ViewController transition - iphone

Question

I have code:
ListViewController * listViewController = [[ListViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ListViewController" bundle:nil];
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.5];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:self.view cache:YES];
[self viewWillDisappear:YES];
[listViewController viewWillAppear:YES];
self.view.hidden = YES;
listViewController.view.hidden = NO;
[self viewDidDisappear:YES];
[listViewController viewDidAppear:YES];
[UIView commitAnimations];
But it does not works, and listViewController does not displayed( Please, somebody can tell me the solution of this problem?

Answer 1

Try something like:
UIViewAnimationOptions ops = UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionFlipFromRight;
NSArray *temp = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"NameOfNib" owner:self options:nil];
UIView* newView = [[temp objectAtIndex:0] view];
[UIView transitionFromView:self.view toView:newView duration:1.5 options:ops completion:nil];
self.view = newView; //Lets you control the new view from the current controller (you might want to save a reference to the old one if you need to change back)
As meronix said, non-block based animation is discouraged by Apple for the newer iOS versions. The above method is the "approved" way to do it.
Just so you know, the viewWillAppear, viewDidDisappear, and similar methods aren't methods that YOU call to make the view do things. They're called automatically when these things happen.
Your code had a few misunderstandings; I've commented on them below
//This looks fine (depending on what is in the nib)
ListViewController * listViewController = [[ListViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ListViewController" bundle:nil];
//Normally I use these to move things around, not change the view
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.5];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:self.view cache:YES];
[self viewWillDisappear:YES]; //These two methods aren't things that you call
[listViewController viewWillAppear:YES];
self.view.hidden = YES; //If you're flipping or otherwise moving a view out of
listViewController.view.hidden = NO; //sight then you don't need to hide/unhide views
[self viewDidDisappear:YES]; //Same as above, you don't call these
[listViewController viewDidAppear:YES];
[UIView commitAnimations];

Answer 2

Remove unnecessary code and just write this ...
ListViewController * listViewController = [[ListViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ListViewController" bundle:nil];
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.5];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:self.view cache:YES];
[self.view addSubview:listViewController.view];
[UIView commitAnimations];

Answer 3

it cannot work!
you just create and allocate a UIViewController, but never push it on any stacks, or add its view to a visible view.
when you set listViewController.view.hidden to no, you are not magically showing it on screen: you need to add its view to a view (or window) which is already on screen...
ps beginAnimation is deprecated: use blocks animation instead...