Adding UINavigationController to View Other Than Main View - iphone

I'd like to add a UINavigationController to my app info view (NOT to my main view). I've watched/read a number of tutorials showing how to add it to the main window through the AppDelegate using IB. In my case, I only want it to appear when a user presses the info button and is brought to the infoView. Here is how I switch to the infoView within my MainViewController:
- (IBAction)infoButtonPress:(id)sender
{
// Create pointer to instance of InfoViewController
InfoViewController *infoView = [[InfoViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"InfoViewController" bundle:nil];
// Add view switching animation
infoView.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
// Change view using animation
[self presentModalViewController:infoView animated:YES];
}
At this point the infoView is displayed and I would like THIS to be the RootView of the UINavigationController. I have tried adding the line:
UINavigationController *infoNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc]
initWithRootViewController:infoView];
after creating an instance of InfoViewController, but the app crashes. Is it possible to add UINavigationController to views other than the main view?
Thanks.

You are very close with your implementation. Try it in this order.
InfoViewController *infoView = [[InfoViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"InfoViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *infoNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc]
initWithRootViewController:infoView];
[infoView release]; // skip this if using ARC
infoView.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentModalViewController:infoNavController animated:YES];
UPDATE
To kill this modal, you will have to add your buttons to the main modal view.
InfoViewController.m
-(void)cancel:(id)sender {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
-(void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle: #"Cancel"
style: UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target: self
action: #selector(cancel:)];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = cancelButton;
[cancelButton release];
}

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'Done' button not visible in the Modal view

I am trying to present a modal view from one of my view. The presenter view is already shown as a modal from a custom view. My problem is that I am not able to see the 'Done' button on the new Modal view presented. Below is my code. Am I missing something?
UIViewController *aViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *aNavigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:aViewController] autorelease];
[aNavigationController.navigationBar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlack];
UIBarButtonItem *aBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:#selector(dismissMe)];
[aNavigationController.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:aBarButtonItem];
MyView *aView = [[MyView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
[aViewController.view addSubview:aView];
[self presentModalViewController:aNavigationController animated:YES];
[aViewController release];
- (void)dismissMe {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
If I understand weel the question, you can try a solution like this:
Write this in the viewDidLoad or init method of the modal view controller you want to show from the actual view:
UIBarButtonItem *done = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self selector:#selector(dismissMe)];
self.navigationController.leftBarButtonItem = done;
and implement you dismissMe method.
Instead, in the presenter controller write this where you want to present the new modal controller:
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controllerYouWantToShow];
[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];
Obviusly, controllerYouWantToShow is a pointer/variable pointing your view controller you want to show... I usually do this to solve a problem like yours... However, check the code because I havent't tested it :)
Hope it helps!

Putting a back button inside of a Modal view pushed by another modal view

Check this, im pushing a modal view inside of another modal view. But, im trying to put a button inside of this modal view, but without luck.
What im doing wrong?
Thanks!
CadastroViewController *addController = [[CadastroViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CadastroViewController" bundle:nil];
// This is where you wrap the view up nicely in a navigation controller
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:addController];
// You can even set the style of stuff before you show it
navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
navigationController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"OK" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(buy)];
// And now you want to present the view in a modal fashion all nice and animated
[self presentModalViewController:navigationController animated:YES];
// make sure you release your stuff
[navigationController release];
[addController release];
You'll have to add a new UINavigationItem to the navigationbar of the actual viewcontroller - NOT the navigation controller.
addController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"OK" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(buy)];
You should add your button in a
-(void) viewDidLoad of your CadastroViewController controller class
This will look like this:
- (void) viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UIBarButtonItem *button = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"OK" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(buy)];
self.navigationController. leftBarButtonItem = button;
[button release];
}
[self presentModalViewController: navigationController animated:YES]; is ok in your example, just all other initializations you should do in viewDidLoad
It seems to me, that the problem is here:
[self presentModalViewController: navigationController animated:YES];
Instead try do this:
[self presentModalViewController: addController animated:YES];

loading nav controller from tabbarview controller on iphone

my app is based on tabbar controller
now in my default view i am showing a viewController and lets say it has Button A, when user press A it should load a my tableviewController but nothing is happening??
-(IBAction)promo:(id)sender
{
aRoot= [[tableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"tableViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:aRoot animated:YES];
}
but its not loading anything no error even???
/////////// UPDATE
i did this
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
Promo *aPromo = [[Promo alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];//button A is deifned on this VC
// then...
aNav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:aPromo];
// [pageOne release];
and in promoviewController
-(IBAction)promo:(id)sender
{atab= [[TableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"TableViewController" bundle:nil];
//TableViewController *atab1 = [[TableViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"TableViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:atab animated:YES];
}
You need a navigationController to push a viewController.
you can't add a viewcontroller to a uitabbar if you want to use the navigation controller.
Where you make your tab bar controller you have to do this:
MyFirstTabViewController *pageOne = [[MyFirstTabeViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
// then...
UINavigationController *ncOne = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:pageOne];
[pageOne release];
then add ncOne to the tab bar instead of the view controller. :) Then your code in the question should work (given that you're properly declaring aRoot in the header).
EDIT
Start again... choose a view based application call it TabBarTest.
Right click on classes and add three new classes. They need to be subclasses of UIViewController or UITableViewController. Lets say they're called RootViewOne RootViewTwo and SecondaryViewController.
Then open TabBarTestViewController.m
Uncomment the viewDidLoad method.
You need to now put this code in that method:
UITabBarController *tbc = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *viewControllers = [NSMutableArray array];
RootViewOne *vc1 = [[RootViewOne alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *nc1 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:vc1];
nc1.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[viewControllers addObject:nc1];
[vc1 release];
RootViewTwo *vc2 = [[RootViewTwo alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *nc2 = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:vc2];
nc2.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
[viewControllers addObject:nc2];
[vc2 release];
[tbc setViewControllers:viewControllers animated:YES];
[self presentModalViewController:tbc animated:YES];
Now open RootViewOne.m and in viewDidLoad put this:
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button setTitle:#"Click to move through stack" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(moveToNextView:) forEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:button];
Now you're going to need a custom method:
-(void)moveToNextView:(id)selector {
SecondaryViewController *page = [[SecondaryViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
page.title = #"Next Page";
page.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:page animated:YES];
[page release];
}
This is only basic, but you should get an understanding of the kinad process you need to go through. I typed this straight into the browser so there may be spelling mistakes... watch out if you get any errors or warnings. Hopefully this can help you with your project.
Finally i solved this , i changed that VC to Navigation view Controller and then i can push the new view based on button tap,, thanks to thomas also who helped me a lot but i couldn't figure it out.

Navigation Items in UITableViewController are not appearing?

I am displaying a UITableViewController inside of a UITabBarController that is being presented modally:
-(IBAction)arButtonClicked:(id)sender{
//this is a uitableviewcontroller
ARViewController* arViewController = [[[ARViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ARViewController" bundle:nil]autorelease];
LeaderBoardTableViewController* lbViewController = [[[LeaderBoardTableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LeaderBoardTableViewController" bundle:nil]autorelease];
lbViewController.title = #"Leaderboard";
arTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
arTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:arViewController, lbViewController, nil];
arTabBarController.selectedViewController = arViewController;
[self presentModalViewController:arTabBarController animated:YES];
}
In my viewDidLoad for arViewController method I am setting the navigation items:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;
self.title = #"AR";
leaderBoardButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemOrganize
target:self
action:#selector(leaderBoardButtonClicked:)];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = leaderBoardButton;
}
My navigation bar doesn't appear when it is inside of the UITabBarController, but when I push the view itself I am able to see it.
What am I missing?
Heh, I've been stumped by this too. What you need to do is send the rootViewController.
I've never used a tabBar for anything except on the main screen but ur code will probably look like this:
after arTabBarController.selectedViewController = arViewController;
UINavigationController *navController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: arTabBarController] autorelease];
[self presentModalViewController: navController animated:YES];
Like I said I haven't done it with a tabBar but I'm pretty sure it will be something along these lines
I needed to add a UINavigationBar:
ARViewController* arViewController = [[[ARViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ARViewController" bundle:nil]autorelease];
UINavigationController *arNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:arViewController];
LeaderBoardTableViewController* lbViewController = [[[LeaderBoardTableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"LeaderBoardTableViewController" bundle:nil]autorelease];
lbViewController.title = #"Leaderboard";
UINavigationController *lbNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:lbViewController];
arTabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];//initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
arTabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:arNavController, lbNavController, nil];
arTabBarController.selectedViewController = arNavController;
[self presentModalViewController:arTabBarController animated:YES];
There is a simple solution, put setting in view will appear
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:animated];
}
hope it help some newbies;

Implement Back action into UITabBarController

I have a controllerView (MenuControllerView) with a button inside, when I click on the button a new ViewController will appear with a TabBarController created programmatically like this:
UIView* topView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,320,480)];
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
viewController1 = [[ViewController1 alloc] init];
viewController2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] init];
viewController3 = [[ViewController3 alloc] init];
viewController4 = [[ViewController4 alloc] init];
tabBarController,viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1 , viewController2 , viewController3 ,viewController4, nil];
[[self tabBarController] setSelectedIndex:1];
[topView addSubView:[tabBarController view]];
Instead of displaying ViewController1 for the first button Item, I want to put an action Back in it to return to my MenuViewController, but I don't know how how to do it.
Thanks
Have you considered presenting the UITabBarController as a modal view controller and implementing UITabBarControllerDelegate? e.g. this seems to work for me (I make the third tab return to MenuViewController here):
#interface MenuViewController : UIViewController <UITabBarControllerDelegate>
...
- (IBAction) onButtonPressed:(id)sender
{
UITabBarController* tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
viewController1 = [[ViewController1 alloc] init];
viewController2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] init];
viewController3 = [[ViewController3 alloc] init];
tabBarController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1 , viewController2 , viewController3 , nil];
[[self tabBarController] setSelectedIndex:1];
tabBarController.delegate = self;
[self presentModalViewController:tabBarController animated:NO];
}
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController;
{
if (viewController == viewController3)
{
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
I doubt that this approach is a good one. You'll gonna break typical iPhone behaviour which will confuse users. The TabBarController is designed (functionally and technically) to change between views while a NavigationController is for pushing and popping views (go forth and back). Of course you can combine those (which is not always easy), but you shouldn't use TabBar as NavigationBar.
if I understand right, you can just remove your tabbar's view from superview. smth like
[[tabBarController view] removeFromSuperview];
if you just want to handle selection of tabbar item, you can use tabBar:didSelectItem: method of th UITabBarDelegate protocol.
Is this what you're trying to do?
This automatically created with a UINavigationController upon pushing to a child view controller.
[self.navigationController pushViewController:yourChildViewController animated:YES];