After a few years off the grid, I'm back programming a quick iOS application and I have to say it seems I need to get back on track. :D
I'm just trying to set-up a Login view upon launching the application and I am stuck with the following issue on which I've read about a lot but could not fix it. Simulation stops on the main.m (#autoreleasepool).
FYI: I am not using Xib or Storyboard as I'm trying to do everything programmatically.
libc++abi.dyLibL terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
It is probably coming from one of the following.
LoginViewController.h:
#interface LoginViewController : UIViewController
#end
Test1 / LoginViewController.m:
I guess there should be a init method defined from UIViewController so I would not need to define one here.
#implementation LoginViewController
#end
Test2 / LoginViewController.m:
Trying to override with my custom init function. No luck as well.
#implementation LoginViewController
- (id) init
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
return self;
}
#end
AppDelegate.m:
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
LoginViewController *loginViewController = [[LoginViewController init] alloc];
// error here
self.window.rootViewController = loginViewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
Not sure exactly what went wrong here but it crashes right after seeing a black iPhone screen on the simulator.
Any help appreciated! ;)
Thanks.
Change this line
LoginViewController *loginViewController = [[LoginViewController init] alloc];
To
LoginViewController *loginViewController = [[LoginViewController alloc] init];
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I'm not using a storyboard or anything. I'm just creating the cocoa classes and linking them up individually. I can get to load up the default View Controller which is SplashViewController but i can't get past there.
I have experience in php, android programming and python, but i'm totally clueless on how Obj-C and how the iOS framework works :(
SplashViewController.m
-(void)initializeInterface
{
//Initialize start button
[self.startButton addTarget:self action:#selector(startActivity) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
//Initialize fading backgrounds
[self animateImages];
}
-(void)startActivity
{
PhoneViewController *phoneView = [[PhoneViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"PhoneViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:phoneView animated:YES];
}
SplashViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "PhoneViewController.m"
#class PhoneViewController;
#interface SplashViewController : UIViewController
#property (strong, nonatomic) PhoneViewController * phoneViewController;
#property UIImage *splashbg1;
#property UIImage *splashbg2;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIImageView *splashbg;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIButton *startButton;
-(void)initializeInterface;
-(void)animateImages;
-(void)startActivity;
#end
EDIT
classAppDelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
//Move from delegate view controller to root view controller
self.window.rootViewController=[SplashViewController new];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
Wrap your splash view controller in a navigation controller.
Otherwise, the navigationController property of your splash view controller is nil and pushViewController has no effect.
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: splashViewController];
To move from one UIViewController to other UIViewController, you can try the following things
If SecondViewController *secondViewController is the UIViewController you want to move in to, then your can do the following:
[self presentViewController: secondViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
This is when you UIViewController is not embedded inside a UINavigationController.
It is possible to create your view controllers entirely in code without using Storyboards or XIB files, but it's not recommended. It's like trying to write a complex user application in assembler. The state of the art has evolved since the days when that was necessary. There are better tools. Use them.
Creating everything yourself is both quite complex and not very well documented. You are setting yourself up for a very frustrating, error-prone process. I've been doing iOS development pretty much full time since 2009, and I would not attempt this.
That being said, if you are a masochist, you would create your view controller using initWithNibName:bundle:, passing in nil for both parameters, and then implement the loadView method. In loadView you're create your view hierarchy and install it.
If you are new to iOS/Objective-C, DO NOT DO THIS. It is like trying to write a kernel device driver in machine code as your first foray into UNIX.
Change you AppDelegate method as below -
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
UINavigationController *navcon = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:[SplashViewController new]];
//Move from delegate view controller to root view controller
self.window.rootViewController=navcon;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
Problem in your code, you have not taken any navigationController, that enables you push or pop UIViewController. Doing above you can use your method -(void)startActivity to Start a new ViewController.
I'm creating an application that has 2 main view controllers at the moment. The app loads into the initial viewController, and clicking a button inside should bring up the second viewController. Here's what I have:
AppDelegate.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ViewController1.h"
#interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) ViewController1 *mainViewCtr;
#property (strong, nonatomic) UINavigationController *navigationController;
#end
AppDelegate.m
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
_mainViewCtr = [[ViewController1 alloc] initWithNibName:#"mainViewCtr" bundle:nil];
_navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:_mainViewCtr];
_window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
_window.rootViewController = _navigationController;
_navigationController.delegate = self;
_navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
[_window addSubview:_navigationController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
and my button method inside viewcontroller1:
- (IBAction)SessionNickNameSubmit:(id)sender {
ViewController2 *secondViewCtrl = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"secondViewCtrl" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:secondViewCtrl animated:YES];
}
but when I click the button the view doesn't change. I tried debugging and the code is hit, but nothing happens.
am I missing a setting somewhere?
UPDATE
I've updated all viewController variable names:
instead of ViewController1/2 I'm using mainViewCtrl and secondViewCtrl
but still no use :(
You made a typo:
it's
_window.rootViewController = _navigationController;
not
_window.rootViewController = _joinViewController;
And NeverHopeless's suggestion is also spot on. It's probably the typo AND the fact that you add your second viewcontroller as ViewController2 and not using a proper variable name.
Another suggestion is making a storyboard (if you are not using one) and adding a segue for the transition. Simply assign the segue processing to the button. Like this:
-(IBAction)SessionNicknameSubmit:(id)sender
{
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"identifier" sender:self ];
}
Here is a nice description of how it works and how to use it plus some useful pointers!
Obj-C is a case sensitive language, class name and instance name should not be the same like ViewController2. Try like this:
- (IBAction)SessionNickNameSubmit:(id)sender {
ViewController2 *viewController2 = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController2" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController2 animated:YES];
}
The reason is that you have set the window's rootViewController to ViewController1.
You need to set you navigation controller to the window's rootViewController.
So that when you try to access the self.navigationController on the press of the button, it will access the navigation controller in which the self resides i.e. your window's rootViewController now.
Then it will push the next view controller properly.
After looking at almost every tutorial and every stack overflow answer, I finally found a solution that worked. I had to make an instance of the storyboard in the app delegate and use that to create my first view controller instance.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
self.storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
self.joinViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"ViewController1"];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:joinViewController];
_window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
_window.rootViewController = navigationController;
[_window addSubview:navigationController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
I think the problem was that when I was creating an instance of ViewController, it was creating a new instance and binding the navigation controller to it (independent of the view controller that was showing up in the simulator). So when I was using the push method it wasn't recognizing self.NavigationController (that's why NSLog(self.NavigationController == nil) was logging 1
I am new to iPhone programming and now facing problem with storyboard. I want to remove storyboard from application and call view controller from appDelegate programmatically. How can I accomplish this?
Here is my code in appDelegate :
FirstViewController *firstView = [[FirstViewController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = signInView;
return YES;
Still its showing black screen. Please help me. Thanks.
remove Main storyboard file base name. It's .plist.
The reason it's showing a black screen is because there is nothing configured in your FirstViewController class. Try setting firstView.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; right before the return YES' and you'll see that the FirstViewController is in fact loading; it just doesn't have any configuration besides what you've done in the init method of your FirstViewController class.
Honestly, configuring ViewControllers outside of the storyboard is not fun for beginners. I don't know why you want to do it, but your alternatives are using .nibs or adding everything manually. I encourage you not to delete your storyboard, but if you must, your code is fine. Just delete the storyboard file, or better yet, just don't use it until you decide to come back to it because it's a better idea.
Did you initialize the window and made it key?
Here is an implementation of one of my apps:
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
self.window.rootViewController = [[DDHDemoViewController alloc] init];
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
Maybe you have to remove the Main Interface in your project settings.
Here are the steps how I am doing.
Create a Empty project or If you have already created no worries, just remove StoryBoard entry from plist as #trick suggested.
delete MainStoryBorad file from your project
Create New UIViewController with XIB file named "MyViewController"
In your AppDelegate.h add #property for New Controller "MyViewController"
In your AppDelegate.m update didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method this way.
-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] ;
MyViewController *viewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController];
self.window.rootViewController = nav;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
I think it is better to use storyboards than xib if your application is not that much complicated with large number of UI View Controllers.
If you want to remove storyboard from project and use nib to use with the development do the steps with this link:
http://www.wastedpotential.com/create-an-ios-app-without-storyboards-in-xcode-5/
Please find the below link and Check with things..
1. Info.plist or General Info -> Removing main Interface
2. Check with .xib connections -> Custom class is added, view connection in .xib
https://github.com/sunilhts/RemoveDefaultStoryBoard
Delete MainStoryBorad file from your project.
Delete MainStroryBoard Key from info.plist file.
Clear MainInterface option from Project setttings.
Create New UIViewController with XIB file named "MyViewController"
In your AppDelegate.h add #property for New Controller "MyViewController"
In your AppDelegate.m update didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method this way.
-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] ;
MyViewController *viewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"MyViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController];
self.window.rootViewController = nav;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
I have a project which I don't really understand the views and navigation behind. I start out in the AppDelegate (MAAppDelegate), where I define properties:
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIViewController *detailViewController;
Then in the MAAppDelegate.m, I create a navigationController, and
#implementation MAAppDelegate
#synthesize detailViewController;
#synthesize window;
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Init the navController for the Master Detail View of the grade cells
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
detailViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
UIViewController *viewController = [[MAController alloc] init];
navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController];
self.window.rootViewController = viewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
So at this point, I think I have a working naviationController, I've setup an instance of a custom UIViewController (custom class MAController) and I've set it up as the rootViewController.
Then, in my MAController class, the class where I do all of my UI stuff (the entire UI is done programmatically, no nibs or storyboards). Here is a bit of the viewDidLoad of MAController:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES]; // I commented this line out and realized it does nothing
I go on (in viewDidLoad) to add a bunch of subviews to self.view, like this
[self.view addSubview:self.backgroundImageView];
Earlier, I created a viewController in the AppDelegate class and it was called view, so I assumed it was refereeing to that but now since I've changed it (in AppDelegate) to viewController, I guess I was thinking wrong?
And then finally, I create a UIView in 'viewDidLoad`:
UIView *header = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:headerFrame];
header.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = header;
and start adding a bunch of subviews to this new UIView I created header.
So, in short, I have no idea what is happening. Later, when I tried telling (from a method inside MAController) self.navigationController (which I assumed to be navigationController in charge of everything in my project - created at the beginning in the AppDelegate) to pushViewController a new viewController that I was going to use as a detailView for a table, it got weird.
So I'm just trying to understand what has control, and what the rootViewController is, and just what is happening.
The main window root is set to a view controller and not the navigation controller
Change:
self.window.rootViewController = viewController;
to:
self.window.rootViewController = navController;
EDIT:
You can access the navigationController from anywhere by asking your appDelegate. It is normally not considered a good practice:
MAAppDelegate *delegate = (MAAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
UINavigationController *nav = delegate.navigationController;
Don't forget to:
#import "MAAppDelegate.h"
First, take a little time and read through how navigation controllers work. The documentation is really helpful:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UINavigationController_Class/Reference/Reference.html
Second, your problem is that your window's root view controller is not the navigation controller you created. Rather it is an instance of MAController. This is what you're doing:
UIViewController *viewController = [[MAController alloc] init];
// some other code ...
self.window.rootViewController = viewController;
I think you meant to add MAController as the root view controller of the navigation controller and make the navigation controller your window's root. If so, you'll want to set your view controllers up like this:
UIViewController *viewController = [[MAController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController];
self.window.rootViewController = navController;
Another potential problem is that you don't seem to be doing anything with your detailViewController. Maybe that's confusing you too.
I am creating a class object from my UIViewController and trying to push a controller from it, and it won't work.
I have been doing research but found nothing, any idea?
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.newClass = [[MyNewClass alloc] init];
self.newClass.view = self.view;
self.newClass.navigationController = self.navigationController;
[self.newClass connect];
}
...
#end
MyNewClass.h
#interface MyNewClass : NSObject<UINavigationControllerDelegate>
#property(nonatomic, retain) UIView *view;
#property(nonatomic, retain) UINavigationController *navigationController;
-(void) connect;
#end
MyNewClass.m
-(void)connect
{
OtherViewController * otherVC =
[[OtherViewController alloc] init];
self.navigationController pushViewController:otherVC animated:YES];
}
...
add folloeing code into appdelegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
[self copyDatabaseIfNeeded];
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.viewController = [[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController" bundle:nil];
self.window.rootViewController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.viewController];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
and then remove all other UINavigationController declaration and allocation. Like MyNewClass's NavigationVontroller. Because here you declare and allocate navigationcontroller in appdelegate so you can use it in whole app.
When viewDidLoad is called, the view has just been loaded but the view controller hasn't necessarily been added to a navigation controller yet. So using viewDidLoad as your trigger is not useful.
A better approach is to explicitly pass the navigation controller to the view controller when it's created. Or to implement didMoveToParentViewController: and do your configuration there.
You are pushing a viewController from a controller, which is not a part of navigationController, so first make it part of navigationController, then try