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!
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I have an image I want to display inside a UIView. In Interface Builder, the UIView is the root and a UIImageView is its child.
The view is connected to view controller's view outlet, and the image view is connected to the image view outlet:
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIImageView *imageView;
If I try to set the image property of UIImageView before it's visible, the image doesn't show up.
TestView *testView = [[TestView alloc] initWithNibName:#"TestView" bundle:nil];
testview.imageView.image = [logos objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:testView animated:YES];
If, however, I pass the image to the controller and set the image property in viewDidLoad, the image becomes visible.
TestView *testView = [[TestView alloc] initWithNibName:#"TestView" bundle:nil];
testview.image = [logos objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:testView animated:YES];
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
imageView.image = image;
}
What is causing the image to not show up in the first scenario?
The iOS documentation for a UIViewController's initWithNibName:bundle: method states that:
…
The nib file you specify is not loaded right away. It is loaded the first time the view controller’s view is accessed. If you want to perform additional initialization after the nib file is loaded, override the viewDidLoad method and perform your tasks there. …
A consequence of the nib/xib file not being loaded immediately (i.e. it uses so called lazy loading) means that the imageView IBOutlet property in your TestView controller is still nil when you try to set it in your first example.
In your second example you are setting it in the viewDidLoad which is called after the nib/xib file is loaded, and therefore it works as you expect.
In my application, I am trying to remove all existing subviews and add a new one created in Interface Builder. However, I don't seem to be able to connect the view.
When a button clicks, the following function is executed (inside a subclass of UIViewController):
// Display a list of settings to choose from
- (void) settings
{
SettingsRootController *settingsController = [[SettingsRootController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SettingsRootController" bundle:nil];
_settingsController = settingsController;
for (UIView *view in self.view.subviews)
{
[view removeFromSuperview];
}
[self.view addSubview:_settingsController.view2];
int a = [self.view.subviews count];
[self.view setNeedsDisplay];
......
}
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface SettingsRootController : UIViewController
{
IBOutlet UIView *_view2;
}
#property(nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *view2;
Inside the Interface Builder, I created a new View-based xib. Set file owner to SettingsRootController. Randomly drag a UITextView into the xib. Connect the UITextView to view and view2 in SettingsRootController.
However, if the above line is:
[self.view addSubview:_settingsController.view2];
a would always be 0, and thus the new screen is empty.
But if change to:
[self.view addSubview:_settingsController.view];
I could see the UITextView.
When you create a view controller, its view will not be created at initialisation time. The view will be created at first access of the view property. Thats why it works when you use _settingsController.view. But when you access view2 the view will not be loaded. You could write a custom getter method like:
-(UIView*) view2 {
_view2 = self.view;
return _view2;
}
The instance var declaration is different from the property declaration! With and without underscore. Maybe thats why it doesn't work.
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 am trying to learn something basic and very important to develop decent iPhone apps. But I don't know enough to understand what I am not getting. Here's the question:
I have a window project, with 2 views - View1, View2. On each view (thru IB) I dropped an imageView control. When I call a function in view1 I want to set the image control (show an image) of View2.
How do I do that?
There must be a simple way but I haven't managed (and did search a lot) to find a straightforward simple way to do it or at least understand the concept.
Thanks in advance.
-mE
You don't necessarily need to share the image. Is it large? Are you downloading it? In other words, does it really need to be shared?
If it does, you can just instantiate the UIImage in your app delegate and pass it to each view controller when they are created. Set a property for each view controller for the image. Something like this:
ViewController1 *controller1 = [[ViewController1 alloc init];
[controller1 setImage:image];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController:controller1];
[controller1 release];
ViewController2 *controller2 = [[ViewController2 alloc init];
[controller2 setImage:image];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController:controller2];
[controller2 release];
Then in each view controller's viewDidLoad, you can set the image for your imageView's
- (void)viewDidLoad;
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[self imageView] setImage:[self image]];
}
I'm not sure how you're a loading your view controllers, but the above code assumes you are using a navigation controller stack. If you need clarification for a different approach, let me know.
You should connect the UIImageViews in IB to outlets in your ViewController class. In your class's .h interface file, add as appropriate:
IBOutlet UIImageView *view1;
add a property:
#property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UIImageView *view1;
and in your class implementation file (.m), synthesize the property:
#synthesize view1;
Finally, you need to connect the UIImageView object in IB to that new outlet. Then you can access the image property of the UIView within your class with view1.image
I'm trying to keep my code clean and keep the number of files down. I am using a UITableViewController and I would like to load another view on top of it. I thought this would be pretty simple:
(1) create an IBOutlet in my .h file
#interface MyViewController : UITableViewController {
...
UIView *downloadView;
...
}
...
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *downloadView;
...
(2) link it to my view in IB
(3) do something like:
self.view = downloadView;
or
[self.view addSubview:self.downloadView];
But that doesn't work for me. If I do
[self.tableView removeFromSuperview];
Then the table view goes away but I don't know how to add my view from my nib. I'm doing everything for tableView programatically but I didn't think that would matter. And with UITableViewController subclassing UIViewController I thought it would be no problem using addSubview or something like that. What am I missing? This shouldn't be that hard right?
Update:
So if I do the following:
UIView *newView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
newView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[self.view addSubview:newView];
It does (mostly) what I want. So does this mean I'm messing something up with the way I'm connecting my view from IB? In IB I set the fileOwner's class to MyViewController and I make a connection between downloadView and the view that I created (in IB). That's all I should have to do right?
I think it's an issue of where in the hierarchy you're adding the view. You can try this:
[UIWindow addSubview:self.downloadView];
and see if it appears. Or perhaps,
[self.tableView addSubview:self.downloadView];
Otherwise I think you have the right idea.