I am trying to add a static fixed image to a UITableViewController, but when I do the standard [self.view addSubview:imageView]; the image is placed on the tableview and moves with the scrolling.
Is there any way to do this so that the image stays fixed?
I know one method would be to create a UIViewController, then add the UIImageView and a UITableView, but unfortunately, I am using a custom UITableViewController (just a library found on gihub to do what I needed), so my controller must be a UITableViewController.
Is there any way to do this? I've been going at this for a while with no luck.
Cheers,
Brett
There is no problem using UIViewController idea. You just keep 2 view controllers: 1) UIViewController, which has the UIImageView inside, and subview the view of 2) the UITableViewController. If necessary, make the UITableViewController a strong reference of the UIViewController.
I have done something similar all the time.
Yes, there are few ways. You could create your view hierarchy programmatically at
viewDidLoad or use a NIB file. Make sure that you correctly link the delegates and view properties.
If a nib file is specified via the initWithNibName:bundle: method (which is declared by the superclass UIViewController), UITableViewController loads the table view archived in the nib file. Otherwise, it creates an unconfigured UITableView object with the correct dimensions and autoresize mask. You can access this view through the tableView property.
If a nib file containing the table view is loaded, the data source and delegate become those objects defined in the nib file (if any). If no nib file is specified or if the nib file defines no data source or delegate, UITableViewController sets the data source and the delegate of the table view to self.
As https://stackoverflow.com/a/6961973/127493 say, UITableViewControllers can be replaced by simple UIViewControllers.
In fact, the trick is to add an UITableView to you UIViewController, make it delegate and etc..., and add it to your UIViewController.view.
So you will be able to add some "sister" views to your controller main view.
In my case, I am adding a an Image ( actually button with image) and when user touches on image, it will disappear and tableview will be shown.
so i am disabling scroll first then enable it back
find code below
// in viewDidLoad
[self.view addSubview:imgview];
tbl.scrollEnabled = NO;
// in -(IBAction)btnClicked:(id)sender
[imgview removeFromSuperview];
tbl.scrollEnabled = YES;
Thats working for me.
Do NOT use UITableViewController at all (I never use it and as I've heard nearly any developer uses it). It is a nightmare when you want to customize design with it.
Create your own subclass of UIViewController (MYTableViewController), add UITableView *tableView instance #property and #synthetize it:
#interface MYTableViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate,UITableViewDataSource> {
UITableView *tableView;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *tableView;
#end
Then in implementation add it to the view (using XIB or viewDidLoad method):
#implementation MYTableViewController
#synthesize tableView;
// If not XIB used:
-(void)viewDidLoad{
[super viewDidLoad];
CGRect frame = self.view.bounds;
self.tableView = [[[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:frame style:UITableViewStylePlain] autorelease];
tableView.dataSource = self;
tableView.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:tableView];
// And here you van add your image:
[self.view addSubview:imageView];
}
// Do not forget to release it and clear delegate and datasourcce when view uloads:
#pragma mark - Memory management:
-(void)dealloc{
self.tableView.delegate = nil;
self.tableView.dataSource = nil;
self.tableView = nil;
[super dealloc];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
self.tableView.delegate = nil;
self.tableView.dataSource = nil;
self.tableView = nil;
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}
-(void)viewDidUnload{
self.tableView.delegate = nil;
self.tableView.dataSource = nil;
self.tableView = nil;
[super viewDidUnload];
}
#end
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I have one UIViewController without NIB file. Now i have one my customized UIView. I want to make UIViewController's view inherit from my customized UIView, is it possible ? I know that if I have XIB file than I can make Custom Class from there but without XIB can it be done?
Thanks in Advance
If you are using a UIViewController subclass, and don't want to use a nib file, then override the loadView method in your subclass:
#implementation MyViewController
- (void)loadView {
self.view = [[MyView alloc] init];
// additional view setup here
}
If you are just using a generic UIViewController (not a subclass), then you might be able to just assign to the view controller's view property, like this:
vc.view = [[MyView alloc] init];
But I'm not sure if that works properly outside of loadView. I haven't seen any documentation that says it is or is not allowed.
Replace your view controller's view like this:
// ViewController.m, in viewDidLoad
self.view = [[MyCustomView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
A more conventional alternative is to fill the default view with the custom subview, like this:
MyCustomView *myCustomView = [[MyCustomView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
[self.view addSubview:myCustomView];
I think you need to load a custom view programmatically, for that you need to override the loadView method of your view controller.
-(void)loadView
{
[super loadView];
CustomView *view = [[CustomView alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.bouds];
[self.view addSubview:view];
}
Replace this in your .h file
#interface ViewController : UIViewController
with
#interface ViewController : Customized View Controller
I am trying to add the Tapku calendar to my app. I am using storyboards, I have added the Tapku library, imported the necessary files and add the TKCalendarMonthViewDelegate methods. I am adding the calendar to a UIView called calendarView. When I run the app the calendar doesn't appear, just the view with nothing inside it.
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:YES];
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;
calendar = [[TKCalendarMonthView alloc] init];
calendar.delegate = self;
calendar.dataSource = self;
calendar.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, calendar.frame.size.width, calendar.frame.size.height);
// Ensure this is the last "addSubview" because the calendar must be the top most view layer
[self.view addSubview:calendar];
[calendar reload];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
Can anyone help me please?
try by specifing frame points directly,like this
calendar.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320,400);
If you're adding TKCalendarMonthView to your view controller using a Storyboard, then you should not also be initializing another instance of TKCalendarMonthView in your view controller's -viewDidLoad method.
In your Storyboard:
Add a TKCalendarMonthView to your view controller.
Set the size contraints.
Connect TKCalendarMonthView to the outlet (see below) in your view controller.
In your view controller:
Add an outlet for the TKCalendarMonthView.
#interface YourViewController () <TKCalendarMonthViewDataSource, TKCalendarMonthViewDelegate>
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet TKCalendarMonthView *calendarMonthView;
#end
In -viewDidLoad, connect TKCalendarMonthView's delegate and data source. Note, you can also do this in the Storyboard if you first add the IBOutlet annotate to the delegate and dataSource properties in TKCalendarMonthView.h
#implementation YourViewController
...
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
...
self.calendarMonthView.delegate = self;
self.calendarMonthView.dataSource = self;
However these changes alone will not get the TKCalendarMonthView to display the calendar. The reason is that the view is getting initialized by the Storyboard but none of the existing -init methods are called when loaded by the Storyboard. So you will need to add an -initWithCoder: method to TKCalendarMonthView.m. The following example will call the default -init: method.
-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
self = [self init];
if (self) {
}
return self;
}
If you do all this, you should see the rendered calendar instead of a blank view.
I have a simple question that I couldn't see it answered on the whole site,
One XIB file that has a UIView as the main,
in it has another UIView that's connected to one IBoutlet so I can assign it later to load a view from another XIB file. That assignment doesn't work.. it remains blank...
#interface Subclass : UIViewController {
UIView *view1;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UIView *view1;
#end
i linked view1 to the subview in the xib file
in implementation in initWithNibName I'm loading Other XIB file and use it's view and assigning it to the view1. Still this doesn't work...
detailControler = [[XibViewControler alloc] initWithNibName:#"XibViewControler" bundle:nil];
//one aproach
[self.view1 addSubview: detailControler.view];
//another aproach
[self setView1:detailControler.view];
If I'm adding the subview programaticaly to [self.view addSubview:detailControler.view] and set a frame to it, it will go fullscreen, and hide the original view.
I also had a different approach that didn't work
How to load multiple views on each button tap when using a UISegmentedVIew
This is how I usually set up a UIView inside another view, although I'm not entirely sure if it's best practice or anything like that:
if(newViewController == nil){
newViewController = [[NewViewController alloc] initWithCoder:nil];
}
newViewController.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingNone;
if([newViewController.view superview] == nil){
[view1 addSubview:newViewController.view];
}
Hope that Helps!
In my viewbased application i loaded oneview as mainview and another view as subview of mainview. Its work well the code snippet is ,
In mainviewcontroller,
IBOutlet UIView *subView;
#property(nonatomic,retain) UIView *subView;
#synthesize subView;
[subView release];
//add subview
[self.view addSubview:subView];
//removefromsubview
[subView removeFromSuperview];
This code works fine.....
I dont want to create subview in mainviewcontroller, so i created a new UIView class and its named as subView, now i deleted all declarations of subView from mainviewcontroller and just import subView class in mainviewcontroller. And using this [self.view addSubview:subView];
This things not work great. Can anyone help me ... How can i interact a separate UIView class with UIViewcontroller.One more thing is that UIView class have labels and textboxes can i set values from UIViewController to UIView labels and textboxes ......
Is it possible ?
Thanks in advance.......Sorry for my bad english
You have a sub-class called Subview which is declared as a UIView, i.e.
#interface Subview : UIView {
UILabel *foo;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) UILabel *foo;
#end
Now you want to use this sub-class inside of your main UIView, which you had from the start. There are a few things you need to do.
#import the Subview in your header file, and add an instance of it to your class.
#import "Subview.h"
and inside of your #interface's {}'s,
Subview *mySubview;
In the viewDidLoad class for your main view controller, around the bottom, add something like:
mySubview = [[Subview alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:mySubview];
[mySubview release];
First line will allocate a new "Subview" for you, second line will add this to your view so you get the stuff it has, and third line will release it. It's okay to release it here, because "self.view" will now be responsible for it, so it won't vanish.
Lastly you need to set the view up in the init method for Subview. In Subview.m, do something like:
- (id)init
{
if (self = [super init]) {
foo = [[UILabel alloc] init];
foo.text = #"Hello!";
[self addSubview:foo];
}
return self;
}
And I think that should take care of it. You also want to release foo in -dealloc for Subview but you probably know how to do that stuff already.
I read somewhere that in a programmatically created view in a UIViewController, not using Interface Builder, -viewDidLoad and -viewDidUnload should not be used. Is this right? Why? Where would I release subviews that I have retaining properties of? Or should I just not use properties for them?
EDIT: Read my comments on Rob Napier's answer.
Create your subviews in -viewDidLoad. If you need ivars for them then only assign their values. The reference is hold by adding the views as subviews to you main view.
Then when your view is unloaded you should set your ivars to nil, because the object have been released since your view was removed and released.
So in your header
#interface MyViewController : UIViewController {
IBOutlet UIView *someSubview; // assigned
}
#property (nonatomic, assign) IBOutlet UIView someSubview;
#end
And in your implementation
#implementation MyViewController
//... some important stuff
- (void)viewDidLoad;
{
[super viewDidLoad];
someSubview = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
[self.view addSubview:someSubview]; // retains someSubview
[someSubview release]; // we don't hold it
}
- (void)viewDidUnload;
{
[super viewDidUnload];
someSubview = nil; // set the pointer to nil because someSubview has been released
}
//... more important stuff
#end
If you wish you can also not release someSubview in -viewDidLoad, but then you have to release it in -viewDidUnload AND -dealloc since (if I remember right) -viewDidUnload isn't called before -dealloc. But this isn't necessary if you don't retain someSubview.
the strange thing here is that an UIViewController not loaded from a NIB file is not notified about its view unloading (and so its viewDidUnload method is not called) unless you offer a base implementation of the loadView method, such as:
- (void)loadView {
self.view = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds] autorelease];
[self.view setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// create views...
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
// destroy views...
[super viewDidUnload];
}
this only happens to base UIViewController, an UITableViewController for example don't need to be fixed with this workaroud.
So Robs is right.