I'm trying to load a specific UITableViewController as the Detail view of a UISplitViewController when the user selects a cell within the Master view; but having some problems. When i select the cell, it just shows a blank window with out a table view controller.
However if i change the App Delegate to just load the UITableView controller without using the UISplitViewController it works fine, so i know it's a problem with the way i've coded the UISplitViewController.
The view hierachy:
UISplitViewController
-->
UINavigationController
--> UITableViewController (DetailViewController)
UINavigationController
--> UIViewController (ColorViewController)
The user selects a cell in ColorViewController and that should change the DetailViewController.
In AppDelegate.m:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
self.viewController = [[ViewController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = [self.viewController splitViewController];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
In ViewController.m:
- (UIViewController *) splitViewController {
// Create the navigation-run root view
ColorViewController *rootVC = [ColorViewController controller];
UINavigationController *rootNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootVC];
// Create the navigation-run detail view
DetailViewController *detailVC = [DetailViewController controller];
UINavigationController *detailNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:detailVC];
// Add both to the split view controller
svc = [[UISplitViewController alloc] init];
svc.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: rootNav, detailNav, nil];
svc.delegate = detailVC;
return svc;
}
In ColorViewController.m:
#interface ColorViewController : UITableViewController
...
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UIViewController *controller = (UIViewController *)self.splitViewController.delegate;
TableViewController *tvc = [[TableViewController alloc] init];
[controller.view addSubview:tvc.view];
}
What's the best way to change the Detail view within a UISplitViewController? Should i just add the replacement view to UIViewController like above or is there a better way? Maybe that's the cause of my problem?
Since you have a navigation controller handling the detail side of your split view, your strategy should be to use it to push your new table view controller. When I've done this, I've kept references to both navigation controllers as properties in the app delegate so that I can use one or the other for push operations.
I'm not sure what the real purpose of your ViewController class is but if you move its splitViewController method into the app delegate it would be easier to change the navigation controllers from local variables to properties in a place where they can be easily accessed.
I'm going to answer my own question..
For some reason, in the Master view (ColorViewController), the detail object TableViewController *tvc needs to be declared as an instance variable, not as a variable within a method.
After doing that, it works and displays the table properly.
I don't really understand why though, if anyone would like to try to explain.
Cheers,
Related
I have page-based app. On each page I have 3 uibuttons at the top, uiscrollview with alphabet (uibuttons to sort data in uitable) at the right and uitableview at the center. How to show cell's detail view? If it is necessary to add uinavigationcontroller I can't do this. If I adds it, it disables interaction with my table, buttons and scrollview.
And another question is how to show new data in tableview and scrollview when goes to next page??
I have rootViewController class and DataViewController class.
rootViewController listing:
#interface RootViewController ()
#property (readonly, strong, nonatomic) ModelController *modelController;
#end
#implementation RootViewController
#synthesize pageViewController = _pageViewController;
#synthesize modelController = _modelController;
#synthesize navContr = _navContr;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
// Configure the page view controller and add it as a child view controller.
//[self presentModalViewController:navContr animated:YES];
self.pageViewController = [[[UIPageViewController alloc] initWithTransitionStyle:UIPageViewControllerTransitionStylePageCurl navigationOrientation:UIPageViewControllerNavigationOrientationHorizontal options:nil] autorelease];
self.pageViewController.delegate = self;
DataViewController *startingViewController = [self.modelController viewControllerAtIndex:0 storyboard:self.storyboard];
NSArray *viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:startingViewController];
[self.pageViewController setViewControllers:viewControllers direction:UIPageViewControllerNavigationDirectionForward animated:NO completion:NULL];
self.pageViewController.dataSource = self.modelController;
[self addChildViewController:self.pageViewController];
[self.view addSubview:self.pageViewController.view];
self.navContr = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.pageViewController];
[self.view addSubview:self.navContr.view];
// Set the page view controller's bounds using an inset rect so that self's view is visible around the edges of the pages.
CGRect pageViewRect = self.view.bounds;
self.pageViewController.view.frame = pageViewRect;
[self.pageViewController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
// Add the page view controller's gesture recognizers to the book view controller's view so that the gestures are started more easily.
self.view.gestureRecognizers = self.pageViewController.gestureRecognizers;
for (UIGestureRecognizer *recognizer in self.pageViewController.gestureRecognizers){
if ([recognizer isKindOfClass:[UITapGestureRecognizer class]]){
[recognizer setEnabled:NO];
}
}
}
After few manipulations it works but I need help to get it work fine!
So now it looks like this
Next question: how do I remove the brown space at the top???
::UPDATE::
Problem solved. It needs just to set y-axis position of UINavigationController to -20 ;)
i'm not sure if this link about creating navigation-based project may help you.. (http://iosmadesimple.blogspot.com/2012/08/navigation-based-project-doing-it.html)
From that tutorial, there's a class called SampleViewController, subclass of UIViewController. You might want to put a tableView in SampleViewController.xib file. Then in your SampleViewController.h file, add an IBOutlet UITableView* yourTable property and synthesize it. Connect it to your tableView in your .xib file. //Or you may do it programmatically
in your SampleViewController.h, make your interface header look like this.. I think you already know this...
#interface SampleViewController:UIViewController < UITableviewDelegate, UITableViewDatasource >
in your SampleViewcontroller.m, under viewDidLoad method, set the table delegate and datasource to self:
yourTableView.delegate = self;
yourTableView.datasource = self;
Afterwhich, you implement tableView delegate and datasource methods... //you already know those since you were already able to show a tableview ;)
one of these methods is the "tableview:didSelectAtIndexpath:" --> this is the part wherein you can put your code when you click one of the cells.
Let's assume you have the DetailsViewController Class, this is the class you would like to show after clicking a cell and show its details.
DetailsViewController Class must have a variable that will accept the data you would like to show. Let's say, an NSString *detailsMessage; //do the #property and #synthesize thing...
Let's go back to SampleViewController.m file, under tableview:didSelectAtIndexpath: Method:
inside that Method.. put these codes.
DetailsViewController *detailsVC = [[DetailsViewController alloc] init];
detailsVC.detailsMessage = #"The Data you want to pass.";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detailsVC animated:YES];
I hope this helps. :(
There may be other ways but by far the easiest way is to use a navigation controller. In fact, it is built to do exactly this.
If you don't want the navigationBar then you can hide it in the viewWillAppear function.
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:YES];
Then you can add an other UIViewController to push when the user selects a cell.
Having read your OP again I'm not sure how you are adding your navigationController.
To use a navigationController you create it and load it at start time. You then create your current viewController (the one with the buttons and table etc...) and set this as the rootViewController of the navigationController.
Then you display the navigationController.
Could you explain how you are adding your navigationController as it may help understand what is going wrong.
Thanks
::EDIT::
OK, my assumption was correct.
The way you are using the navigation controller is not how it was intended.
OK, so at the moment your AppDelegate file will have a method Application didFinishLaunching...
It will look something like this...
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.viewController = [[OJFViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MainViewController" bundle:nil];
self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
You should change it so that it is like this...
first add a property to your appDelegate...
#property (nonatomic, strong) UINavigationController *navigationController;
Then change the didFinishLaunchingMethod to this...
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.viewController = [[OJFViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MainViewController" bundle:nil];
self.navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.viewController];
self.window.rootViewController = self.navigationController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
This will still show you MainViewController but it will now be contained within a navigationController.
Next in your MainViewController function viewWillAppearAnimated add the line...
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:animated];
This will then hide the navigationBar at the top of the view so you still have access to your buttons.
The you need a new ViewController and xib file (for example DetailViewController).
When the user selects a table row you need to then do something like...
DetailViewController *detailView = [[DetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DetailViewController" bundle:nil];
//pass in details of which row was selected.
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detailView animated:YES];
This will then display your new view and new viewController. You will also need to write a way of passing the data in (set up a property on the DetailViewController).
Hope this helps.
I have a class called CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController which displays a tableView.
Now, inside this class I wanna create a UINavigationController and set the root of the UINavigationController this class:
Here is what I did:
CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.h
UINavigationController *navigationController;
in the implementation file
CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.m
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController *catalog =[[CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController alloc] init];
loadingView.hidden=YES;
navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:catalog];
}
When I click on the table cell I do this:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
WebViewController *webViewController = [[WebViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:webViewController animated:YES];
[navigationController release];
}
But when I run and click on the tableView nothing happens...not view is showed up!!!Where am I going wrong?
IMPORTANT: I don't have a delegate file.Only CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.h CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.m and CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.xib.
EDIT:
- (IBAction)showViewCataloguesEtTarifsPDF:(id)sender{
// Remove view to middleView
[mainMenuViewController removeViewsToMiddleView];
// create view controller
cataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController = [[CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController alloc] init];
cataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController.mainMenuViewController = mainMenuViewController;
// hide/show header button
[mainMenuViewController.headerViewController showMainMenuButton];
// highlight footer tabbar button
[mainMenuViewController.footerViewController.footerTabBar setSelectedItem:mainMenuViewController.footerViewController.footerTabBarItemMyAudi];
UINavigationController* navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:cataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController];
[self presentModalViewController:navigationController animated:YES];
}
You should probably read this: http://www.iosdevnotes.com/2011/03/uinavigationcontroller-tutorial/
Or this: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457-CH1-SW1
Or watch this: http://peepcode.com/products/iphone-view-controllers-part-i
That'll give you the basics and you'll be well equipped to answer your question and fix your code :)
PS: You don't have to explicitly create and set a UINavigationController in your view controller. If the view controller is embedded within a navigation controller, the navigationController property of your view controller instance will automatically find it and return it.
What you're doing in viewDidLoad is wrong.
Wherever you are showing the CataloguesEtTarifsPDFViewController, you should wrap it in a UINavigationController there and show the UINavigationController instead.
This will make sure the navigationController property of UIViewController will be set.
In your tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: method you should release the webViewController variable instead of the navigationController property.
I'm making an iphone app out of the utility template in xcode. So in my FlispSideView I have a button that should show a custom image picker. I decided to use this nice one here link.
Now I made some changes cuz I'm not using a navigation controller to load the custom image picker (but rather modally) which is created programmatically inside the .m file. So I made the FlipSideView the delegate for the custom image picker but still lost when I come to loading the view. I created a xib file and tried to connect it to the image picker but that didn't work.
So I wonder what's the best way to do that?
I'm not sure I interpreted your question correctly, but based on the title, I think this might be what you are looking for:
// Initialize your custom controller and set the delegate
UIViewController *controller = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyView" bundle:nil];
controller.delegate = self;
// Set the title of your custom controller (optional)
controller.title = NSLocalizedString(#"My View", nil);
// Create a navigation controller with your custom controller as the root view controller
UINavigationController *navCon = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controller];
// Present the navigation controller as a modal view controller
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:navCon animated:YES];
// Release objects you own
[navCon release];
[controller release];
If your image picker is a controller, and all the outlets on your xib are properly connected to it, this should work. You should be able to make your FlipSideView the delegate. Pressing cancel or done in the modal view should call a message in the delegate that says
[self.navigationController dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
EDIT:
Here is the first line of my example code updated to match the tutorial you are using:
CustomImagePicker *controller = [[CustomImagePicker alloc] init];
The rest is the same. You initialize a navigation controller with controller as the root view controller, then present the navigation controller as a modal view controller.
Creating navigation programatically
Use the code below to navigate programatically. Write the following code in
AppDelegate.m class
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
FirstViewController *firstViewController = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
self.nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:firstViewController];
[_window addSubview:nav.view];
[_window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
I'm trying to use a UINavigationController but I'm uncertain how. Up till now (for about a year), I've been using presentModalViewController and dismissModalViewController to present/dismiss view controllers.
So, this is what I did. My main view controller (the first one that shows on launch) is called MainViewController, and it extends UIViewController.
So I made this launch function in my app delegate:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
MainViewController *controller = [[MainViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controller];
[self.window addSubview:navigationController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
And in my MainViewController's viewDidLoad method:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = #"Title";
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [Constants barColor];
....more code...
}
But, in my MainViewController, I'd like to present another view controller called SecondViewController, which needs a UINavigationBar with a back arrow button. So do I make SecondViewController extend UIViewController and do the same thing by setting the title and backButton in the viewDidLoad method? And how do I present it? What should I do to accomplish this?
You'll need to set a root view controller up, it's easiest starting from the apple template.
Here's where the magic happens:
UIViewController *controller = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyNib" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
[controller release];
The nav controller does all the work for you (back buttons, titles, animations) - it keeps track!
My workflow is this:
Setup MutableArray in the viewDidLoad, add controllers to it, e.g:
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
MyCustomViewController *customView = [[MyCustomViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"nib" bundle:#"nil"];
customView.title = #"Second Level";
[array addObject:customView];
self.controllers = array;
Then in your delegate:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSUInteger row = [indexPath row];
UIViewController *childControllerToBe = [controllers objectAtIndex:row];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:childControllerToBe animated:YES];
}
This, along with a lot more can be learnt by reading a decent beginner book such as Beginning iPhone Development
Also, apple docs are always good :)
UINavigationController is a subclass of UIViewController, but unlike UIViewController it’s not usually meant for you to subclass. This is because navigation controller itself is rarely customized beyond the visuals of the nav bar. An instance of UINavigationController can be created either in code or in an XIB file with relative ease.
Please visit "How to add UINavigationController Programmatically"
You should Push it onto the navigation stack.
This Lecture by Stanford's iPhone Course will teach you a lot about Navigation Bars. (It's a quick read)
Basically at the heart of it you need this code:
[self.navigationController pushViewController:SecondView];
You can use PopViewController to go back programmatically, but the Back Button is automatically created.
Here's some source code from the Lecture. It covers exactly what you are having issues with.
The other day I asked about using a UINavigationController as a child of a UIViewController. I got that working via the answer. Now what I'm trying to do is push a controller onto the nav stack. When a table cell is touched, I do the following:
- (void) showSetup {
NSLog(#"Showing Setup");
SetupViewController *controller = [[SetupViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"SetupViewController" bundle:nil];
self.setupViewController = controller;
self.setupViewController.title = #"Setup";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:self.setupViewController animated:YES];
[controller release];
}
I can see the log statement in my console, but the view never changes. Am I missing something?
Hmmm, well it's a bit tricky without knowing the details of your implementation -- I assumed that you implemented your navigation controller as in the linked article. Also although you give no details it sounds like you've added a table view controller somewhere along the line, so I made the UIViewController conform to the UITableView protocols to handle everything in one place:
#interface SOViewController : UIViewController<UITableViewDelegate,UITableViewDataSource > {
UINavigationController* navController;
}
- (IBAction) pushMe:(id)sender;
#end
I dropped a button on the SOViewController's view in IB and wired the pushMe: action to it. I also created another UIViewController-based class called JunkController and dropped a "Junk" label on it's view in IB -- that's all I did in IB. In the SOViewController's viewDidLoad:
navController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] init] retain];
navController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
navController.toolbarHidden = YES;
UITableViewController* tvController = [[UITableViewController alloc] init];
UITableView* tv = [[UITableView alloc] init];
tvController.tableView = tv;
tv.delegate = self;
tv.dataSource = self;
[navController setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObject:tvController]];
In the pushMe: action implementation:
[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];
Implemented the tableView delegate and datasource methods; for selection:
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSLog(#"row selected");
JunkController* junk = [[JunkController alloc] initWithNibName:#"junkcontroller" bundle:nil];
[navController pushViewController:junk animated:YES];
[junk release];
}
This should yield an app that surfaces a screen with a "Push me" button. When that button is pressed you should get an animated modal navigation-based table view -- mine had one row in it that contained a label "select me". Touching this row should animate the junk controller into view.
There is no need to make setupViewController a declared property in this view controller. Also, I could be mistaken but I thought "controller" was a reserved name in Cocoa, I'd change that name. So make sure you have registered with the UITableViewDelegate and use - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath to hook into and push your new view controller as follows:
SetupViewController *detailViewController = [[SetupViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SetupViewController" bundle:nil];
detailViewController.title = #"Setup";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detailViewController animated:YES];
[detailViewController release];
Goodluck!