UIPopoverController, Xcode 6, IOS 8 using Swift - swift

Question

I'm having some trouble getting a UIPopover to appear using swift. The code that is commented out works fine in Objective-C, but doesn't work using Swift. When I tap the + in my view controller I do get the "click" in my debugger, however no popover appears.
class PlayerInformationTableViewController: UITableViewController, NSFetchedResultsControllerDelegate, UIPopoverControllerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var addBarButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem!
var playerInformationViewController = PlayerInformationViewController()
var popover:UIPopoverController? = nil
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
/*
//setup the popover
_cuesPopoverViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"CuesPopoverViewController"];
self.cuesPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:_cuesPopoverViewController];
self.cuesPopover.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(540, 300);
self.cuesPopover.delegate = self;
*/
playerInformationViewController.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("PlayerInformationViewController")
popover?.contentViewController = playerInformationViewController
popover?.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(300, 300)
popover?.delegate = self
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations
// self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false
// Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
// self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem()
}
#IBAction func addPopover(sender: AnyObject) {
println("Click")
popover?.presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem(addBarButtonItem, permittedArrowDirections: UIPopoverArrowDirection.Any, animated: true)
}
Solution
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
#IBAction func addPopover(sender: AnyObject) {
var popoverViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("PlayerInformationViewController") as UIViewController
popoverViewController.modalPresentationStyle = .Popover
popoverViewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(450, 450)
let popoverPresentationViewController = popoverViewController.popoverPresentationController
popoverPresentationViewController?.permittedArrowDirections = .Any
popoverPresentationViewController?.delegate = self
popoverPresentationViewController?.barButtonItem = sender as UIBarButtonItem
presentViewController(popoverViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 1

Here is a simple example for iOS 8. Popover are presented using adaptivity apis in iOS 8.
class PlayerInformationTableViewController: UITableViewController, UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate, NSFetchedResultsControllerDelegate{
...
#IBAction func addPopover(sender: UIBarButtonItem){
let playerInformationViewController = PlayerInformationViewController()
playerInformationViewController.modalPresentationStyle = .Popover
playerInformationViewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(300, 300)
let popoverPresentationViewController = playerInformationViewController.popoverPresentationController
popoverPresentationViewController?.permittedArrowDirections = .Any
popoverPresentationViewController?.delegate = self
popoverPresentationController?.barButtonItem = sender
presentViewController(playerInformationViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController!) -> UIModalPresentationStyle{
return .None
}
}

Answer 2

Display Popover with contentView from xib
func showPopover(sender: AnyObject) {
let contentViewController = UINib(nibName: "ContentVC", bundle: nil).instantiateWithOwner(nil, options: nil)[0] as ContentVC
contentViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
var detailPopover: UIPopoverPresentationController = contentViewController.popoverPresentationController!
detailPopover.delegate = self
detailPopover.barButtonItem = sender as UIBarButtonItem
detailPopover.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.Any
presentViewController(contentViewController,
animated: true, completion:nil)
}
Next allows to make not full screen PopoverView on iPhone
for this do not forget to inherit MainViewController: UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate and set delegate to PopoverView
func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController!) -> UIModalPresentationStyle
{
return .None
}

Answer 3

It looks like your popover is nil. Where are you assigning/instantiating it?
Try changing this:
popover?.presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem(addBarButtonItem, permittedArrowDirections: UIPopoverArrowDirection.Any, animated: true)
To this:
if let pop = popover {
pop.presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem(addBarButtonItem, permittedArrowDirections: UIPopoverArrowDirection.Any, animated: true)
} else {
NSLog("Error: Popover was nil")
}
I imagine you'll see that error message in your console. In the .XIB for your PlayerInformationTableViewController, do you have a UIPopoverController?
If so, you probably need to ensure that the var popover is either (1) being manually instantiated in your awakeFromNib, or that it's an #IBOutlet and is being connected properly.
Alternatively, can you simply use the popover already present in your playerInformationViewController?