UIPageViewController not calling delegate methods (Swift 5) - ios

Question

I have an extremely simple UIPageViewController setup in my project. When I create my page view controller and navigate to it, everything seems to work properly and it loads the first page properly. However, when I try to swipe or switch to other pages in the array of ViewControllers, my page controller does not call its delegate methods to do so.
Here is how I am instantiating and navigating to the page view controller from the parent view:
let tutorialPageVC = TareTutorialPageViewController()
let nc = UINavigationController(rootViewController: tutorialPageVC)
nc.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
nc.definesPresentationContext = true
nc.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true)
self.present(nc, animated: true, completion: nil)
And here is my page view controller class:
import UIKit
class TareTutorialPageViewController: UIPageViewController, UIPageViewControllerDataSource, UIPageViewControllerDelegate {
var tutorialPages = [UIViewController]()
let pageControl = UIPageControl()
override init(transitionStyle style: UIPageViewController.TransitionStyle, navigationOrientation: UIPageViewController.NavigationOrientation, options: [UIPageViewController.OptionsKey : Any]? = nil) {
super.init(transitionStyle: .scroll, navigationOrientation: .horizontal, options: [:])
self.dataSource = self
self.delegate = self
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let initialTutorialPage = 0
let tutorialPage1 = TutorialPage1ViewController()
let tutorialPage2 = TutorialPage2ViewController()
let tutorialPage3 = TutorialPage3ViewController()
self.tutorialPages.append(tutorialPage1)
self.tutorialPages.append(tutorialPage2)
self.tutorialPages.append(tutorialPage3)
setViewControllers([tutorialPages[initialTutorialPage]], direction: .forward, animated: true, completion: nil)
self.pageControl.frame = CGRect()
self.pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.white
self.pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.lightGray
self.pageControl.numberOfPages = self.tutorialPages.count
self.pageControl.currentPage = initialTutorialPage
self.view.addSubview(self.pageControl)
self.pageControl.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
self.pageControl.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor, constant: -5).isActive = true
self.pageControl.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.widthAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
self.pageControl.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.heightAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
self.pageControl.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
}
func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, viewControllerBefore viewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController? {
//Might not need any of this if we only want the user to move forward??
if let viewControllerIndex = self.tutorialPages.firstIndex(of: viewController)
{
if viewControllerIndex == 0
{
return self.tutorialPages.last
}
else
{
return self.tutorialPages[viewControllerIndex-1]
}
}
return nil
}
func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, viewControllerAfter viewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController? {
if let viewControllerIndex = self.tutorialPages.firstIndex(of: viewController)
{
if viewControllerIndex < self.tutorialPages.count - 1
{
return self.tutorialPages[viewControllerIndex + 1]
}
else
{
//Navigation to go to scale tare settings here...
//For now just returns to first page of page view
return self.tutorialPages.first
}
}
return nil
}
func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, didFinishAnimating finished: Bool, previousViewControllers: [UIViewController], transitionCompleted completed: Bool) {
if let viewControllers = pageViewController.viewControllers {
if let viewControllerIndex = self.tutorialPages.firstIndex(of: viewControllers[0])
{
self.pageControl.currentPage = viewControllerIndex
}
}
}
}
Here is an example of one my extremely simple view controllers that are shown by the page view controller:
import UIKit
class TutorialPage1ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
let label = UILabel()
label.text = "Tutorial page 1"
label.textColor = UIColor.white
self.view.addSubview(label)
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor, constant: 50).isActive = true
label.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leftAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is not that the delegate funcs are not being called, the problem is that you are completely overlaying your UIPageViewController with a UIPageControl.
You can confirm this by adding this line:
// existing line
self.view.addSubview(self.pageControl)
// add this line
self.pageControl.backgroundColor = .orange
Change your constraint setup like this:
// completely remove these lines
//self.pageControl.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor, constant: -5).isActive = true
//self.pageControl.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.widthAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
//self.pageControl.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.heightAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
//self.pageControl.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
let g = view.safeAreaLayoutGuide
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
pageControl.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.widthAnchor, constant: -20.0),
pageControl.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.centerXAnchor),
pageControl.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.bottomAnchor, constant: -5.0),
])
Now you should see the page control at the bottom, and you'll be able to swipe through the pages.
By the way, UIPageViewController has a "built-in" UIPageControl that you might find works better anyway.