Swift 4: Add View on top of all controllers - ios

Question

Conditions:
Swift 4, Xcode 9.3
Target: iOS 11.3
UI Done Programatically
Using Constraints
My Root View Controller is a Navigation
Situation:
I wanted to float an audio player that will be visible throughout the app.
I did an AudioPlayer.swift class that contains the user interface of the audio player.
AudioPlayer.swift
import Foundation
import UIKit
import FRadioPlayer
class AudioPlayer: UIView {
let screenSize: CGRect = UIScreen.main.bounds
let playerImage: UIImageView = {
let iv = UIImageView()
iv.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
iv.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
iv.layer.masksToBounds = true
return iv
}()
let playerTitle: UILabel = {
let l = UILabel()
l.textColor = .darkGray
l.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 13)
l.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return l
}()
let playerSeriesTitle: UILabel = {
let l = UILabel()
l.textColor = .darkGray
l.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 12)
l.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return l
}()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
setupAudioControls()
}
private func setupAudioControls(){
let appDelegate = AppDelegate.sharedInstance
self.backgroundColor = UIColor.init(hex: "#EBE4D3")
self.addSubview(playerImage)
self.addSubview(playerTitle)
self.addSubview(playerSeriesTitle)
self.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 150).isActive = true
self.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: appDelegate().rootView ).isActive = true
self.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.safeAreaLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
self.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.safeAreaLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
playerImage.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerImage.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerImage.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 55).isActive = true
playerImage.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 55).isActive = true
playerTitle.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor, constant: 5).isActive = true
playerTitle.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerImage.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerTitle.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerTitle.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 25).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerTitle.topAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerImage.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20).isActive = true
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.5, animations: {
self.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerImage.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerTitle.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerSeriesTitle.frame.origin.y -= 150
}, completion: nil)
self.setNeedsLayout()
self.reloadInputViews()
}
}
Problem:
How can I add this to the Root View Controller to stay on top in all view controllers that I have in my app? Wherever I navigate, the player must stay on the bottom part of every controller. As you can see, I need a reference to the rootviewcontroller to set the contraints for the AudioPlayer but I failed in so many attempts (like calling the rootviewcontroller using AppDelegate)

Answer 1

I update it for you
add singleton static let shared = AudioPlayer()
add public func showAudioPlayer () --> to display Audio player
add as subview to UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?
TODO- add HideAudioPlayer()
Use like this
AudioPlayer.shared.showAudioPlayer()
Here is updated code
import Foundation
import UIKit
class AudioPlayer: UIView {
static let shared = AudioPlayer()
let screenSize: CGRect = UIScreen.main.bounds
let playerImage: UIImageView = {
let iv = UIImageView()
iv.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
iv.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
iv.layer.masksToBounds = true
return iv
}()
let playerTitle: UILabel = {
let l = UILabel()
l.textColor = .darkGray
l.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 13)
l.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return l
}()
let playerSeriesTitle: UILabel = {
let l = UILabel()
l.textColor = .darkGray
l.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 12)
l.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return l
}()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
// setupAudioControls()
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
public func showAudioPlayer (){
self.setupAudioControls()
}
private func setupAudioControls(){
self.backgroundColor = .red
self.addSubview(playerImage)
self.addSubview(playerTitle)
self.addSubview(playerSeriesTitle)
UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.addSubview(self)
if let layoutGuide = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.layoutMarginsGuide {
self.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 150).isActive = true
self.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.bottomAnchor ).isActive = true
self.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
self.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
}
playerImage.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerImage.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerImage.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 55).isActive = true
playerImage.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 55).isActive = true
playerTitle.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor, constant: 5).isActive = true
playerTitle.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerImage.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerTitle.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerTitle.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 25).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerTitle.topAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: playerImage.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
playerSeriesTitle.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20).isActive = true
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.5, animations: {
self.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerImage.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerTitle.frame.origin.y -= 150
self.playerSeriesTitle.frame.origin.y -= 150
}, completion: nil)
self.setNeedsLayout()
self.reloadInputViews()
}
}

Answer 2

If you want to show view in each view controller then as per view hierarchy you must have to add in UIWindow. UIWindow is base of all screen.
AppDelegate.shared.window?.addSubview(AudioPlayer)

Answer 3

You can add your view to UIWindow.
I am doing the same thing with below method in AppDelegate.
var window: UIWindow?
func addPlayerViewAtBottom() {
var bottomView : PlayerBottomView!
bottomView = PlayerBottomView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.height - 60, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: 60))
self.window?.addSubview(bottomView)
self.window?.bringSubview(toFront: bottomView)
}