How do I display the UINavigationBar on a modally presented UITableViewController? - iphone

If you have a UINavigationController's UIViewController present a UITableViewController (TVC) modally, is there a way for the TVC to display the UINavigationBar of its parentViewController? Or, should I have it create a new UINavigationBar, item, buttons, etc. for the modal TVC?

I would just instantiate a UINavigationController right before you present your modal.
YourViewController *modalViewController = [[YourViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"foo" bundle:nil]
UINavigationController *tmpNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:modalViewController];
[modalViewController release];
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:tmpNavController animated:YES];
[tmpNavController release];
This is just back-of-the-envelope - I wouldn't copy and paste that code w/o a double-check!

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How to add an UINavigationController to an UIViewController presented as Modal

I have an alternative flow in my app. This flow starts in my firstViewController, then in this view a call my secondViewController like this:
- (IBAction)PressButton:(id)sender {
SecondViewController *second = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
second.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
UINavigationController *nav = self.navigationController;
[nav presentViewController:second animated:YES completion:nil];
}
In my secondViewController I want to push my thirdViewController. But it is not working I tried this ways:
- (IBAction)pressButton:(id)sender {
ThirdViewController *tvc = [[ThirdViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *nav = self.navigationController;
[nav pushViewController:tvc animated:YES];
}
When I press the button of secondViewController nothing happens.
What I'm doing wrong ?
I'm using:
OSX 10.8.2
Xcode 4.6
iOS 6.1
You must present the navigation controller modally, and have the second view as the root of that navigation controller. As well as calling presentViewController from the owning view not its parent navigation controller.
- (IBAction)PressButton:(id)sender {
SecondViewController *second = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
second.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:second];
[self presentViewController:navigationController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
Instead of presenting just the second view controller, make sure to present an additional navigation controller.
SecondViewController *secondViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:secondViewController];
[[self navigationController] presentViewController:navigationController animated:YES completion:nil];
If you are using storyboard just click on the source view xib, Ctrl+drag to destination (Create Segue), select modal from popup menu.Click on the newly created connection. Add a name for it then in source view controller [self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"Segue Name" sender:self];
If you are trying to get a button to direct you to a different page modally, you can go into the storyboard or xib file. Control click from that button to the view controller you want to go to. and then the popup menu will give you the options of what type of outlet you want to use. Hope this helps

Table View presented modally has no navigation bar

When I present a view controller modally:
// Display the nav controller modally.
[self presentModalViewController:theNavController animated:YES];
The navigation bar is covered up the view the pops up!
How can I get the navigation bar to not get covered up??
Thanks in advance!
The answers can be found at iPhone: Show modal UITableViewController with Navigation bar
and
UINavigationBar refuses to show in Modal View Controller!
You need to wrap the UIViewController in a UINavigationController, and then present the navigation controller:
AccountViewController* accountViewController = [[AccountViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"AccountView" bundle:nil];
...
// Initialize properties of accountViewController
...
UINavigationController* navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:accountViewController];
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];
[navController release];
[accountViewController release];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewContorller:someViewController];
[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];

Issue with pushing UIViewController on UITabbarController

I have implemented UINavigationController and UITabbarController with each other. I am able to see Navigation bar and Tab bar along with UIViewController.
Problem is when I push any other UIViewController on this controller,that viewcontroller get pushed but Tabbar get disappeared.
Is there any provision to persist that UITabBar along the stack????
below is code I am referring
UIViewController* cont1 = [UIViewController alloc]init];
UIViewController* cont2 = [UIViewController alloc]init];
[tabBarController setViewControllers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:cont1,cont2,nil]];
Thanks.
You should do it the other way around.
Place an UINavigationController in each of the UIViewController in the UITabbarController.
YourViewController *viewController = [YourViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
UINavigationController *controller = [UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController] autorelease];
controller.title = #"something";
controller.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"xx"];
tabController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:controller];
then you can push sub view controllers into navigation controller with tab bar persistent at the bottom of the screen.

How to set up a navigationController by UINavigationController?

I am working with push notifications. i am trying to create and push a DetailView in the navigationController when action button in notification is clicked. but navigationController is nil. how can i put that DetailView in the navigationController? I want to push RootViewController in the navigationController and then the DetailView. how can i do that?
in AppDelegate:
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {
RootViewController *controller = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
//getting warnings here.(Unused variable navigationController)
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controller];
[controller doStuff];
[controller release];
}
in RootViewController:
-(void)doStuff{
[[self stories] removeAllObjects];
[self startParsing];
[self.tableView reloadData];
DetailViewController *detail = [[DetailViewController alloc] init];
//custom code
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detail animated:YES];
[detail release];
this is the code i m using right now. and plz notice that i have
[self.tableView reloadData];
Okay, now I am pretty sure I understand the issue. The problem is, you never manually set the navigationController property on a UIViewController. The navigationController property is nil if the view controller is not under a navigation controller and if it is, then the property points to it.
What you need to do, is when you display your root view controller, instead of directly displaying its view, add it to a navigation controller, then display the navigation controller's view. Like so:
RootViewController *controller = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controller];
//Here you would display navigationController.view somehow
So, after you have your root view controller in a navigation controller, in a method in root view controller you can do this:
DetailViewController *detail = [[DetailViewController alloc] init];
//Do whatever you need to do to set values on the detail view controller
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detail animated:YES];
The key thing is this: you need to put the root view controller into a navigation controller before you can access a navigation controller from within root view controller.
If your nav controller is nil, it needs creating and then you place things into it.
Try this:
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootViewController];
[navController pushViewController:detailViewController animated:NO]; // or YES
If you start out with no UINavigationController and want to display it with more than one view controller in its stack, after initing the navigation controller you can set the viewControllers property to an array with the various view controllers you want.
edit: some example code:
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
NSArray *viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:viewController1, viewController2, nil];
[navController setViewControllers:viewControllers animated:NO];
After doing that, your navigation controller will have viewController2 on top and viewController1 behind it.
Alternately, you could do it this way:
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController1];
[navController pushViewController:viewController2 animated:NO];

NavigationBar hidden in detailViewController when presented modally

I am basically presenting my DetailViewController as modalView.In the modalView navigation bar is never visible, though I am not hiding it any where.Please help!
WriteReviewController *newReview = [[WriteReviewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"WriteReviewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *modalNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:newReview];
// This is intended to be presented in another view controller class
modalNavController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleDefault;
[self.parentViewController presentModalViewController:modalNavController animated:YES];
[modalNavController release];
This code worked for me