Objective-C: Help - my xib won't show? - iphone

I have the following Objective-C code:
MainMenu *main= [[MainMenu alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[[self navigationController]pushViewController:main animated:YES];
NSLog(#"hello");
I have a class called 'MainMenu' with a corresponding header file and xib file. No matter what I do, it simply won't show. I have confirmed that the code gets to the above, because of the NSLog('hello').
I've been pulling my hair out for hours now and I simply cannot get to the bottom of it.
I hope someone can help,
Edit - still having problems...
Here are some screenshots of my project setup:
Ok, so I tried this:
MainMenu *main= [[MainMenu alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[[self navigationController]pushViewController:main animated:YES];
[self.view addSubview:main.view];
But it still doesn't work...
Many thanks in advance,

The fact that initWithNibName is nil should not be the problem because if it is given nil it looks for a nib with the exact name of the class.
Two things:
1) Make sure you have run a clean recently and make sure that file is correctly being loaded.
2) Make sure navigationController is not nil, if it is then you need to make sure you make a navigation controller if you are not intending on using a navigation controller, consider using:
- (void)presentModalViewController:(UIViewController *)modalViewController
animated:(BOOL)animated

Why are you setting the nibName to nil? If the name of the nib is MainMenu, then you want:
MainMenu *main= [[MainMenu alloc] initWithNibName:#"MainMenu" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:main animated:YES];
[main release];
Are you sure that you have a UINavigationController in order to push a new view?
Hope that Helps!

Dont pull your hair just look at your code closely: You have nil in your initWithNibName. Whats MainMenu is it a viewController or what ? and place your correct nib for your to get Hello.
Updated as asked :
MainMenu *main= (MainMenu *)[MainMenu alloc] init];
UINavigationController *nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:main];
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:nav animated:YES];
NSLog(#"hello");

I guess the issue is that you do not have a navigation controller set up .Try to present the view controller by
[self presentModalViewController:main animated:YES];

Verify that the object owner is in fact MainMenu and the view is connected.
In the MainMenu NIB, select File's Owner and the click on the Identity Inspector. Class should match your VC class name.
Then select the main View in your NIB and click on the Connections Inspector. The view outlet should be connected to your File's Owner.
If those are both set correctly, then post some more surrounding code. Notable point, if those are both set,
MainMenu * main= [[MainMenu alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:main animated:YES];
will load the correct NIB and display it.
What are you seeing? Another point if MainMenu is a subclass of some other VC with a NIB you will have to change the base class' init to override the default behavior, for example:
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil == nil ? #"BaseViewController" : nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]
But in that case you would have to specific the NIB that will override the base view controller's.
Post more code and let us know what you are seeing when you run.

Related

Navigate from a ViewController to another

I have this design in my storyboard:
As you see the middle ViewController is connected to a Navigation Controller ( I just made the navigation bar invisible). In this middle page I add all the controls programmatically ( using Parse mobile platform login wizard ).
The thing is I want to navigate to the third page, when Login is done successfully.
- (void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didLogInUser:(PFUser *)user {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
ViewController2 *viewController = [[[ViewController2 alloc] init] autorelease];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
printf("%s", [#"Ali" UTF8String]);
}
the message will be printed, but the navigation is failed. Can you help? Perhaps I need to fix something in storyboard.
I'm not sure you should be sending the dismissModalViewControllerAnimated: message. Are you presenting another view controller modally on top of your login view controller?
Anyway, when you have configured a view controller in a storyboard, you can't create the view controller using alloc and init. You need to ask the storyboard to create it. There are a couple of ways to do this.
One way
One way to get the storyboard to create your ViewController2 is to make a push segue in your storyboard.
Open your storyboard.
Control-drag from the login view controller to the ViewController2.
Choose the “push” segue type.
Click on the segue.
Choose View > Utilities > Show Attributes Inspector.
In the Attributes Inspector (right-hand side of the window), set the segue identifier to “didLogIn”.
To execute the segue, do this:
- (void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didLogInUser:(PFUser *)user {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"didLogIn" sender:self];
}
Another way
Another way to get the storyboard to create your ViewController2 is to give it a storyboard ID and ask the storyboard to instantiate the view controller by ID. Then you can push the view controller.
Before you can ask the storyboard to create it, you must give a “storyboard ID” to the ViewController2 instance in your storyboard.
Open your storyboard.
Select the ViewController2 instance.
Choose View > Utilities > Show Identity Inspector.
In the Identity Inspector (right-hand side of the window), enter “viewController2”. Case is important!
Then, in your code, ask the storyboard to instantiate viewController2:
- (void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didLogInUser:(PFUser *)user {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES]; // Should this be here?
ViewController2 *viewController = [[[ViewController2 alloc] init] autorelease];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
}
Try this way,
ViewController2 *myViewController=[storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"TheNameOfYourController"]
[self.navigationController pushViewController:myViewController animated:YES];
Because a lot of relevant code/settings is missing I would suggest the following:
Use this code:
-(void)logInViewController:(PFLogInViewController *)logInController didLogInUser:(PFUser *)user {
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];
Class klass = [[NSBundle mainBundle] classNamed:#"ViewController2"];
ViewController2 *viewController = [[klass alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
[viewController release];
NSLog("%#", #"Ali");
}
If that doesn't work check how you suppose to initialize ViewController2.
If all this doesn't help please try to post more relevant code.
To move next viewController using Storyboard Identifier
nextViewController *objnextViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"nextViewControllerIdentifier"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController: objnextViewController animated:YES];

Can I not 'pushModalViewController'?

I have a UIViewController class and a second which I want to push modally preferably. However I can't seem to call [self pushModalViewController:...], how come?
What requirements do I need to meet to be able to do so?
I am doing this and getting a black view pushed:
vc = [[ViewController alloc] init];
[vc setModalTransitionStyle:UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve];
[self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
I have made my view controller in my storyboard and given it a custom class. I am trying to present this view modally via this class as seen in my code.
Any help much appreciated, thanks.
'push' and 'modal' don't belong together in the same thought. You can:
present a modal view controller, preferably using -presentViewController:animated:completion:, which is the modern replacement for -presentModalViewController:animated:
push a view controller onto the navigation stack, assuming that you're using a UINavigationController. To do that from a view controller, use:
[self.navigationController pushViewController:foo animated:YES];
You're actually looking for [self presentModalViewController:myViewController.view animated:YES]
How are you initing this viewcontroller. From the posted code, I assume it is being initialized to a blank view.
Maybe you can init it from a nibname or something?
vc = [[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"NibName" bundle:nil];
[vc setModalTransitionStyle:UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve];
[self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
Also another thing to note, if this is a custom class and no nib file, is there any code in initWithCoder? How does the viewDidLoad looks like?

Switching Views gives me a SIGABRT Message

I'm having a little predicament switching between views, here.
Alright, so, I have this view controller class in my iPhone project called "BaseViewController," which is the default, which has a button called "GoToNextView." I added another ViewController to the storyboard called "NextViewController," and then I created another custom view controller class called "NextViewController." Under the inspector window for NextViewController on the storyboard I changed its custom class to "NextViewController;" I'm assuming everything should be hooked up, now. When I click on the "GoToNextView" button, though, the application stops with a SIGABRT message.
Here's the code for my button click action in the BaseViewController class.
- (IBAction)Transition_Next:(id)sender
{
nextViewController = [[NextViewController alloc]
initWithNibName:#"SecondView"
bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self.view addSubview:nextViewController.view];
}
What might I be doing wrong, here?
Thanks in advance...
You can use:
- (IBAction)Transition_Next:(id)sender
nextViewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentModalViewController:nextViewController animated:YES];
}
Instead of your code and it should work! Hope that helps!
You can use [self.navigationController pushViewController:nextViewController animated:NO]; or if you don't have a navigation controller, you may use
[self presentModalViewController:nextViewController animated:NO]; instead of [self.view addSubview:nextViewController.view];

Storyboard and Switch Views?

I have an iPad app that uses the storyboard board feature and then I have a separate .xib file for another view. I can switch to the separate view and its fine:
-(IBAction)SecondView:(id)sender{
SecondView *Second = [[SecondView alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:Second animated:NO];
}
But when I am in the Second View and try going back I do everything the same just with the first view controller, but It just goes to a black screen:
-(IBAction)FirstView:(id)sender{
FirstView *First = [[FirstView alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:First animated:NO];
}
What do you guys think? Am I doing something wrong? What is the best way to switch views?
initWithNibName:bundle is for loading nib or xib files.
If you are loading from a storyboard, you need to use
FirstView *First= [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"IDENTIFIER"];
IDENTIFIER is defined in your storyboard, it's in the Utilities, Attributes Inspector on the right side.
HOWEVER your real problem is that you shouldn't be loading from the storyboard at all. you should just be calling
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
That call will clean up the presentModalViewController:animated: that you used to put the modal view controller up in the first place.
You presented SecondView using presentModalViewController:animated:, so you need to dismiss it using dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:.
- (IBAction)FirstView:(id)sender
{
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

self.navigationController pushViewController not working

I have a View application with a Single UIViewController. I then add a UITableViewController through the IB, and I am trying to display the UITableViewController through a button press in the UIViewController (my main view). My button press (IBAction) contains the following code through which I am trying to push my UITableViewController view and display it:
DataViewController *dataController = [[DataViewController alloc] initWithNibName: #"DataViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:dataController animated:YES];
[dataController release];
My DataViewController is not at all getting pushed into the stack and displayed,
Also I have checked that in the code above, self.navigationController=nil
Probably this is the source of the problem. If so, how to rectify it?
Please help.
UINavigationController *navCtrlr = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:yourfirstviewController];
[self.window setRootViewController:navCtrlr];
navCtrlr.delegate = self;
navCtrlr.navigationBarHidden = YES;
Create navigation controller in appdelegate.m then you can navigate to any uiviewcontroller
You need to actually create a UINavigationController. The navigationController property tells you whether your DataViewController is currently in a UINavigationController's hierarchy; if not (as in this case), the navigationController property returns nil.