last Button of actionsheet does not get clicked - iphone

I have used an actionsheet in my project and when it appears it show all buttons but last (4th) button does not responds to my click(only it's half part responds)..
I know the reason it is because i have used a TabBarController and the present class is inside that tabbar controller....
only that part of the actionsheet is responding which is above the tabs....and my last button is half above and half is on top of tabbar
please help

i suggest using this:
[actionSheet showInView:[UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow];
I had the same problem that you have and using this method to show it worked for me. The TabBar wants to stay key Window what makes your bottom button appear above, but is actually under the tabbar.
Hope this does the trick for you..
Edit
If you use landscape mode and the method above doesn't work. You can use the following fix:
#Vinh Tran: [sheet showFromTabBar:self.parentViewController.tabBarController.tabBar]

What method do you use to show your actionsheet. Try showFromTabBar: method

The real problem comes in, when your interface is rotated to landscape and the parent view controller has a transformation on it. Believe me, that's a realistic scenario, doh. Then the action sheet is clipped and you can't use the parentViewController because it is transformed. The solution to avoid all these issues is to create a new window, add a rotatable view controller as rootViewController and use its view to display the sheet.
CGRect applicationRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
UIWindow* actionSheetWindow = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:applicationRect];
RotationViewController* rootViewController = [[RotationViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
actionSheetWindow.rootViewController = rootViewController;
[rootViewController release];
actionSheetWindow.hidden = NO;
UIActionSheet* actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:nil];
[actionSheet setCancelButtonWithTitle:#"Cancel" handler:^{
actionSheetWindow.hidden = YES;
[actionSheetWindow release];
}];
[actionSheet showInView:rootViewController.view];
The code above uses BlocksKit, but you can do it also by using the actionSheet delegate and instance properties.
RotationViewController is just a UIViewController subclass that implements
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.view.opaque = NO;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return YES;
}

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IOS: How to put some view on top of presented modal view controller?

I have an activity view that I have added in AppDelegate class to tap bar:
[self.mainTabBar.view addSubview: spinner];
When there are connection problems it is visible in each view controller and is spinning.
There is some button at certain view controller, makes to present some modal view controller.
That modal view controller overlaps the spinner. How to make that spinner always be on top of all views or at least on top of that modal view controller?
I tried to make such a thing in view controller that presents modal view controller:
[self presentModalViewController:selectionViewController animated:YES];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:[self.tabBarController.view viewWithTag:15]];
Not works.
Add the view to the main window.
UIWindow* mainWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[mainWindow addSubview: spinner];
While phix23's answer is correct, here is a more complete example:
//The view you want to present
UIViewController *viewControllerYouWantToPresentOnTop = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
//Create transparent host view for presenting the above view
UIWindow* mainWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
UIViewController *viewControllerForPresentation = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[[viewControllerForPresentation view] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[[viewControllerForPresentation view] setOpaque:FALSE];
[mainWindow addSubview:[viewControllerForPresentation view]];
//Make your transparent view controller present your actual view controller
[viewControllerForPresentation presentViewController:viewControllerYouWantToPresentOnTop animated:TRUE];
Remember to clean up after yourself when you don't need these any longer.
This code can be used from anywhere in your app, even a library :)
An app normally displays its content within a single window throughout its life.
But there are situations where an extra window may be used to add content on top of everything else. Apple ensures UIAlertView always stays on top by adding it in a separate window.
UIView *contentView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:contentFrame];
contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x,y,contentFrame.size.width, contentFrame.size.height)];
window.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelAlert;
[window addSubview:contentView];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
Show and hide your window by setting window.hidden = Yes or No as needed.
This will always show your contentView on top of everything else in the app.
The modal controller is in a completely different layer, you cannot make any subview of the presenting controller to overlap it.
Use a UIAlertView with a spinner inside. The alerts are displayed in a layer which overlaps even modal controllers.
Place the view to the keyWindow, as suggested above. You might also need to set Presentation style of the modal view as Current Context, otherwise, it can still pop on top

Switching a view

I have a problem with switching views in an iPhone application.
I have the source code of "Beginning iPhone 3 Development" (http://books.google.com/books?id=TcP2bgESYfgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=beginning+iphone+3+development#v=onepage&q=beginning%20iphone%203%20development&f=false) - chapter 6 - Multiview Applications.
Now I have the problem, I want to create a new view which should switch by clicking the button on the blue screen "Press me". But it did not work.
I add the these lines to the IBAction that the button on the blue screen is pressed:
StartViewController *startController = [[StartViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"StartViewController" bundle:nil];
self.startViewController = startController;
[self.view insertSubview:startController.view atIndex:1];
[startController release];
But the toolbar at the bottom won't disappear. But I want that this toolbar disappear.
If I wrote
[self.view insertSubview:startController.view atIndex:0];
instead of
[self.view insertSubview:startController.view atIndex:1];
the new xib lies behind the old one, so I see both views, the old and the new.
Why? I do not understand this.
Thanks a lot in advance & Best Regards Tim
The toolbar is in the SwitchView so you would need to hide it from the view if you want it to hide. You could make an IBOutlet for the toolbar and then call setHidden:(BOOL) to hide it. You will need to do this from BlueViewController so you will need a way to get to your super view (which is SwitchView). You will also need to remove the BlueView from the super view by calling removeFromSuperView on blueViewController before inserting the new view into place. It is basically the same code that comes from the switch button in SwitchViewController.
Update:
I looked at your code. In BlueViewController.m use this for blueButtonPressed:(id)sender
StartViewController *start = [[StartViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"StartViewController" bundle:nil];
self.startViewController = start;
[start release];
View_SwitcherAppDelegate *appDelegate = [UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate;
SwitchViewController *switchController = appDelegate.switchViewController;
switchController.theToolbar.hidden = YES;
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
[self.view insertSubview:startViewController.view atIndex:0];
You will also need to add these two imports for "View_SwitcherAppDelegate.h" and "SwitchViewController.h".

Weird UI problem when modal view is dismissed

As shown in the screenshot below, i have a UITableView with some info and upon selecting a row an ABUnknownPersonViewController is invoked. In order to be able to able to dismiss that and go back to the UITableView I have this code:
ABUnknownPersonViewController *unknownPersonView = [[[ABUnknownPersonViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
[unknownPersonView setUnknownPersonViewDelegate:self];
[unknownPersonView setDisplayedPerson:personRecord];
[unknownPersonView setAllowsAddingToAddressBook:YES];
UIBarButtonItem *anotherButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Επιστροφή" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self action:#selector(goBackToView)];
unknownPersonView.navigationItem.title = #"Προσθήκη στις επαφές";
unknownPersonView.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = anotherButton;
navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:unknownPersonView] autorelease];
//navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self] autorelease];
//self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = anotherButton;
[self presentModalViewController:navigationController animated:YES];
} // didSelectRowAtIndexPath ends here
- (IBAction)goBackToView {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
- (void)unknownPersonViewController:(ABUnknownPersonViewController *)unknownPersonView didResolveToPerson:(ABRecordRef)person {
// CallerIDAppDelegate *delegate = (CallerIDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[navigationController dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
The problem (as you can see) is that when the ABUnknownPersonViewController is dismissed by the "Επιστροφή" button, which is "Back" actually, the view holding the tableView and the blue UIButton is moved a couple of pixels to the bottom!
Any help on what could be causing this?
Screenshot http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1237004/problem.jpg
Debug this by checking your view's frame in -viewWillAppear, -viewDidAppear, -viewWillDisappear, and -viewDidDisappear.
Also check the view's autoresizingMask, and the parent view's autoresizesSubviews property.
I'm not sure I see the value of setting up a navigation controller here. You could just present the ABUnknownPersonViewController with [self presentModalViewController: unknownPersonView];. If you're doing it for the sake of picking up the visual navigation bar with the back button, then just add a nav bar and button to the unknown person view.
It seems like a mixed metaphor to be creating a UINavigationController but then not using its usual navigation methods (e.g., pushViewController:animated: and popViewControllerAnimated:) and instead using the modal methods inherited from UIViewController.
It seems that adding this line:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:NO];
in my viewWillAppear: made the view not to move when the modal view controller is dismissed. However now the initial position was already slightly dislocated to the bottom but fixed it by moving all the outles in IB to the top so it looks ok.

How to load subview from the main view?

I am very new to Obj-C and learning iphone development.
My question is how to add subview from app delegate.
Lets say I added subview called "MainView" from "applicationDidFinishLaunching" method.
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
MainViewController *aViewController = [[MainViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MainView" bundle:nil];
self.mainViewController = aViewController;
[aViewController release];
[window addSubview:mainViewController.view];
// Override point for customization after application launch
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
"MainView.xib" file has a button to show its child view. When the button is clicked, it calls "showChildView" method.
- (IBAction)showChildView:(id)sender {
if (self.childViewController == nil) {
ChildViewController *childController = [[ChildViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ChildView" bundle:nil];
self.childViewController = childController;
[childController release];
}
[self.view insertSubview:childViewController.view atIndex:0];
}
From this code, when app launches, it shows "MainView" with a button. But when I clicked the button, the button is still visible as well as the content from the "ChildView.xib" file too.
How can I hide the "MainView" when I pressed the button and show only the contents of the "ChildView"?
Thanks for your help in advance.
well, you have to remove the original view first, before inserting the new subview, do it this way
- (IBAction)showChildView:(id)sender {
if (self.childViewController == nil) {
ChildViewController *childController = [[ChildViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ChildView" bundle:nil];
self.childViewController = childController;
[childController release];
}
[self.mainViewControlle.view removeFromSuperView];
[self.view insertSubview:childViewController.view atIndex:0];
}
Hope this helps.
You might want to check out the Utility App sample -- it demonstrates switching between two views with animation and adding/removing views from parent views.
you might want to create a navigation controller in the main view and than push the childviewcontroller onto it when invoking showChildView. You'll get the back navigation button for free that way

Gap on Navigation Controller

I've got a button on a view. When I click on it, it should load another view, one with a novigation controller. So far I've got this, the button calls this method:
-(IBAction)loadOptionsView:(id)sender {
if (self.optionsRootController == nil) {
//optionsRootController is declared as: UINavigationController *optionsRootController;
optionsRootController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
//Options is a UIViewController
Options *myOptions = [[Options alloc] initWithNibName:#"OptionsMenu" bundle:nil];
[optionsRootController pushViewController:myOptions animated:NO];
[myOptions release];
}
[self.view addSubview:optionsRootController.view];
}
What happens when I click the button is that it loads the xib file OptionsMenu on top of the current screen, but there's a gap at the top of the size of the status bar, so I can see the view below. Any help? What's the right method to load a new view that contains a navigation controller?
Thank you all!
I solved this issue by placing after:
[optionsRootController pushViewController:myOptions animated:NO];
this line:
[optionsRootController.view setFrame: [self.view bounds]];
Nice and easy!
I think UINavigationController's designated initializer is
- (id) initWithRootController:(UIViewController *)rootController
So your code above would be better expressed as
//optionsRootController is declared as: UINavigationController *optionsRootController;
//Options is a UIViewController
Options *myOptions = [[Options alloc] initWithNibName:#"OptionsMenu" bundle:nil];
optionsRootController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootController: myOptions];
[myOptions release];
Is the VIew in your nib the right size for the whole screen? Try turning off the simulated status bar in IB.