that does not suit the app design at all. So I need to change it.
How to do it ?
Changing the background color property is easy but how to access the iAd banner view?
On iOS7 it was fine.
Ok, I found a way by creating a category for ADBannerView and modifying background color property in it.
The modification is made in willMoveToWindow:(UIWindow *)newWindow.
-(void) willMoveToWindow:(UIWindow *)newWindow {
[super willMoveToWindow:newWindow];
self.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
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In iOS8 I am using a splitViewController to present my data. I have a custom color for the navigation bar (light blue) and I set the color for the title to white. I would like to change the color of the text in the displayModeButtonItem to white as well, but no matter what I do, it stays the default blue when displayed on the iPhone. When displayed on the iPad it is white.
I have tried
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [self.splitViewController displayModeButtonItem];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
but that does nothing. It seems that since this button is handled automatically by iOS, nothing I do can change it. Is there somewhere that I can intercept this button and set its color?
This is tricky to find. In Interface Builder, you need to:
Find the Navigation controller for the Master View Controller.
Select the Navigation Bar
Change the Tint
Objective c
In SceneDelegate.m
- (void)scene:(UIScene *)scene willConnectToSession:(UISceneSession *)session options:(UISceneConnectionOptions *)connectionOptions {
UISplitViewController *splitViewController = (UISplitViewController *)self.window.rootViewController;
splitViewController.view.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
If you can't use the accepted answer, because you don't have a Navigation Controller in your Master View (as I didn't have), you can try the following:
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
If you put this in the App Delegate it will make every UIBarButtonItem white (including the displayModeButtonItem), but you could target it more specific to the SplitViewController's displayModeButtonItem.
I have a UIActionSheet in my application. I want to change the background color of actionsheet buttons and the font of the buttons. I made a search found below code:
for (UIView *_currentView in actionSheet.subviews)
{
if ([_currentView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]])
{
//DO YOUR WORK
}
}
but this code is not working on ios 8. for ios I found below code too:
[[UIView appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UIAlertController class], nil] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
but this code only changes the button's font color.
Is there a way for changing the button's background color too?
Basically what you are trying to do is something you should not do and should never have been doing. UIActionSheet and UIAlertController provide standard views with a very small number of variants and a completely standard appearance. You should not attempt to mess with that.
However, don't give up hope! Nothing stops you from devising your own view that looks however you want. And on iOS 8 (and iOS 7) this is very easy, because you are allowed to make a presented view controller whose view slides onto the screen and covers it only partially, just like an alert sheet. So go ahead and create your own non-standard column of buttons, rather than trying to modify Apple's standard.
What works for me is this:
UICollectionViewCell.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor() // or any other color you want
Note that this affects the background when presented in a popover or on the iPhone. If you are using UICollectionViews elsewhere in your app, set the background color manually to override.
I have an UIDatePicker in my storyboard view connected to an IBOutlet in the header file.
In the implementation file I set some properties to the picker and then assign it to my textFields:
[self.txtEndDate setInputView:self.picker];
This was working fine in iOS 7, but with iOS 8 it's giving me the following error:
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'UIViewControllerHierarchyInconsistency', reason: 'child view controller:<UICompatibilityInputViewController: 0x7c2d8800> should have parent view controller:<InserimentoDurata: 0x7aec2b10> but requested parent is:<UIInputWindowController: 0x7b92b400>'
Any idea on how to fix this?
After receiving an email from Apple's Developer Technical Support, it seems that to add a UIDatePicker (or any custom keyboard for what I've understood) to a viewController, you don't have to add it to its view anymore, but you add it to its title bar and then connect it to the IBOutlet.
It's working for me, even if it doesn't work in the iPhone 5 simulator (all the others are ok) and I was going nuts.
I hope this could be of help for other people with the same problem.
The solution is to build your UIPickerView in code (remove it from the Storyboard), assign it to the textfield's inputView, and retrieve it from there anytime you need it (instead of keeping a reference to it). Basically, this means:
UIPickerView* picker = [[UIPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 300, 320, 168)];
[picker setDataSource: self];
[picker setDelegate: self];
picker.showsSelectionIndicator = YES;
self.textField.inputView = picker;
If you later need it, use:
UIPickerView* pickerView = (UIPickerView*) self.datePartySizeTextField.inputView;
[pickerView selectRow:1 inComponent:0 animated:NO];
UIDatePicker should not be child of any super view
Problem:
You have to ensure that the view you will assign to inputView or inputAccessoryView don't belong to any parent view. Maybe when you create these views from xib inside a ViewController, by default they are subviews of a superview.
Solution Tips:
Using method removeFromSuperview for the view you will assign to inputView or inputAccessoryView
see detail in this link
Error when adding input view to textfield iOS 8
I'm trying to create a UISwitch laid on mapView_ of Google Maps for my iOS app, but it seems not to work.
In details, I first followed instruction from google, created mapView_, then made it my viewcontroller's view:
self.view = mapView_;
Then, I created an UISwitch programmatically and added it as a subview:
mySwitch = [[UISwitch alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 360, 0, 0)];
[mySwitch setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[mySwitch addTarget:self
action:#selector(changeSwitch:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[mapView_ addSubview:mySwitch];
But when I touched the switch both in simulator and device, it didn't change its state from ON->OFF or OFF->ON. I even tried different UIControlEvent, such as UIControlEventValueChanged but it didn't work. To make sure that the code should work, I tried on a normal view of a normal test viewcontroller (that means, not using google maps), it worked fine!
Does anyone have any comment about this issue?
Thanks heaps!
You can work around this issue by adding both the UISwitch and the GMSMapView to a single UIView parent, instead of adding the UISwitch as a child of a GMSMapView. Yes, this means you need to position both the GMSMapView and the UISwitch.
I'm working on an iPad application and I'm using UIPopoverControllers. I'm at the part where the app needs to be branded and styled and i'm wondering how to change the color / tint of the UIPopoverController? Standard is dark blue but it needs to be another color..
is this possible?
Greets, Thomas
This is possible starting in iOS 5.0 by subclassing the abstract class UIPopoverBackgroundView and assigning your subclass to the popoverBackgroundViewClass property on your UIPopoverController instance. Unfortunately there is no tintColor property as the popover needs to use images for it's arrow and border in order to achieve smooth animations during dynamic resizing. You can learn more about how to customize the appearance of a UIPopoverController in the UIPopoverBackgroundView Class Reference
It's impossible for now.
It's what I call the "Box in a Box" model. You get control of the box inside of the box (the UIViewController inside of the UIPopoverController), but you have very limited control over the actual popover itself. Outside of the arrow direction and the size, you can't change much else. There are also options for a modal effect popover, which dims everything else when it shows up, but I haven't tried to get it working.
I'm sure you've noticed there is no UIPopover class by now.
The answer you want to hear:
If you really want to style one that bad, just write your own. It's really not that hard.
The link you want to click:
Cocoacontrols is an index of iOS and OSX components available on GitHub, they have some popover stuff.
iOS 7 introduces backgroundColor property of UIPopoverController which affects/includes the navigation background color as well as arrows of popover.
#property (nonatomic, copy) UIColor *backgroundColor NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(7_0);
Usage example:
if ([self.popoverVC respondsToSelector:#selector(setBackgroundColor:)]) { // Check to avoid app crash prior to iOS 7
self.popoverVC.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; // [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:#"..."] doesn't reflect the color on simulator but on device it works!
}
Note - As of now (iOS 7.0.3), in some cases (like set color using colorWithPatternImage:), the simulator (and even some devices) doesn't honor the color.
Throwing my hat in here;
I've leveraged UIPopoverBackgroundViews in iOS 5+ to add a simple tintColor property onto UIPopoverControllers.
PCPopoverController: https://github.com/pcperini/PCPopoverController
I try to trick it by customizing the view controller inside the popover and then hiding the popover border using this code:
UIView * border = [[insideViewController.view.superview.superview.superview subviews] objectAtIndex:0];
border.hidden = YES;
The app is actually still in development so I'm hoping other people will comment on this solution.
check out these latest projects leveraging UIPopoverBackgroundView
https://github.com/CRedit360/C360PopoverBackgroundView
https://github.com/GiK/GIKPopoverBackgroundView
from ios 5 onward it is can be done, here is a library
https://github.com/ddebin/DDPopoverBackgroundView
just look at the documentation , and it is quite easy
good luck
You can use Elegant Popover cocoapod for just that. You can customise shape and colour of the arrow and the popover itself. Also, you can add colourful borders to the popover.
I know this is a lousy constructed answer, but I've just been playing with the UIPopoverController's views. They do exist.
The only way to access them is from your view that is sitting in the UIPopovercontroller.
I have a navigation controller so I follow this hierarchy
UIView *test = ((UIView *)[[[self.navigationController.view.superview.superview.subviews objectAtIndex:0] subviews] objectAtIndex:1]);
UIView *test2 = ((UIView *)[[[self.navigationController.view.superview.superview.subviews objectAtIndex:0] subviews] objectAtIndex:1]);
test.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
test2.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
This isn't exactly the end goal, but it is really close.
you'll find that the_view_in_the_popover.superview.superview (maybe just one superview if you are not reaching out from a navigation controller view) is a UIPopoverView. If you cast it as a UIView and treat it as a UIView you're not really breaking any rules. I guess that is really up to apple though.
Remove UIPopoverController border:
NSArray* subviews = ((UIView*)[popupController.contentViewController.view.superview.superview.superview.subviews objectAtIndex:0]).subviews;
for(UIView *subview in subviews){
[subview removeFromSuperview];
}