I'm using the new adaptive "Present As Popover" capability of iOS 8. I wired up a simple segue in the StoryBoard to do the presentation. It works great on an iPhone 6 Plus as it presents the view as a popover and on an iPhone 4s it shows as a full screen view (sheet style).
The problem is when shown as a full screen view, I need to add a "Done" button to the view so dismissViewControllerAnimated can be called. And I don't want to show the "done" button when it's shown as a popover.
I tried looking at the properties of both presentationController and popoverPresentationController, and I can find nothing that tells me if it is actually being shown as a popover.
NSLog( #"View loaded %lx", (long)self.presentationController.adaptivePresentationStyle ); // UIModalPresentationFullScreen
NSLog( #"View loaded %lx", (long)self.presentationController.presentationStyle ); // UIModalPresentationPopover
NSLog( #"View loaded %lx", (long)self.popoverPresentationController.adaptivePresentationStyle ); // UIModalPresentationFullScreen
NSLog( #"View loaded %lx", (long)self.popoverPresentationController.presentationStyle ); // UIModalPresentationPopover
adaptivePresentationStyle always returns UIModalPresentationFullScreen and presentationStyle always returns UIModalPresentationPopover
When looking at the UITraitCollection I did find a trait called "_UITraitNameInteractionModel" which was only set to 1 when it was actually displayed as a Popover. However, Apple doesn't provide direct access to that trait through the traitCollection of popoverPresentationController.
The best way (least smelly) I've found to do this is to use the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate.
• Ensure the presented view controller is set as the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate on the UIPopoverPresentationController being used to manage the presentation. I'm using a Storyboard so set this in prepareForSegue:
segue.destinationViewController.popoverPresentationController.delegate = presentedVC;
• Create a property in the presented view controller to keep track of this state:
#property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL amDisplayedInAPopover;
• And add the following delegate method (or add to your existing delegate method):
- (void)prepareForPopoverPresentation:(UIPopoverPresentationController *)popoverPresentationController
{
// This method is only called if we are presented in a popover
self.amDisplayedInAPopover = YES;
}
• And then finally in viewWillAppear: - viewDidLoad: is too early, the delegate prepare method is called between viewDidLoad: and viewWillAppear:
if (self.amDisplayedInAPopover) {
// Hide the offending buttons in whatever manner you do so
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;
}
Edit: Simpler method!
Just set the delegate (making sure your presentedVC adopts the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate):
segue.destinationViewController.popoverPresentationController.delegate = presentedVC;
And supply the method:
- (void)prepareForPopoverPresentation:(UIPopoverPresentationController *)popoverPresentationController
{
// This method is only called if we are presented in a popover
// Hide the offending buttons in whatever manner you do so
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;
}
I check to see if the popoverPresentationController's arrowDirection is set after the view is laid out. For my purposes, this works well enough and covers the case of popovers on smaller screened devices.
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
if (popoverPresentationController?.arrowDirection != UIPopoverArrowDirection.Unknown) {
// This view controller is running in a popover
NSLog("I'm running in a Popover")
}
}
How about
if (self.modalPresentationStyle == UIModalPresentationPopover)
It's working for me
The official way to implement this is first remove the Done button from your view controller and second, when adapting to compact embed your view controller in a navigation controller, adding the done button as a navigation item:
func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController) -> UIModalPresentationStyle {
return UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen
}
func presentationController(controller: UIPresentationController, viewControllerForAdaptivePresentationStyle style: UIModalPresentationStyle) -> UIViewController? {
let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: controller.presentedViewController)
let btnDone = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: .Done, target: self, action: "dismiss")
navigationController.topViewController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = btnDone
return navigationController
}
func dismiss() {
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
Full Tutorial
I tested all solutions presented in this post. Sorry, none works correctly in all cases. For example in iPad split view presentation style can change while dragging split view line, so we need specific notification for that.
After few hours of researches i found solution in apple sample (swift):
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/AdaptivePhotos/Introduction/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014636
Here is the same solution in obj-c.
First in prepareForSegue function set the popoverPresentationController delegate. It can be also set in MyViewController "init", but not in "viewDidLoad" (because first willPresentWithAdaptiveStyle is called before viewDidLoad).
MyViewController *controller = [segue destinationViewController];
controller.popoverPresentationController.delegate = (MyViewController *)controller;
Now MyViewController object will receive this notification every time iOS changes presentation style, including first presenting. Here is example implementation which shows/hides "Close" button in navigationController:
- (void)presentationController:(UIPresentationController *)presentationController
willPresentWithAdaptiveStyle:(UIModalPresentationStyle)style
transitionCoordinator:(nullable id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)transitionCoordinator {
if (style == UIModalPresentationNone) {
// style set in storyboard not changed (popover), hide close button
self.topViewController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;
} else {
// style changed by iOS (to fullscreen or page sheet), show close button
UIBarButtonItem *closeButton =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Close" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(closeAction)];
self.topViewController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = closeButton;
}
}
- (void)closeAction {
[self.presentingViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
The UIPresentationController which manages your view controller is presenting it by setting the modalPresentationStyle to UIModalPresentationPopover.
As per UIViewController reference:
presentingViewController
The view controller that presented this view
controller. (read-only)
modalPresentationStyle
UIModalPresentationPopover: In a horizontally regular environment, a presentation style where the content is displayed in a popover view. The background content is dimmed and taps
outside the popover cause the popover to be dismissed. If you do not
want taps to dismiss the popover, you can assign one or more views to
the passthroughViews property of the associated
UIPopoverPresentationController object, which you can get from the
popoverPresentationController property.
We can therefore determine whether your view controller is inside a popover or presented modally by checking the horizontalSizeClass as follows (I assumed your button is a UIBarButtonItem)
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
if (self.presentingViewController.traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass == UIUserInterfaceSizeClassRegular)
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil; // remove the button
}
The safest place to check this is in viewWillAppear: as otherwise the presentingViewController may be nil.
Solution that works with multitasking
Assign the presenting controller as the popover's delegate
...
controller.popoverPresentationController.delegate = controller;
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
Then, in the controller, implement the delegate methods:
- (void)presentationController:(UIPresentationController *)presentationController willPresentWithAdaptiveStyle:(UIModalPresentationStyle)style transitionCoordinator:(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)transitionCoordinator
{
if (style != UIModalPresentationNone)
{
// Exited popover mode
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = button;
}
}
- (void)prepareForPopoverPresentation:(UIPopoverPresentationController *)popoverPresentationController
{
// Entered popover mode
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;
}
My tricky solution, works perfectly.
In the PopoverViewController's viewDidLoad.
if (self.view.superview!.bounds != UIScreen.main.bounds) {
print("This is a popover!")
}
The idea is simple, A Popover's view size is never equal to the device screen size unless it's not a Popover.
I have presented UIImagePickerController from modally presented view controller. After clicking the image I get a black image instead of the clicked picture
I did something Like this.
//From ViewController1 I presented view controller2 with
- (IBAction)buttontappedToPresentViewController2:(id)sender
{
ViewController2* controller2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController2" bundle:nil];
controller2.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPageSheet;
[self controller2 animated:YES completion:nil];
}
//In ViewController2, I presented the UIIMagePickerController
- (IBAction)cameraButtonTapped:(id)sender
{
UIImagePickerController *cameraController = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
cameraController.mediaTypes = #[(NSString *)kUTTypeImage,(NSString*)kUTTypeMovie];
cameraController.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
[self presentViewController:cameraController animated:YES completion:NULL];
}
After clicking the image you will get black screen instead of the captured image with retake and use photo options. If you select "Use Photo" option you get the correct image in callback.
Note: If you do not set UIModalPresentationStyle for viewController2, the code works fine.
Any idea what is going wrong here.
EDIT: I have used XCODE 5.1 and my target deployment is iOS 7. I am running the app on iOS8 device.
When I have switched to another view (After returning from taking a picture or after switching to a view to select stuff in table) the ipad keyboard appears at the wrong position.
When I select a text field, I see this on my Ipad and on the simulator. (can't post images yet). If I turn my ipad (so that it aligns horizontal) and rotate back the keyboard is back normal.
https://devforums.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-701040-19966/Screen+Shot+2012-07-20+at+16.36.20.png
My code to switch to the camera for taking a picture...
- (IBAction)getCameraPicture:(id)sender
{
UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.allowsEditing = YES;
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
picker.title = #"CameraPicture";
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
}
My code to switch to a view with a table in it :
[self presentModalViewController:viewControllerSpanoTechProducts animated:YES];
code for returning after selecting stuff :
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
how my app works: you have a main screen with buttons and textfield to fill in a form. when you push a button to select a product I switch to another viewcontroller with a table where you can select a product and a button 'done'. If you click the 'done' button I switch back to the original view.. hope this helps?
I'm just started with iOS.. Any help is appriciated!
At the time of switch user this code:
[yourTextFieldObject resignFirstResponder];
This might work.
I am working on an iPad app where I have a button that generates a popover controller that I am populating with a specific view controller. Here is the button code that generates the UIPopoverController and loads it with a specific view (signUpListAddEditViewController):
-(void)addSignUpList:(id)sender {
signUpListAddEditViewController = [[SignUpListAddEditViewController alloc] init];
popover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:signUpListAddEditViewController];
popover.popoverContentSize = signUpListAddEditViewController.view.frame.size;
[popover presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];
signUpListAddEditViewController.popover = popover;
}
Inside SignUpListAddEditViewController.m, I have several fields and a tableview. One of the fields is a UIButton where I display an image and allow the user to load a new image using this button. Since I am already in a popover, I swap the content controller with the UIImagePickerController. So far, so good.
-(void)takePicture:(id)sender
{
UIImagePickerController *imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
[imagePicker setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary];
[popover setPopoverContentSize:popupScreenSize animated:YES]; // popupScreenSize is a CGSIZE set to 500 x 900
[popover setContentViewController:imagePicker animated:YES];
}
The view is swapped out with the imagePicker with the size remaining the same as the original view and I can see the various picture galleries (Camera Roll, Photo Stream, etc). Here is where it gets strange. As soon as I pick one of the galleries, the view is replaced with a thumbnail view of the pictures in that gallery AND THEN the view resizes to a much narrower width. The images are distorted and nearly impossible to select one of them.
I have tried setting [popover setPopoverContentSize:CGSIZE animated:YES] prior to every access to the popover controller, with everything resizing properly EXCEPT the detailed image view? Any ideas where I can override the thumbnail image gallery view?
Here is the code for the didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo method where I again override the content size:
-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
UIImage *image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
[thisList setThumbnailDataFromImage:image];
[popover setPopoverContentSize:popupScreenSize animated:YES];
[popover setContentViewController:self animated:YES];
listImageButton.imageView.image = image;
}
I have an iPad application that can be used in all four view modes (portrait up/down and landscape left/right). But at a certain point I have a View that I only want to be seen in landscape mode. So I do the following in the UIViewController that will trigger the action to view the landscape-only view:
- (void) showProperty:(Property *) property {
if ([self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || [self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
PropertyViewController *propertyView = [[PropertyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"PropertyViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
propertyView.property = property;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:propertyView animated:YES];
[propertyView release];
propertyView = nil;
}
else {
RotateDeviceViewController *rotateView = [[RotateDeviceViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"TabRotate" bundle: [NSBundle mainBundle]];
rotateView.property = property;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:rotateView animated:YES];
[rotateView release];
rotateView = nil;
}
}
This works fine and thus shows either the desired screen (PropertyViewController) when the iPad is held in landscape mode, and if not it shows the RotateDeviceViewController which shows the user a message that he/she is supposed to rotate the device to correctly view the screen.
So when the user then rotates his/her device to landscape mode I want to show them the right view (PropertyViewController). And all of this kinda works!
The problem arises though in this RotateDeviceViewController.. There I have the following:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(interfaceOrientation))
[self showProperty];
return UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(interfaceOrientation);
}
- (void) showProperty {
PropertyViewController *propertyView = [[PropertyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"PropertyViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
propertyView.property = property;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:propertyView animated:YES];
[propertyView release];
}
So as soon as I rotate the device (when viewing the RotateDeviceViewController) to landscape mode I show the user the PropertyViewController. This works... But when the PropertyViewController appears it shows my layout 90 degrees rotated. So basically it shows the content in portrait mode instead of using the landscape mode (which is actually the way you are holding the device)..
I hope this makes sense and someone can show me what's causing this.
Screenshots to make it more clear:
When device is held in portrait mode
After rotating the device
At this point
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
You are telling the view controller what orientations you support. The device has not actually rotated yet therefore the view controllers intefaceOrientation property will still be portrait so when it is pushed onto the stack it thinks the device is portrait.
pseudo code
shouldAutoRotate... // at this point self.interfaceOrientation == portrait
// you push your controller here so it loads when the property is
I'm not sure if this will work well but the earliest I can see you can push is in
- (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation