Loading other different viewController with parameter - ios

In my viewController2 I have different UIView's, and let's say that when I load my viewController2 from viewController3 I need to show only UIView2. Is it possible to do that?
viewController2, has many forms. For example, after clicking the button on form1 it would hide form1 and show form2 and so on. Now, the problem is if I load my viewController2 from viewController3 is it possible to just show form2 and not form1?
Here's how I load my viewController2:
[APP_DELEGATE setUIBlockingEnabled:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO]];
AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
appDelegate.rootViewController = nil;
appDelegate.rootViewController = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
appDelegate.window.rootViewController = appDelegate.rootViewController;
appDelegate.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
RegistrationViewController *controller = [[RegistrationViewController alloc]init];
[appDelegate.rootViewController moveToViewController:controller];
//viewController2
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *rectHolder1;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *rectHolder2;
rectHolder1 and rectHolder2 has different subviews, and upon page load I am showing rectHolder1 and rectHolder2 is not visible. When the user clicks on the rectHolder1's button it would hide rectHolder1 and show rectHolder2. Now how can I directly show rectHolder2 if I am loading viewController2 from another viewController

You should have to manage this kind of stuff in viewWillAppear of your viewController2. Set some flag when you come from VC3 to VC2 so that you can differentiate that you are coming from VC3 or not! If your flag is true(I mean you are coming from VC3) then show your desired view else show other content that you want to show! If you are going forward means you have pushing VC2 from VC3(which less possible as per naming of viewcontrollers) then you can use prepareforsegue to set flag! If you are popping to VC2 from VC3 then you can use delegate and protocol or NSUserDefaults for store or set the flag!

Yes, it is possible, you can choose to hide the views(let say firstView) you don't want to display by simply hiding that view(firstView) or if your other view's(let say secondView) constraint are been set with respect to the view(firstView) which you want to hide, then you may change the height of view(firstView) to zero.
In this way you will be able to hide the views you want to hide. You just need to decide which view you need to hide and then change the constraint or hide the view when going to that viewController.

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Amending UINavigationController viewControllers stack before animation

I have an app where you can customize products to varying degrees. In some cases the options are split to two views, while in some other cases the first step isn't necessary.
What I would like is to treat all products the same and push the first customization step view controller to the navigation controller stack, let that view controller decide whether or not this step is necessary. If it is not necessary I want it to apply some default options to the product and immediately skip (before the transition animation) to step 2 while not allowing the user to back up to the first step.
The normal UINavigationController.viewControllers stack may look like this when at step 2:
[ListView (root)] -> [CustomizeStep1] -> [CustomizeStep2]
But I want it to apply the default values to the product and amend the view controller stack so that:
[ListView (root)] -> [CustomizeStep1]
----- becomes -----
[ListView (root)] -> [CustomizeStep2]
What I've tried is to use code like this in the CustomizeStep1 view controller:
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
if (shouldSkipToStep2) {
UINavigationController *navController = self.navigationController;
// Move directly to step 2
UIStoryboard *storyboardLoader = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *customizeStep2VC = [storyboardLoader instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"customizeStep2"];
// Replace current view contoller
NSMutableArray *viewHierarchy = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:navController.viewControllers];
[viewHierarchy removeObject:self];
[viewHierarchy addObject:customizeVC];
// Apply new viewController stack
[navController setViewControllers:viewHierarchy animated:NO];
}
}
If I take a look at the navigation controller's viewControllers array after this has been set, everything looks as expected.
What happens in iOS 7
When doing this, the entire functionality of the UINavigationController breaks. The CustomizeStep1 view controller still animates in but is nonfunctional. Tapping the back button still shows CustomizeStep1. Trying to interact with the view controller crashes the app. (It works as expected if the view controller is displayed without the sliding transition, though.)
What happens in iOS 8
The CustomizeStep1 view controller still animates in, but immediately after the transition ends it snaps over to show CustomizeStep2. Other than that it works as intended.
So, my question is if there is a better place to add the code to amend the view controller stack on the navigation controller?
I obviously need to wait until the view controller has been added to the navigation controller, otherwise I can't replace the view controller in the stack. However, I need to be able to cancel the transition animation so that I can animate in CustomizeStep2 instead.
I appreciate if this is impossible, just wanted to check if anyone knows a good way around this.
Edit:
How I would like it to ideally appear to the user
Instead of viewWillAppear:, use viewDidAppear: which is called after the animation finishes.
You could have a boolean on your view controller denoting whether it is filled in or not:
#interface ViewControllerOne : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, assign, getter = isInitiallyFilledIn) BOOL initiallyFilledIn;
#end
Then, when it is initially filled in, just denote this boolean value.
ViewControllerOne *viewController = [[ViewControllerOne alloc] init];
[viewController setInitiallyFilledIn:YES];
Now, in viewDidAppear:, check this boolean value and check whether that method has been launched before. If it hasn't been launched before (to allow editing) and it is initially filled in, push the next controller!
#interface ViewControllerOne
#property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL hasCheckedFillInStatusBefore;
#end
#implementation ViewControllerOne
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
if ([self isInitiallyFilledIn] && ![self hasCheckedFillInStatusBefore]) {
// push the next view controller
}
[self setHasCheckedFillInStatusBefore:YES];
}
#end
Alternatively, if you want to display the two view controllers at the same time, you could alter the navigation stack:
// create instances of ViewControllerOne and ViewControllerTwo
NSMutableArray *viewControllers = [[[self navigationController] viewControllers] mutableCopy];
[viewControllers addObjectsFromArray:#[viewControllerOne, viewControllerTwo]];
[[self navigationController] setViewControllers:viewControllers animated:YES];
Note, the ViewControllerOne will not have viewDidLoad called so if you do any setup in that method (such as a back button title or the view controller title), you will either have to manually invoke that method before setting the view controllers or move that setup to the initializer.

Is it possible to insert a subview while being on the same tab bar index?

To give some context, I have logic that programmatically decides what view controller to insert into the navigation controller. For example:
If(true){
MyViewController * MyObject = [[MyViewController alloc]init];
myNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithViewController:MyObject];
else {
MyOtherViewController * MyOtherObject = [[MyViewController alloc]init];
myNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithViewController:MyOtherObject];
}
self.tabBarController.viewControllers=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:myNavigationController,nil];
Hopefully that illustrates my point of how I insert views inside of navigation controller. Now onto my problem:
I have an action listener with a button inside of "MyViewController" that essentially replaces the navigation/tab bar index when the user clicks the button. Is it possible to update a navigation/tab bar index with just a button?
MyViewController.m
- (IBAction)MyActionListener:(id)sender {
MyOtherViewController *MyOtherObject = [[MyOtherViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyOtherViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.view insertSubview:MyOtherViewController.view atIndex:2];
}
When I do this, I get a crash EXEC_BAD_ACCESS I'm just wondering if my implementation/approach is wrong. I noticed this question: Update UITabBar Views?
However, doesn't seem to fit the results I am looking for. Hopefully I am clear. Thanks!
Yes it is possible to switch your views on button click with navigation.
You currently in VC1 , you have other two vc VC2 & VC3 and on button click you choose VC2 or VC3 but you did not change the VC1 place.

How to get tabBarController in one of its viewController when using storyboard?

I make a Tabbed Application using storyboard template, two view controllers are embedded.
This is what I want to do: in the first viewController, let TabBar to select the second viewController programmatically.
The first viewController is a tableViewController, shows a list of items, and each item will push to a detailViewController. In the detailViewController, I edit some information and save the item. Then I want app to show the second ViewController, which is a tableViewController shows saved item.
Usually, we can use [TabBarController setSelectedIndex:1]; to select the second viewController.
However, since this is a storyboard template application, so many code are hidden behind. So I cannot get the TabBar instance in the first viewController, and use setSelectedIndex method.
This is what confuses me...
And now, I have found the solution for this problem. My answer is below.
I have figured out how to solve this problem.
First I add new a class: MyTabBarController.
Then, in storyboard, select the Tab Bar Controller, in identity inspector panel, set the custom class to this new class.
For the first viewController class, add a property
#property (nonatomic, weak) UITabBarController *tabBarController;
Then add - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated in MyTabBarController class:
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [self.viewControllers objectAtIndex:0];
FirstViewController *firstViewController = (FirstViewController *)navigationController.topViewController;
firstViewController.tabBarController = self;
In this way, I pass the tabBarController instance to the firstViewController, so, in the firstViewController, I can call [tabBarController setSelectedIndex:1];
Storyboard gives me a visual interface, however, it hides so many things behind.

initWithNibName help: returning blank screen when trying to pass data

Ok so I am trying to pass a string from one view controller to another via the AppDelegate. I want to stay on the current view while this happens.
This is the main body of the code I am currently using to do this:
AppDelegate *dataCenter = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
MyMealViewController *vc = [[MyMealViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
dataCenter.selectedMenuItem = recipeLabel.text;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:NULL];
When I run the program I am able to confirm that the string is correctly passed. However, then the view on the simulator just turns black. I assume that this is because initWithNibName is set to nil.
So my question is: how should I change my code so that the string will still be passed, but the current view will continue to be displayed on the iphone. Is there a line of code that I could write that would just reload the current view?
Thanks for your help with this issue. I am new to xcode so I may be making a very basic error. Please let me know if any additional information would be helpful in answering this question.
Edit: It looks like you want to show a list of food items in the first view. Tapping an items opens a detail view. From that detail view, the user can press a button to add it to the meal. Eventually, they can tap a button on the first view to open the meal view, which should contain all of the items that they selected.
If this is the case, keep an array on the first view controller, and make sure the detail (second) view controller has a reference to the first view controller when it is presented. This will let us use that array. Note that there are better ways to architect this, but this will work for now:
#interface FoodListViewController : UIViewController
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *foodItems
#end
#implementation FoodListViewController
- (void)showFoodItem
{
FoodItemDetailViewController *detailViewController = [[FoodItemDetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
detailViewController.foodListController = self;
[self presentModalViewController:detailViewController animated:YES];
}
#end
Once the detail view is presented, tapping the 'add to meal' button should add the current 'mealItem' to the array. In your example, you were using strings - if you would rather keep an array of strings for some reason, I'll leave that to you.
#interface FoodItemDetailViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, weak) FoodItemsViewController *foodListController;
#end
#implementation FoodItemDetailViewController
- (IBAction)buttonTapped:(id)sender
{
[self.foodListController.foodItems addObject:self.mealItem];
// Update the UI to let the user know that the item was added to the meal
}
#end
Finally, when it comes time to present the MealDetailsViewController, just pass it the array that you have been building:
#interface MealDetailsViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *foodItems;
#end
#implementation MealDetailsViewController
// Set foodItems before this view controller is presented, then use it to drive the
// UITableView data source, or find some other way of displaying it.
#end
As you can see, both the second and third view controllers are presented by the first. View controllers (nearly) always form a hierarchy - so keeping your data at the top of that hierarchy (by storing it in FoodListViewController) lets you neatly pass it down the hierarchy as you present other view controllers.

iOS: popping up a subview in a tabview

Newbie question for iOS -- I'm really confused with how navigation view works in a tabview.
Right now I have a tabview that has 2 views. In the second tab I have a button. When the button is clicked I'd like a new window to show up with some information, and the new window needs a Back button on top that goes back to the second tab.
I followed some tutorials and put a NavigationController in secondTab.xib, added the line
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UINavigationController *navController;
to secondTab.h, and
NewWindowController *newWindow = [[NewWindowController alloc] initWithNibName:#"NewWindowController" bundle: nil];
[self.navController pushViewController:newWindow animated:YES];
NSLog(#"clicked");
to my button implementation for -(IBAction) click: (id)sender
When I clicked the button in my second tab, the log shows "clicked" but my view is not changing.
Is there some setting I need to change for File's Owner/Navigation Controller outlets/referencing outlets etc...?
Thanks!
You don't want a property for the UINavigationController, you want to push onto the current navigation controller like so:
NewWindowController *newWindow = [[NewWindowController alloc] initWithNibName:#"NewWindowController" bundle: nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:newWindow animated:YES];
NSLog(#"clicked");
When a UIViewController is associated with a UINavigationController (i.e. it's part of a navigation controller hierarchy) then its navigationController property will be set, so you can access it like I've shown.

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