I use WEPopover (https://github.com/werner77/WEPopover) to display popovers on iPhone. Unfortunately it does not work if I use a general UIViewController for the contentViewController of it.
- (IBAction)showPopover:(id)sender
{
UIViewController *contentViewController = [[PopoverContentViewController alloc] init];
popoverController = [[WEPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:contentViewController];
popoverController.delegate = self;
[popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:(UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp) animated:YES];
}
This just presents me a black popover with no content. The PopoverContentViewController is just a normal UIViewController generated by XCode without any changes to it. In my storyboard I added a ViewController, set its size to freeform and set the view's size to something lower than standard iPhone size. I set the owner of this viewcontroller the PopoverContentViewController. Unfortunately it does not show the content, it just shows a black popup.
If I change the the PopoverContentViewController to derive from UITableViewController it shows a table view, but that is not what I want.
What have I done wrong?
You likely need to load your view controller from the storyboard instead of instantiating it with alloc/init as you show.
Something like this:
UIViewController* contentViewController = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName: #"yourStoryboardName" bundle: nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier: #"yourViewControllerID"];
I initiate the following Modal Controller:
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *modal = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"modalController"];
modal.title = #"Example Title";
[self presentModalViewController:modal animated:YES];
I set the title with:
modal.title = #"Example Title";
but this doesn´t work, can anyone help me?
Edit:
I have wrapped my ModalView with a UINavigationController like this
You are going about this in a slightly convoluted way... but to stay with your paradigm, you need to present the navigationController, not the contained viewController: trying to do it the latter way will instantiate the viewController, but this action will not pull the containing navController along with it out of the storyboard. You are setting the viewController's title property ok, but you have no (automated) way to display the title. Whereas if you instantiate the navController, it's contained viewController does get unarchived along with it as it's topViewController.
//give the navigation controller a storyboard id eg "navVC"
UINavigationController* modalNav = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"navVC"];
[modalNav topViewController].title = #"Example Title";
//[self presentModalViewController:modalNav animated:YES];
//deprecated method, use this instead:
[self presentViewController:modalNavController
animated:YES
completion:nil];
You have to add a IBOutlet property for UINavigationItem (the title) in your model controller with a classic drag & drop method.
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UINavigationItem *navTitle;
Then set the title in viewDidLoad function.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// title view
[self.navTitle setTitle: #"atitle"];
}
I am trying to modal present a view controller like below:
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"addPopover"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
Now using UIModalPresentationCurrentContext means I can present this view with a transparent background and see my other view behind the new one. However, it stops me from being able to present it with a transition.
Any ideas why? Or how I can get around this? Thanks.
I was able to accomplish this by setting modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext on the rootViewController of my UIWindow, IF I haven't presented any new full screen viewControllers on top of this rootViewController. I did something like this:
UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate.window.rootViewController;
rootViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:nil];
I've tried this with both a UINavigationController as my window's rootViewController and various other custom view controllers. It seems as long as the window's rootViewController knows what's going on, any sub-viewControllers can call presentViewController:animated:completion: without blacking-out the underlying view.
However, let's say you present another viewController on top of your window's rootViewController. And this new viewController is presented with modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFullScreen (ie. takes up the screen), then you have to call modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext on that top-most viewController.
So to recap:
If you have UINavigationController -> UIViewController(s) (they could be pushed and popped in and out), then you set modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext on the UINavigationController.
If you have UINavigationController -> UIViewController -> new-UIViewController (with modalPresentationStyle set to UIModalPresentationFullScreen), then you set modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext on the new-UIViewController.
Hopefully this works for you guys as well!
Full screen modals aren't supposed to allow you to see the under layer. Annoying I know.
From your code I'm assuming that "addPopover" is actually a full screen view, where you have your content as a subsection while the rest is transparent.
Try this:
vc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
vc.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCoverVertical;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:NULL];
Note: I'd recommend adding a low alpha background color to let the user know that they can't interact with the rest of the view when you pop this over top...
Mr. T's suggestions worked nearly perfectly, you just lose the transition animation on the presented viewcontroller
Since it is also setting the appDelegates rootviewController's presentation style, it will also remove the transition animations for any views presented from that point.
My fix was to return the AppDelegates rootViewController's presentation style back to it's default whenever the viewcontroller is closed that I needed the transparent background on
I have a button that dismisses the presentedViewController, in that I also set the presentation style of the rootViewController back to default using:
UIViewController *rootViewController = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
rootViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFullScreen;
I hope that helps anyone else getting stumped on this problem.
I have a UIViewController view as a subview/modal on top of another UIViewController view, such as that the subview/modal should be transparent and whatever components is added to the subview should be visible. The problem is that I have is the subview shows black background instead to have clearColor. I'm trying to make UIView as a clearColor not black background. Does anybody know what is wrong with it? Any suggestion appreciated.
FirstViewController.m
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondViewController"];
[vc setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFullScreen];
[self presentModalViewController:vc animated:NO];
SecondViewController.m
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.view.opaque = YES;
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
RESOLVED: I fixed the issues. It is working so well for both of iPhone and iPad. Modal View Controller with no black background just clearColor/transparent. The only thing that I need to change is I replaced UIModalPresentationFullScreen to UIModalPresentationCurrentContext. How simple is that!
FirstViewController.m
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondViewController"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
NOTICE: If you are using a modalPresentationStyle property of navigationController:
FirstViewController.m
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondViewController"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
NOTICE: The bad news is that the above solution doesn't work on iOS 7. The good news is that I fixed the issue for iOS7! I asked somebody for help and here is what he said:
When presenting a view controller modally, iOS removes the view controllers underneath it from the view hierarchy for the duration it is presented. While the view of your modally presented view controller is transparent, there is nothing underneath it except the app window, which is black. iOS 7 introduced a new modal presentation style, UIModalPresentationCustom, that causes iOS not to remove the views underneath the presented view controller. However, in order to use this modal presentation style, you must provide your own transition delegate to handle the presentation and dismiss animations. This is outlined in the 'Custom Transitions Using View Controllers' talk from WWDC 2013 https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/?id=218 which also covers how to implement your own transition delegate.
You may see my solution for the above issue in iOS7: https://github.com/hightech/iOS-7-Custom-ModalViewController-Transitions
iOS8+
In iOS8+ you can now use the new modalPresentationStyle UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext to present a view controller with a transparent background:
MyModalViewController *modalViewController = [[MyModalViewController alloc] init];
modalViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:modalViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
RESOLVED: I fixed the issues. It is working so well for both of iPhone and iPad. Modal View Controller with no black background just clearColor/transparent. The only thing that I need to change is I replaced UIModalPresentationFullScreen to UIModalPresentationCurrentContext. How simple is that!
FirstViewController.m
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondViewController"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
NOTICE: If you are using a modalPresentationStyle property of navigationController:
FirstViewController.m
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondViewController"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
NOTICE: The bad news is that the above solution doesn't work on iOS 7. The good news is that I fixed the issue for iOS7! I asked somebody for help and here is what he said:
When presenting a view controller modally, iOS removes the view controllers underneath it from the view hierarchy for the duration it is presented. While the view of your modally presented view controller is transparent, there is nothing underneath it except the app window, which is black. iOS 7 introduced a new modal presentation style, UIModalPresentationCustom, that causes iOS not to remove the views underneath the presented view controller. However, in order to use this modal presentation style, you must provide your own transition delegate to handle the presentation and dismiss animations. This is outlined in the 'Custom Transitions Using View Controllers' talk from WWDC 2013 https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/?id=218 which also covers how to implement your own transition delegate.
You may see my solution for the above issue in iOS7: https://github.com/hightech/iOS-7-Custom-ModalViewController-Transitions
So for purely visual thinkers and storyboard fans, you can do:
1. Presenting View Controller
2. Presented View Controller
Swift 3 & iOS10 solution :
//create view controller
let vc = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "RoadTripPreviewViewController")
//remove black screen in background
vc.modalPresentationStyle = .overCurrentContext
//add clear color background
vc.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
//present modal
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
This is from xCode 7 beta 4 using a control drag segue. Simply set the background of your destination to clear, and set the segue properties in IB as this (nb. Presentation can also be "Over Full Screen"):
I found the easiest way to get it to work on iOS7 and iOS8 is to add set the presentationStyle to UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext on the modallyPresentedVC (ViewController which you want to present modally) because of iOS8:
[modallyPresentedVC setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];
[modallyPresentedVC.navigationController setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];
and UIModalPresentationCurrentContext on presentingVC (the controller which presents the modallyPresented) because of iOS7:
[presentingVC setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationCurrentContext];
[presentingVC.navigationController setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationCurrentContext];
Because things are handled differently on iOS7 and iOS8. Of course you don't have to set the navigationController properties if you are not using one. Hope that helps.
Swift2 version :
let vc = self.storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("YourViewController") as! YourViewController
vc.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
vc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.OverFullScreen // orOverCurrentContext to place under navigation
self.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
Another way (no need to create custom transition and works on iOS 7)
Using Storyboard:
Create the Child View Controller with freedom size, set view width to 500x500 (for example) and add the next method:
- (void)viewWillLayoutSubviews{
[super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
self.view.superview.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 500, 500);
self.view.superview.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}
Then create a Modal segue with Form Sheet and test it.
iOS 7 solution with custom segue:
CustomSegue.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CustomSegue : UIStoryboardSegue <UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate, UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>
#end
CustomSegue.m
#import "CustomSegue.h"
#implementation CustomSegue
-(void)perform {
UIViewController* destViewController = (UIViewController*)[self destinationViewController];
destViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[destViewController setTransitioningDelegate:self];
destViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCustom;
[[self sourceViewController] presentViewController:[self destinationViewController] animated:YES completion:nil];
}
//===================================================================
// - UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning
//===================================================================
- (NSTimeInterval)transitionDuration:(id <UIViewControllerContextTransitioning>)transitionContext {
return 0.25f;
}
- (void)animateTransition:(id <UIViewControllerContextTransitioning>)transitionContext {
UIView *inView = [transitionContext containerView];
UIViewController* toVC = (UIViewController*)[transitionContext viewControllerForKey:UITransitionContextToViewControllerKey];
UIViewController* fromVC = (UIViewController *)[transitionContext viewControllerForKey:UITransitionContextFromViewControllerKey];
[inView addSubview:toVC.view];
CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
[toVC.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, screenRect.size.height, fromVC.view.frame.size.width, fromVC.view.frame.size.height)];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.25f
animations:^{
[toVC.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, fromVC.view.frame.size.width, fromVC.view.frame.size.height)];
}
completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[transitionContext completeTransition:YES];
}];
}
//===================================================================
// - UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate
//===================================================================
- (id <UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>)animationControllerForPresentedController:(UIViewController *)presented presentingController:(UIViewController *)presenting sourceController:(UIViewController *)source {
return self;
}
- (id <UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>)animationControllerForDismissedController:(UIViewController *)dismissed {
//I will fix it later.
// AnimatedTransitioning *controller = [[AnimatedTransitioning alloc]init];
// controller.isPresenting = NO;
// return controller;
return nil;
}
- (id <UIViewControllerInteractiveTransitioning>)interactionControllerForPresentation:(id <UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>)animator {
return nil;
}
- (id <UIViewControllerInteractiveTransitioning>)interactionControllerForDismissal:(id <UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>)animator {
return nil;
}
#end
Solution based on hightech code.
For Me this Works:
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main_iPhone" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"MMPushNotificationViewController"];
vc.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
if(IS_OS_8_OR_LATER)
{
self.providesPresentationContextTransitionStyle = YES;
self.definesPresentationContext = YES;
[vc setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];
}
#endif
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
MMPushNotificationViewController is the Transparent View controller and also I have made the MMPushNotificationViewController's view color as clearcolor. Now All that I have Done and made my Transparentviewcontroller.
For iOS7
There is now a way to achieve this using the iOS7 custom transitions, this way :
MyController * controller = [MyController new];
[controller setTransitioningDelegate:self.transitionController];
controller.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCustom;
[self controller animated:YES completion:nil];
To create your custom transition, you need 2 things :
A TransitionDelegate object (implementing
<UIViewControllerTransitionDelegate>)
An "AnimatedTransitioning" object
(implementing <UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning>)
You can find more informations on custom transitions in this tutorial.
Works Great on iOS7 and iOS8
UIViewController* vc=[[UIViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"VC" bundle:nil];
vc.view.alpha=0.7;
[vc setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];
self.navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:NO completion:nil];
You also can 're-add' the window to the view.
OneViewController *vc = [[OneViewController alloc] init];
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(presentViewController:animated:completion:)]) {
[self presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:nil];
} else {
[self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
}
[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] insertSubview:self.view atIndex:0];
And in this way, presenting can be animated.
For iOS 7 and only by using Interface Builder it can be accomplished by setting the Presentation to "Over Current Context" on all the view controllers involved in the modal presentation. Even for navigation controllers.
For instance, set it on all these view controllers:
NavController -> RootViewController -> ModalViewController
I haven't played around with Storyboard/Interface builder much, but what pops out at me is that you're telling the view to be clear colored (ie. 100% alpha/see-through) and also telling it to be opaque (0% alpha--completely solid). These two things don't seem to mesh. I'd comment out the self.view.opaque = YES; line and see if it works then ;)
Ah, something else I just thought of--its entirely possible that your view controller DOES have the alpha background, but of course the alpha will be showing through to the color of the base window or root view controller of the program, which is by default black. The very base layer of your entire app can't have a transparent background--transparent to what? What's behind it? There has to be something to see THROUGH the transparency. Does that make sense?
Just use "self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;", in presenting view
Will work fine :)
All I need is to view a UIView controller in same storyboard file manually with code. I use storyboard to make all forms and connections. My application starts in navigation controller, which provides me access to UIView (LoginViewController) and then it goes to tab bar controller, which provides 4 UIViews. According to every UIView I have .h and .m files. I know about segue method, it is simple, but I need manual method. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
I was trying to use this method for pushing view controller in IBAction:
[self.view pushViewController:LoginViewController animated:YES];
But it makes an error:
Unexpected interface name ‘LoginViewController’: expected expression
It took a lot of time to figure out what is wrong, but I had not succeed.
Here is my RollEnemyController.m file:
// RollEnemyController.m
#import "RollEnemyController.h"
#import "LoginViewController.h"
#implementation RollEnemyController;
#synthesize AttackButtonPressed;
- (IBAction)AttackButtonPressed:(id)sender {
LoginViewController* controller = [[LoginViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LoginViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.view pushViewController:controller];
}
#end
And this is header file:
// RollEnemyController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface RollEnemyController : UIViewController
- (IBAction)RollButtonPressed:(id)sender;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *AttackButtonPressed;
#end
I'm guessing that you are using a UINavigationController. Then you can simply do like this:
LoginViewController *controller = [[LoginViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LoginViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
Update:
If you are using a UIStoryboard, you can set the identifier of your new viewcontroller, and then push it onto your navigationController. To set the identifier, choose your view, open the Attributes Inspector, and set the identifier ("LoginIdentifier" in my example). Then you can do this:
LoginViewController *controller = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"LoginIdentifier"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
As a sidenote, I see that you are using capital characters for your methods. You should probably try to avoid that, and instead use lowered first-characters in your method names. And since you say you are learning Objective-C, you should check out this awesome thread here on SO: link.
Update 2:
Here is a zip file with a project showing how to do this. :-)
hello try to use this code
Storyboard put ID = "xxx * Name Desire"
mark use StoryboarID
UIStoryboard * storyboard = self.storyboard;
DetailViewController * detail = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier: # "xxx * Name Desire"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController: detail animated: YES];
In this statement:
[self.view pushViewController:LoginViewController animated:YES];
it seems you are trying to push a class. You should push an object, your actual controller:
LoginViewController* controller = [[LoginViewController alloc] init...];
[self.view pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
this will at least compile, and if all the rest is fine, also give you the second controller.
EDIT:
I missed one point. You are pushing the view controller on to a view. That makes no sense, you should push the controller on to the navigation controller:
<AppDelegate> *del = (AppDelegate*)[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate;
[del.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
This is true, at least, if you created your project from the Navigation-based template (which creates an application delegate with a reference to the navigation controller). Otherwise, please provide details about how you create the navigation controller.
You mentioned in a comment that you're using UIStoryboard. Are you aware of UIStoryboardSegue? All you have to do it control-drag from the button to the next view controller to establish a segue. Then you can choose the type of transition. Be aware that your view controllers need to be part of a UINavigationController in the storyboard to perform a "Push" animation.