I have a device connected to my iPad that is acting as an external keyboard, however, I still need a soft keyboard in my program. I have had some luck using the following article: Show iphone soft keyboard even thought a hardware keyboard is connected, but iOS 5 has broken this method. The bottom of the soft keyboard is slightly cut off in most views, but others only half the keyboard appears inside the window and not where you would expect it to.
All of the following code works in my AppDelegate.m file in iOS4, but not in iOS5.
forceKeyboard is called after UITextFieldTextDidBeginEditingNotification is sent.
-(void) textFieldBegan: (NSNotification *) theNotification
{
UITextField *theTextField = [theNotification object];
theTextField.inputAccessoryView = inputAccessoryView;
[self performSelector:#selector(forceKeyboard) withObject:nil afterDelay:0];
}
//Change the inputAccessoryView frame
-(void) forceKeyboard
{
inputAccessoryView.superview.frame = CGRectMake(0, 502, 1024, 265);
int movementDistance = 1;
float movementDuration = 0.3f;
[UIView beginAnimations: #"kb_anim_open" context: nil];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState: YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration: movementDuration];
inputAccessoryView.superview.frame = CGRectOffset(inputAccessoryView.superview.frame, 0, movementDistance);
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
Close Keyboard is called after UITextFieldTextDidEndEditingNotification is sent.
-(void) textFieldEnd: (NSNotification *) theNotification
{
UITextView *theTextView = [theNotification object];
[theTextView resignFirstResponder];
[self performSelector:#selector(forceCloseKeyboard) withObject:nil afterDelay:0];
}
-(void) forceCloseKeyboard
{
inputAccessoryView.superview.frame = CGRectMake(0, 502, 1024, 265);
int movementDistance = 502;
float movementDuration = 0.3f;
[UIView beginAnimations: #"kb_anim_close" context: nil];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState: YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration: movementDuration];
inputAccessoryView.superview.frame = CGRectOffset(inputAccessoryView.superview.frame, 0, movementDistance);
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
Any ideas on how I can tame a soft keyboard would be greatly appreciated; I've tried wrestling with the superview.frame values for awhile but with no luck.
Thanks for reading.
UPDATE
I have figured out a setup that opens and closes the keyboard in iOS 4 and 5, but does not animate. Again, this is all in the AppDelegate where "textFieldBegan" and "textFieldEnd" are called by notifications sent when a user begins and ends editing respectively.
-(void) textFieldBegan: (NSNotification *) theNotification
{
UITextField *theTextField = [theNotification object];
if (!inputAccessoryView) {
inputAccessoryView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 1)];
}else{
inputAccessoryView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 1);
}
theTextField.inputAccessoryView = inputAccessoryView;
[self performSelector:#selector(forceKeyboard) withObject:nil afterDelay:0];
}
-(void) textFieldEnd: (NSNotification *) theNotification
{
NSString *classstr = NSStringFromClass([[theNotification object] class]);
UITextView *theTextView = [theNotification object];
[self performSelector:#selector(forceCloseKeyboard) withObject:nil afterDelay:0];
[theTextView resignFirstResponder];
}
//Change the inputAccessoryView frame
-(void) forceKeyboard
{
//default center = 512, 591
inputAccessoryView.superview.frame = CGRectMake(0, 415, 1024, 353);
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations: ^ { [inputAccessoryView.superview transform]; }];
}
-(void) forceCloseKeyboard //Unnecessary?
{
inputAccessoryView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 0);
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations: ^ { [inputAccessoryView transform]; }];
}
It looks as if the "forceCloseKeyboard" method isn't really doing anything as it looks like when the textField resigns responder it closes the keyboard anyway. I leave it here in case someone can come up with a way to animate the keyboard opening and closing.
Related
So I now have my Auto Layout-based container working, for the most part. On 10.8 (I need to run on 10.7 and newer), I see this:
Notice how the sides of the NSProgressIndicator and NSPopUpButton are clipped.
After some experimentation, I found that overriding alignmentRectInsets and returning 50 pixels of insets on all sides shows no clipping:
In both cases, the controls are bound to the left and right edges of the container view alignment rect with H:|[view]|. I imagine this will happen on other versions of OS X too, but it's most noticeable here (and as of writing I only have access to 10.8 and 10.10 installs).
Now, using alignment rect insets of 50 pixels on each side sounds wrong. I don't think there'd be any control that would need more than 50 pixels, but I'd rather do these correctly. So my question is: How do I implement the alignmentRectForFrame: and frameForAlignmentRect: selectors to properly account for the frames and alignment rects of the subviews?
Right now, I'm thinking to force a layout and then observe the frames and alignment rects of each subview, assuming that alignment rect (0, 0) of my last subview (the subviews are arranged linearly) will be at alignment rect (0, 0) of the container view. But I'm not sure if this approach is sufficient to handle all cases, and I'm not sure if I can invert the operation in the same way that these two selectors require. Subtraction, maybe?
If what I described above is the solution, could I do that with alignmentRectInsets, or must the insets returned by that method never change during the lifetime of the view?
Or is the second screenshot showing a scenario that Interface Builder won't reproduce, and thus I assume is "wrong" from a guidelines standpoint?
In the sample program below, start without a command-line argument to simulate the first screenshot, and start with an argument to simulate the second screenshot. Check the Spaced checkbox to add spacing to the views.
Thanks!
// 17 august 2015
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
BOOL useInsets = NO;
#interface ContainerView : NSView
#end
#implementation ContainerView
- (NSEdgeInsets)alignmentRectInsets
{
if (useInsets)
return NSEdgeInsetsMake(50, 50, 50, 50);
return [super alignmentRectInsets];
}
#end
NSWindow *mainwin;
NSView *containerView;
NSProgressIndicator *progressbar;
NSPopUpButton *popupbutton;
NSButton *checkbox;
void addConstraints(NSView *view, NSString *constraint, NSDictionary *views)
{
NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:constraint
options:0
metrics:nil
views:views];
[view addConstraints:constraints];
}
void relayout(BOOL spaced)
{
[containerView removeConstraints:[containerView constraints]];
NSDictionary *views = #{
#"pbar": progressbar,
#"pbutton": popupbutton,
#"checkbox": checkbox,
};
NSString *vconstraint = #"V:|[pbar][pbutton][checkbox]|";
if (spaced)
vconstraint = #"V:|[pbar]-[pbutton]-[checkbox]|";
addConstraints(containerView, vconstraint, views);
addConstraints(containerView, #"H:|[pbar]|", views);
addConstraints(containerView, #"H:|[pbutton]|", views);
addConstraints(containerView, #"H:|[checkbox]|", views);
NSView *contentView = [mainwin contentView];
[contentView removeConstraints:[contentView constraints]];
NSString *base = #":|[view]|";
if (spaced)
base = #":|-[view]-|";
views = #{
#"view": containerView,
};
addConstraints(contentView, [#"H" stringByAppendingString:base], views);
addConstraints(contentView, [#"V" stringByAppendingString:base], views);
}
#interface appDelegate : NSObject<NSApplicationDelegate>
#end
#implementation appDelegate
- (IBAction)onChecked:(id)sender
{
relayout([checkbox state] == NSOnState);
}
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)note
{
mainwin = [[NSWindow alloc]
initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 320, 240)
styleMask:(NSTitledWindowMask | NSClosableWindowMask | NSMiniaturizableWindowMask | NSResizableWindowMask)
backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:YES];
NSView *contentView = [mainwin contentView];
containerView = [[ContainerView alloc] initWithFrame:NSZeroRect];
[containerView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
progressbar = [[NSProgressIndicator alloc] initWithFrame:NSZeroRect];
[progressbar setControlSize:NSRegularControlSize];
[progressbar setBezeled:YES];
[progressbar setStyle:NSProgressIndicatorBarStyle];
[progressbar setIndeterminate:NO];
[progressbar setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[containerView addSubview:progressbar];
popupbutton = [[NSPopUpButton alloc] initWithFrame:NSZeroRect];
[popupbutton setPreferredEdge:NSMinYEdge];
NSPopUpButtonCell *pbcell = (NSPopUpButtonCell *) [popupbutton cell];
[pbcell setArrowPosition:NSPopUpArrowAtBottom];
[popupbutton addItemWithTitle:#"Item 1"];
[popupbutton addItemWithTitle:#"Item 2"];
[popupbutton setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[containerView addSubview:popupbutton];
checkbox = [[NSButton alloc] initWithFrame:NSZeroRect];
[checkbox setTitle:#"Spaced"];
[checkbox setButtonType:NSSwitchButton];
[checkbox setBordered:NO];
[checkbox setFont:[NSFont systemFontOfSize:[NSFont systemFontSizeForControlSize:NSRegularControlSize]]];
[checkbox setTarget:self];
[checkbox setAction:#selector(onChecked:)];
[checkbox setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[containerView addSubview:checkbox];
[contentView addSubview:containerView];
relayout(NO);
[mainwin cascadeTopLeftFromPoint:NSMakePoint(20, 20)];
[mainwin makeKeyAndOrderFront:mainwin];
}
- (BOOL)applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed:(NSApplication *)app
{
return YES;
}
#end
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
useInsets = (argc > 1);
NSApplication *app = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
[app setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];
[app setDelegate:[appDelegate new]];
[app run];
return 0;
}
I have two View Controllers with views. The first one is a login screen and the second one fetches stuff from the web (irrelevant).
I used a custom segue animation and had to do some weird stuff with the superview to get the sourceViewController.view to be "on top" (visually) of the destinationViewController.view
I can only assume this is why when i try to call IBAction methods from the second view they won't call.
Here is the segue class implementation:
- (void) perform {
UIViewController *sourceViewController = (UIViewController *) self.sourceViewController;
UIViewController *destinationViewController = (UIViewController *) self.destinationViewController;
UIView *parent = sourceViewController.view.superview;
[sourceViewController.view removeFromSuperview];
[parent addSubview: destinationViewController.view];
[parent addSubview:sourceViewController.view];
sourceViewController.view.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
sourceViewController.view.layer.cornerRadius = 8; // if you like rounded corners
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0,0);
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowRadius = 10;
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowOpacity = 1;
destinationViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 20, destinationViewController.view.frame.size.width, destinationViewController.view.frame.size.height);
sourceViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 20, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.height);
[UIView animateWithDuration:.6
delay:0.0
options:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut
animations:^{
sourceViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(-sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width-10, 20, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.height);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
//[destinationViewController.view removeFromSuperview];
[sourceViewController.navigationController pushViewController:destinationViewController animated:NO];
}];
}
My question is, can removing the source view from its superview and playing around with that ruin the way that IBActions are called on the second view?
The IBAction methods just crash the app, on a button push for example.
I fixed my issue by changing my code to this:
UIViewController *sourceViewController = (UIViewController *) self.sourceViewController;
UIViewController *destinationViewController = (UIViewController *) self.destinationViewController;
UIView *parent = sourceViewController.view.superview;
[parent addSubview:destinationViewController.view];
[parent sendSubviewToBack: destinationViewController.view];
sourceViewController.view.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
sourceViewController.view.layer.cornerRadius = 8; // if you like rounded corners
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0,0);
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowRadius = 10;
sourceViewController.view.layer.shadowOpacity = 1;
destinationViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 20, destinationViewController.view.frame.size.width, destinationViewController.view.frame.size.height);
sourceViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 20, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.height);
[UIView animateWithDuration:.6
delay:0.0
options:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut
animations:^{
sourceViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(-sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width-10, 20, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.width, sourceViewController.view.frame.size.height);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
[sourceViewController presentViewController:destinationViewController animated:NO completion:NULL];
}];
A few things changed, but notably, i used
[sourceViewController presentViewController:destinationViewController animated:NO completion:NULL];
to initialise the controller properly.
Hope this helps someone else out in the future.
I'm trying to create a button that fades out and then in when I open the page.
Here is the current code that i'm using, it doesn't work to fade the buttons in/ out:
- (UIView *)carousel:(iCarousel *)carousel viewForItemAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index reusingView:(UIView *)view
{
if (index == 0) {
view = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"nib1" owner:self options:nil] lastObject];
}else {
view = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"nib2" owner:self options:nil] lastObject];
UIView *containView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 50, 60, 100)];
_btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
_btn.frame = CGRectMake(30, 90, 40, 30 );
[_btn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"playButton.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[_btn addTarget:self action:#selector(fadeButton:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
//[self fadeOut:_btn withDuration:1.0 andWait:1.0];
[containView addSubview:_btn];
[containView setAlpha:0.0];
[view addSubview:containView];
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[containView setAlpha:1.0];
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
return view;
}
I've also tried using:
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5 animations:^{_btn.alpha = 1.0;}];
None of those work. Does anyone have any tips on how to fade a subview out? Thanks
When you call [UIView commitAnimations], the animations are animating at the same time.
When you want to animate something after an other animation try to nest animation blocks with completion:
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5 animations:^
{
//animate out
}
completion:^ (BOOL finished)
{
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5 animations:^
{
//animate in
}
completion:^ (BOOL finished)
{
//Optional
}];
}];
To fade out, you have to animate the alpha to 0, not to 1.
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5 animations:^{_btn.alpha = 0.0;}];
This should work.
#import "LoginScreen.h"
#define kTabBarHeight 1
#define kKeyboardAnimationDuration 0.3
#implementation LoginScreen
#synthesize userName,password,loginButton,scrollView;
BOOL keyboardIsShown;
// The designated initializer. Override if you create the controller programmatically and want to perform customization that is not appropriate for viewDidLoad.
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization.
}
return self;
}
// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// register for keyboard notifications
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(keyboardWillShow:)
name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
object:self.view.window];
// register for keyboard notifications
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(keyboardWillHide:)
name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification
object:self.view.window];
keyboardIsShown = NO;
//make contentSize bigger than your scrollSize (you will need to figure out for your own use case)
// CGSize scrollContentSize = CGSizeMake(1024,700 );
// [scrollView setContentSize : scrollContentSize];
self.scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height)];
}
- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)n
{
NSDictionary* userInfo = [n userInfo];
// get the size of the keyboard
NSValue* boundsValue = [userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey];
CGSize keyboardSize = [boundsValue CGRectValue].size;
// resize the scrollview
CGRect viewFrame = self.scrollView.frame;
// I'm also subtracting a constant kTabBarHeight because my UIScrollView was offset by the UITabBar so really only the portion of the keyboard that is leftover pass the UITabBar is obscuring my UIScrollView.
viewFrame.size.height += (keyboardSize.height - kTabBarHeight);
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
// The kKeyboardAnimationDuration I am using is 0.3
[UIView setAnimationDuration:kKeyboardAnimationDuration];
[self.scrollView setFrame:viewFrame];
[UIView commitAnimations];
keyboardIsShown = NO;
}
- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)n
{
// This is an ivar I'm using to ensure that we do not do the frame size adjustment on the UIScrollView if the keyboard is already shown. This can happen if the user, after fixing editing a UITextField, scrolls the resized UIScrollView to another UITextField and attempts to edit the next UITextField. If we were to resize the UIScrollView again, it would be disastrous. NOTE: The keyboard notification will fire even when the keyboard is already shown.
if (keyboardIsShown) {
return;
}
NSDictionary* userInfo = [n userInfo];
// get the size of the keyboard
NSValue* boundsValue = [userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey];
CGSize keyboardSize = [boundsValue CGRectValue].size;
// resize the noteView
CGRect viewFrame = self.scrollView.frame;
// I'm also subtracting a constant kTabBarHeight because my UIScrollView was offset by the UITabBar so really only the portion of the keyboard that is leftover pass the UITabBar is obscuring my UIScrollView.
viewFrame.size.height -= (keyboardSize.height - kTabBarHeight);
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
// The kKeyboardAnimationDuration I am using is 0.3
[UIView setAnimationDuration:kKeyboardAnimationDuration];
[self.scrollView setFrame:viewFrame];
[UIView commitAnimations];
keyboardIsShown = YES;
}
- (IBAction) loginButton: (id) sender{
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
// Overriden to allow any orientation.
return YES;
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc. that aren't in use.
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
// unregister for keyboard notifications while not visible.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
object:nil];
// unregister for keyboard notifications while not visible.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification
object:nil];
}
- (void)dealloc {
[scrollView release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
Can anybody tell me whats wrong in code below. The original view doesn't move up even though i am subtracting the keyboards height to the frame heights.
The scrollView doesn't move up when keyboard pops in? Am I missing some code here.
Well, the problem is that you're not telling your code where your text field is to begin with, so it has no idea where it needs to scroll from. You probably thought that your self.scrollView.frame does it, but that only tells the code the size of your ScrollView, not that it needs to scroll or should scroll. Here's what I did to get mine to work.
Look at the connections for one of your text fields. Drag and drop from the "Did Begin Editing" and "Did End Editing" into your .h file to create IBAction function declarations. Xcode is going to put functions into the .m, but replace them with these:
//even though these functions don't reference the IBAction that we placed for the
"DidBeginEditing" sender for a text field, it will still call these functions.
We need to let the code know what text field we just touched so we can go through
the functions that reset the view size if the text field is under the keyboard.
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
currentTextField = textField;
}
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
currentTextField = nil;
}
That reminds me, you'll need to declare currentTextField as a UITextField * in the .m:
#interface ThirdView : UIViewController{
UITextField *currentTextField;
BOOL keyboardIsShown;
}
My viewDidLoad, keyBoardWasShown, etc are a bit different from yours, but I'll just put them all here so you can see how I got it to work:
//This is code you actually add to get the view to scroll.
You should first connect an outlet from the ScrollView to the .h file so these
functions become available.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
//standard screen size is 320 X 460
// ---set the viewable frame of the scroll view---
// scrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 460);
//---set the content size of the scroll view---
// [scrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 615)];
//the status bar is 20 pixels tall
//the navigation bar is 44 pixels tall
//---set the viewable frame of the scroll view---
//Note: for some reason, the origin (0,44) doesn't take into account the status bar, but it works anyway. However, the height of the scroll view does take it into account. Wierd, but whatever. So you have to make y1 = 44, and y2 = 460-44-20.
scrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 44, 320, 416);
//---set the content size of the scroll view---
[scrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 571)];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(keyboardWasShown:)
name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(keyboardWillBeHidden:)
name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
[super viewDidLoad];
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[self setPrincipal_Amt:nil];
[self setAPR:nil];
[self setYears:nil];
[self setScrollView:nil];
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
// Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent.
- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
if(keyboardIsShown)
return;
NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
CGSize kbSize = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, kbSize.height, 0.0);
scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets;
scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;
// If active text field is hidden by keyboard, scroll it so it's visible
Notice that we've got to add 64 pixels to the keyboard height because the CGRect has
no idea that you have the status bar shown and a navigation bar within your view, so
you have to manually add it in.
CGRect aRect = self.view.frame;
aRect.size.height -= (kbSize.height + 64);
if (!CGRectContainsPoint(aRect, currentTextField.frame.origin) )
{
CGPoint scrollPoint = CGPointMake(0.0, currentTextField.frame.origin.y-kbSize.height + 64);
[scrollView setContentOffset:scrollPoint animated:YES];
}
keyboardIsShown = YES;
}
// Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent
- (void)keyboardWillBeHidden:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets;
scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;
keyboardIsShown = NO;
}
//
I hope that helps...even though you did post this a while ago :) It took me a while to get it to work too. Very frustrating.
I'm having a little problem. I have an UILabel which have an UILongPressGestureRecognicer. When the UILongPressGestureRecognizer is called my app is supposed to switch to a new view using a flip animation.
This is the code I have used for the GestureRecognizer:
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *labelLongPressRecognizer;
labelLongPressRecognizer = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(LoadLabelSettings:)];
labelLongPressRecognizer.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1;
labelLongPressRecognizer.minimumPressDuration = 2.0;
[NewLabel addGestureRecognizer:labelLongPressRecognizer];
and this is the code for the view switching animation:
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
[UIView setAnimationTransition: UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:self.view cache:NO];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
[self.view addSubview:LabelSettingsViewController.view];
[UIView commitAnimations];
if (self.interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight || self.interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
LabelSettingsViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 300);
}
My problem is that when I hold down on my UILabel the switch animation begins, but when I release it repeats the animation again. So basically the animation occur twice and I only want it to take place once.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance :)
Are you checking the sender state, e.g.,
- (void)LoadLabelSettings:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) // or whatever
// then do the flipping stuff
}
Check out the "Overview" of the "UILongPressGestureRecognizer Class Reference", which talks about the long press being continuous and I presume numerous events could be triggered:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/UILongPressGestureRecognizer_Class/Reference/Reference.html