Navigation Controller with static table cells? - iphone

I'm trying to add a view that is a form that has 3 elements. These elements will be inside of a static grouped table. I need a navigation bar at the top with a "Save" and "Cancel" button. Both buttons should send the user back to their previous screen when tapped.
Within the storyboard, I have tried creating a Navigation Controller and then adding a table to it, but I get the error of "Static table view are only valid when embedded in UITableViewController".
So, I tried creating a Table View Controller, but the storyboard won't let me put a navigation bar into one of those for some reason...
What is the best way to go about doing this?

Add UITableViewController to your storyboard and then choose Editor > Embed in > Navigation Bar Controller from the menu. This will wrap your table view controller in a nav bar controller and you can then add your Save and Cancel buttons to the navigation bar.
It might seem a bit wasteful to create a navigation controller with only a single sub-controller just to get a navigation bar but it's the accepted way of doing it.

Oh... this iOS stuff is hurting my head.
I wanted to do the same thing, have a TableView, with a Navigation Bar at the top, but there was no "Embed in.. Navigation Bar" menu item, just "Embed in.. Navigation Controller".
Eventually, solving this was easier than I thought.
I just needed to add a Table View Controller to my storyboard, then CTRL+drag a Segue from the "calling" view controller to my new Table View Controller, and, voila, it gives me the Navigation Bar straightaway.

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Tab bar disappears after touching cell in tableview

I have an issue with a tab bar app. I am making a tab bar app with three bars on the bottom. On my my first bar it is a tableviewcontroller. When i ckick on the table view controller it takes me to a different view (which doesn't have the tab bar). When I clicked back to the home screen (which has the tab) the tab bar is gone.If you need a picture i will post it!
You may have set your UITableViewController segue to a modal style. If this is the case, you should change it to a push style.
In order for a push to work, your view controller needs to be in a UINavigationController. In your story board, select your root view controller and embed it into a Navigation Controller like this...

storyboard: add a new scene after embedding other scene in navigation controller

I have some scenes set up and already embedded them in the navigation stack (see pic).
If I now duplicate the lower right segue, it doesn't have the navigation bar (see pic below). I can set the top bar from "inferred" to "navigation bar", but that won't put it on the existing navigation stack (e.g. no back button etc.).
How can I get the new ViewController into the existing navigation stack?
Lots of thanks in advance.
i don't know what order you did this in, but i find that if i duplicate the View Controller, and then just add a new segue from what you have as the Login Table View Controller to the duplicated view controller, the duplicated view controller will pick up the navigation bar and be part of the set of viewControllers .

UISearchBar displays in the root view but not in any other view on the tab bar

I have implemented the search bar for the table in the first tab and this works fine and filters fine, however, with the same code and the xib linked up all the same etc on the second tab it no longer displays the search bar. Is there a simple reason to this?
Separate out the UISearchBar into its own class and then call it from the multiple views. It is not meant to be reinstantiated for each view controller.
Yes, there is a simple reason—the search bar is a subview of your main view, so when that view gets swiped off screen, it disappears with that view. To fix this, you'll have to add the search bar to the view that holds your tab bar controller—you'll probably have to put it in MainWindow.xib. You can still connect it to your tab bar controller if you need to—just add a reference to in the XIB.

Creating the view with Interface Builder, when using Navigation Controller

I'm creating an UIViewController in IB. And I want to use this controller with a UINaviagationController.
The problem is when I use this view controller with the navigation one the title bar appears and all the elements on view go down. Ho can I take account of this when creating the controller in IB ?
PS: Now, I just put everything a bit higher. But I don't think it's a right way.
In IB select the view controller view, open the inspector, select the View Attributes tab, and on Top Bar specify "Navigation Bar". This will make a Navigation Bar in the view and then you'll be able to place your subviews in the remaining content.
In the same way you can inform IB if your view will contain the status bar, the tab bar, a prompt.

Problem in adding more than 5 button in tab bar controller in iphone

Hello everybody i need your help.
I am making a tab bar based application in iphone. i have more than 5 button to show in tab bar. when i did it, five button displayed fifth button is more..... but when i clicked on more then more button came in a table view not in tab bar.
That's how it works. From the documentation (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/TabBarControllers/TabBarControllers.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457-CH102-SW2):
If you add more than five items to the
viewControllers property, the tab bar
controller automatically inserts a
special view controller (called the
More view controller) to handle the
display of the additional items. The
More view controller provides a custom
interface that lists the additional
view controllers in a table, which can
expand to accommodate any number of
view controllers. The More view
controller cannot be customized or
selected and does not appear in any of
the view controller lists managed by
the tab bar controller. For the most
part, it appears automatically when it
is needed and is separate from your
custom content. You can get a
reference to it though by accessing
the moreNavigationController property
of UITabBarController.
That is intended behavior and not an issue, if you read the viewController Programming guide you could have seen that right away: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457