Black screen on slide-out menu VC - ios

Question

I'm using the SWViewController Library. When implementing the library, my frontViewController shows up but my rearViewController is black. I don't know what's causing this issue and could use some help with it. The app is entirely programmed in Objective C. There is no swift and no storyboards with this app.
Here is my code for rearViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface RearViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *rearTableView;
#end
rearViewController.m:
#import "RearViewController.h"
#import "SWRevealViewController.h"
#interface RearViewController()
{
NSInteger _presentedRow;
}
#end
#implementation RearViewController
#synthesize rearTableView = _rearTableView;
#pragma mark - View lifecycle
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = NSLocalizedString(#"Rear View", nil);
}
my code for appDelegate.h:
#class SWRevealViewController;
#interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) TARootViewController *rootViewController;
#property (strong, nonatomic) SWRevealViewController *viewController;
#property (readonly, strong, nonatomic) NSManagedObjectContext *managedObjectContext;
#property (readonly, strong, nonatomic) NSManagedObjectModel *managedObjectModel;
#property (readonly, strong, nonatomic) NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *persistentStoreCoordinator;
- (void)saveContext;
- (NSURL *)applicationDocumentsDirectory;
#end
and my code for appDelegate.m:
#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import "SWRevealViewController.h"
#import "RearViewController.h"
#interface AppDelegate()<SWRevealViewControllerDelegate>
#end
#implementation AppDelegate
#synthesize window = _window;
#synthesize viewController = _viewController;
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
self.window = window;
RearViewController *rearViewController = [[RearViewController alloc] init];
TARootViewController *frontViewController = [[TARootViewController alloc] init];
SWRevealViewController *revealController = [[SWRevealViewController alloc] initWithRearViewController:rearViewController frontViewController:frontViewController];
revealController.delegate = self;
self.window.rootViewController = revealController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
if (self.rootViewController.activeViewController == nil) {
[[TAActiveUserManager sharedManager] startOrResumeAppSession];
}
// Register device for push notifications
UIUserNotificationType userNotificationTypes = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert |
UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |
UIUserNotificationTypeSound);
UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:userNotificationTypes
categories:nil];
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
[application registerForRemoteNotifications];
return YES;
}
there is more here but it's not relevant to initializing the viewcontrollers

Answer 1

I asked this on reddit as well, and here is the thread that answered my question.
It turns out that black is the default viewController color for SWRevealViewController - just because it's black doesn't mean that it's not loading properly.

Answer 2

This has had happened to me before. The default background color for view controllers is clear. make sure you have your background or at least your window's background color set. In AppDelegate.m:
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
Also, I'm assuming you want a navigation controller in their since your setting a view controllers self.title property. The title will show up in the Navigation bar when that particular view controller is on top of the stack. It is simple to imbed your view controller into a navigationController. Replace this with the line where you set your rootViewController.
self.window.rootViewController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:revealController];