Issue with UIImagePickerController - How to switch to new controllers without a segue? - ios

I'm trying to get taking photos working on an iOS app. To do so, I do the following...
imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
imagePicker.delegate = self
imagePicker.sourceType = .Camera
imagePicker.allowsEditing = true
self.presentViewController(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
The issue I have is that I keep getting:
2016-02-28 13:12:17.767 Instagram[60379:2605934] Presenting viewcontrollers on detached view controllers is discouraged <Instagram.ViewController: 0x7937ed50>.
2016-02-28 13:12:18.282 Instagram[60379:2605934] Unbalanced calls to begin/end appearance transitions for <UINavigationController: 0x7a402a00>.
Whenever I try to do this. I assumed this had something to do with not transitioning to the ViweController correctly (there are two ViewControllers before this one - ViewController (where users login), and PhotoTableController (where users view a feed, and can press to add their own photo).
The first way I tried to transition between the two was the way I've always done it programmatically:
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("loginSegue", sender: nil)
But that caused the error above. So I thought I should use the "presentViewController" like I did for the imagePicker:
self.presentViewController(PhotoTableController(), animated: true, completion: nil)
I did something similar for the transition from PhotoTableController to PostPhoto as well, but it didn't matter because when the user would login and do that first transition, the screen would go completely black.
I'm not sure what exactly is causing this issue, or if I'm going about solving the issue correctly. And a lot of what I google is Objective C code, which I cannot understand.

Related

InAppSettingsKit Done button does not show up on view controller

I am trying to use InAppSettingsKit from my Swift app (via Swift package dependency to version 3.3.3), and I would like to be able to use the settingsViewControllerDidEnd delegate callback to determine when the user has dismissed the settings dialog, so that I can check for certain conditions that may require additional actions on the user's part.
The Done button was showing up if I pushed the view controller onto a navigation controller, but the code indicates that this method will not fire the Done button delegate callback, so I have been trying to use the present method to show the view controller.
Here is the code that I am using to instantiate and present the settings view controller:
func authenticationSettings(alert: UIAlertAction!) {
let viewController = IASKAppSettingsViewController()
viewController.delegate = self
self.present(viewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
And here is what I get, notice no Done button:
I have tried this card method of presenting, and also the full screen method, with no avail.
I tried stepping into the Objective-C code and and from what I could tell, the UIBarButtonItem navigation item was being created and added. Anyone have any ideas on what to try next?
As you may have noticed in the source code, UIBarButtonItem gets added on navigationItem. This item is used only if view controller is part of a navigation controller stack
When you're presenting a new view controller modally it doesn't have a navigation controller in the stack, so to make it work you need to wrap your controller with a UINavigationController:
func authenticationSettings(alert: UIAlertAction!) {
let viewController = IASKAppSettingsViewController()
viewController.delegate = self
let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: viewController)
self.present(navigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Swift cancel button to different controllers

I'm coding a simple app with swift and I'm stuck at the following point, I have two Controllers that lead to another one, and when I click on the cancel button, it always lead to the root Controller, no matter from where I come.
I have a first controller (UIViewController), that go to the Navigation Controller of my target Controller (the one from which I would like to go back to the right calling Controller).
I have a second controller (UITableViewController), which go directly to my target Controller.
Here's the code of my Cancel button:
// MARK: - Navigation
#IBAction func lendingCancelButton(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
// Depending on style of presentation (modal or push presentation), this view controller needs to be dismissed in two different ways
let isPresentingInAddLendingMode = presentingViewController is UINavigationController
if isPresentingInAddLendingMode {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
} else if let owningNavigationController = navigationController {
owningNavigationController.popViewController(animated: true)
} else {
fatalError("the LendingViewController is not inside a navigation controller.")
}
}
If I correctly understood (you could then correct me if I'm wrong, I would learn something), it's testing if the ViewController that's presenting my target ViewController is a NavigationController.
So maybe that, as the second Controller (my UITableViewController) is not going through a NavigationController, so the last one calling my target view with a NavigationController is always the UIViewController.
Don't hesitate to tell me if it's not clear enough (too many times the word "Controller" in my post) or if you need additional code.
Try something like this
if let navigationController = presentingViewController as UINavigationController {
navigationController.popViewController(animated: true)
} else if let viewController = presentingViewController as UIViewController {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
} else {
fatalError("the LendingViewController is not inside a navigation controller.")
}
If i understood you want to use dismiss when you find a UIViewController and to pop the navigation when you find a UINavigationController right?
Ok so I finally found a way to make it working.
My tableViewController was embedded into a NavigationController. I removed it (since I could do without it, according to my need). From this View Controller, I draw a segue that "Show" my target view.
From my other ViewController (this one is embedded into a NavigationController), I draw a segue put that present modally my target view.
With the code provided in my initial post, it's working.
The only thing I didn't understand is why the NavigationController from my TableViewController was likely to cause it not working properly.

testing "presentingViewController is UIViewController" works fine in one case, fails in other

Following Apple's documentation for adding and editing information Apple guide here I have a Viewcontroller with a tableview. The tableview contains a header with a "Add new" Button. If a table row is selected the detailViewController is pushed onto the stack. The detailViewController is also embedded in a UINavigationController, as in Apple's docs. If "Add new" is pressed, another segue is performed which presents the UINavigationController modally, which in turns shows the detailViewController. This works fine and the animation clearly shows a modally presented ViewController.
The detailViewController contains a Cancel Button in the NavigationBar. If it is pressed the following code is run:
#IBAction func cancel(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
// Depending on style of presentation (modal or push presentation), this view controller needs to be dismissed in two different ways.
var isPresentingInAddActionMode = false
if let presentingVC = self.presentingViewController{
isPresentingInAddActionMode = presentingVC is UINavigationController
}
streekgidsModel.undoManager.endUndoGrouping()
print("undo grouping ended and undone")
streekgidsModel.undoManager.undo()
if isPresentingInAddActionMode {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
else if let owningNavigationController = navigationController{
owningNavigationController.popViewController(animated: true)
}
else {
fatalError("The MealViewController is not inside a navigation controller.")
}
}
The first if-statement checks if the property presentingViewController is present, and if so if it is of type UINavigationController. If so, the viewController is presented modally and should be dismissed. If not it is pushed onto the stack and the owningNavigationController should pop the detailViewController.
Running this code does not work as described by Apple. The check on the presentingViewController shows it is present, but the type check gives back "invalid". This is treated as false. The test on the owningNavigationController succeeds (I think it should fail) and the popViewController is executed. As there was no push, the view controller is not popped or dismissed and is still visible. A second press on Cancel executes the func cancel again, which results in an error as there is no longer a group started in the undo manager.
Baffling thing is that I have the same code in another viewcontroller, with similar UIViewTable and navigation and it works fine.
So to frame the question: why does this not work the way Apple describes it, why does my other view controller work as it is supposed to? Any input is appreciated.
BTW, the fatal error text is straight from the docs so the naming is not relevant and it is never executed.
I would start with checking who is presenter.
According to Apple docs on this:
When you present a view controller modally (either explicitly or implicitly) using the present(_:animated:completion:) method, the view controller that was presented has this property set to the view controller that presented it. If the view controller was not presented modally, but one of its ancestors was, this property contains the view controller that presented the ancestor. If neither the current view controller or any of its ancestors were presented modally, the value in this property is nil.
If the docs are correct then your presenter should be your "Viewcontroller with a tableview" which, I guess, is not UINavigationController. If that is the case then you should understand why your code fails.
It depends on your context of course, but I would just simplify a check this way:
var isPresentingInAddActionMode = self.presentingViewController != nil
... // your other code
if isPresentingInAddActionMode {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
else if let owningNavigationController = navigationController{
owningNavigationController.popViewController(animated: true)
}
If I understood your question and intent correctly then it doesn't matter for you who (which class) presented your detailVC and you care only about how your detailVC was presented - either pushed in navigation view controller or presented modally. I think just by checking presentingViewController property you can get that information.

How to dismiss a popover only with a button in swift

My iPad app has several data gathering popovers, and I want to be able to disable the dismissal of the popover by touching outside of it, I then will use a button to quit the popover at the users discretion.
The app looks great, the popovers work fine, and I have a button inside them that quits nicely. Only I can't find a way of disabling dismissal in Swift, lots of posts on obj-c but nothing in Swift.
Does this mean that the functionality is no longer available?
I would greatly appreciate any help to my frustration.
Simply set the view controller's modalInPopover to true and the popover's passthroughViews to nil. But you must do the latter using delayed performance or it won't work. A small delay is all that's needed. Example:
let vc = UIViewController()
vc.modalPresentationStyle = .Popover
self.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
if let pop = vc.popoverPresentationController {
vc.modalInPopover = true
delay(0.1) {
pop.passthroughViews = nil
}
}
For the delay function, see dispatch_after - GCD in swift?.

Popover popoverControllerDidDismissPopover not called

wi have 2 questions about using a popover in my application. First is about the popoverControllerDidDismissPopover function, it is never called in my application. I checked here about the same topics and found out that normally the problem is that the delegate is not set. But in my case i had:
class MainTableViewController: ...,UIPopoverControllerDelegate {
And to call the modal:
var popover: UIPopoverController!
On my cell tap event
popover = UIPopoverController(contentViewController: popoverContent)
popover.delegate = self
popover.presentPopoverFromRect(currentCell.LabelCellTitle.frame, inView: currentCell.LabelCellTitle.superview, permittedArrowDirections: UIPopoverArrowDirection.Left, animated: true)
The popover appears, but if i tap outside of it the method:
popoverControllerDidDismissPopover
will not be called. Any ideas?
The second question is about an error ill get when i tap on my cell again to load up the popover.
Warning: Attempt to present <...24ModalTableViewController: 0x7fda8a55e440> on <...23MainTableViewController: 0x7fda8a62eb80> which is already presenting (null)
Ok, i guess that mean that the ModalTableViewController is still there. Do i need it to set to nil with the popoverControllerDidDismissPopover function? Or how do i solve this warning?
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
After cleaning my projekt problem 1 is now solved (little mysterious) - maybe a bug in XCode Beta. Problem 2 still present
Edit2:
If i now set the Content and the Popover to nil after dismiss, i got the following error:
func popoverControllerDidDismissPopover(popoverController: UIPopoverController!) {
self.popover = nil
self.popoverContent = nil
}
Application tried to represent an active popover presentation
Why is the popover still active?

Resources