How to get reference to UIPopoverController when using adaptive segue? - ios

In my iOS 7 app, I detected if a segue was a popover via this check in prepareForSegue:
if ([segue isKindOfClass:[UIStoryboardPopoverSegue class]])
But now that I am using adaptive segues, the Present as Popover segue is no longer returning true in the above check. This is because segue is no longer a UIStoryboardPopoverSegue, instead it is a UIStoryboardPopoverPresentationSegue. However, one cannot simply add the Presentation word because that's not defined.
What is the appropriate way to detect when the segue is a popover from an adaptive segue, as opposed to a full screen modal presentation?
And, how do you get a reference to the popover for iOS 8? The following is what I'm doing for iOS 7 but again because it's not a UIStoryboardPopoverSegue this will cause a crash.
UIPopoverController *popover = ((UIStoryboardPopoverSegue *)segue).popoverController;
popover.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(380, 1000);

There actually was no need to get a reference to the popover for iOS 8. You can access the popoverPresentationController directly in the view controller that's presented. Then use dismissViewControllerAnimated to dismiss the view controller. You can set the popover content size directly in the view controller that's being presented via preferredContentSize. I found I had no need to obtain a reference in prepareForSegue, at least when running on iOS 8. iOS 7 is a different story.

Elaborating on Joey's answer, which led me to what seems the new manner of achieving what we used to do with UIPopoverController.
This code in prepareForSegue:Sender:
UIViewController *destination = segue.destinationViewController;
UIPopoverPresentationController *ppc = destination.popoverPresentationController;
ppc.delegate = self;
is a simple way to successfully set your view controller as delegate of a UIPopoverPresentationController much the same as you are probably used to doing with the old UIPopoverController.
And, of course, while you are at it you'll probably add:
[destination setPreferredContentSize:CGSizeMake(300.00f, 300.00f)];
if you were in the habit of setting UIPopoverController size here as well.

This may not be the most foolproof way to do it but you could check the popoverPresentationController property on your destination view controller. From there you can configure the popover anchor and such.
Check the "Configuring a Popover for Display" section of the UIPopoverPresentationController doc. (Not sure if we're allow to link to them at this point, are we?)
Note too that now we're talking about UIPopover*Presentation*Controllers, not UIPopoverControllers. It's a little confusing...

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Two Modal VC are displayed simultaneously ios

For some reason, when I try to open a view controller via modal segue, it opens up two of the same type. Why is this happening?
Warning: Attempt to present <ModalViewController: 0x7fa062c5edd0>
on <HomeViewController: 0x7fa062e16e40> which is already presenting
<ModalViewController: 0x7fa062fb9780>
This is causing problems because I try to use delegates, but my main view controller never gets the correct delegate.
The issue occurs when I click the the button which triggers showModalView
HomeViewController
- (IBAction)showModalView:(UIButton *)sender {
ModalViewController *modalView = [[ModalViewController alloc] init];
[self presentViewController:modalView animated:YES completion:nil];
}
I tried this solution here and here and a dozen other ones, but none seem to work for me.
Why is this happening?
The problem you're having, is because you've connected a segue to the button, and are also presenting the controller in code; you should be doing one or the other. When you removed the segue, you got a black screen because you're using alloc init to create your controller. If you made the controller in a storyboard, then you should use instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier: instead.
However, the easier way would be to leave the segue connected to the button, and delete the code you have in the button's action method. The button doesn't need an action method, if you have it hooked directly to a segue. All of this is covered in Apple's document, "View Controller Programming Guide for iOS". You should read it.

Detect popover dismiss in iOS8

in my iPad-app I connected a UIButton to another UIViewcontroller by just dragging in Storyboard and chose popover as segue. Everything is working fine, but the user can dismiss the popover by touching just somewhere besides the popover right.
How can I detect that the popover has dismissed in iOS8? In iOS7 I could just use the UIPopoverDelegate -popoverDidDidmiss...
But this is not working anymore!? I googled a lot but could not find any solution.
You put your
-(void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController
in the UIViewController where the start UIButton is ? (not in another popover UIViewcontroller ?)
That work well for me with iOS 8.1...
You have to delegate to the initial UIViewController for that.
I assume you set the delegate properly, but do you retain the popover, i.e. assign it to a strong property? In ios7 if you didn't retain the popover you would get exception: '[UIPopoverController dealloc] reached while popover is still visible.' In ios8 this is not longer the case, so you get the working popover and you can dismiss it, but the delegate methods are not called anymore.
(Frankly speaking, I'm not sure why this is so. I'd suppose that at least "should dismiss popover" should be called anyway).
You should probably use UIPopoverControllerDelegate and the method
popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:
to accomplish what you need.
in iOS8, it is using the UIViewController's UIPopoverPresentationController to present the popover. (Optionally you still can use back the old UIPopoverController to build the popover manually.
If you are using storyboard on iOS8, you can set the UIViewController's popoverPresentationController delegate to handle the followings:
popoverPresentationControllerShouldDismissPopover:
popoverPresentationControllerDidDismissPopover:

What is the large popup view in UIKit called?

I am writing an iPhone application where I want to utilize the large popup view, but I don't know what it's called. I have a picure on it.
I mean the middle square that isn't shadowed. It has the title "Köp mer utrymme". I know it's from an iPad, but I'm pretty sure a similiar one exists on the iPhone, for example, the iTunes-store agreements. I looked in Apple's UIKit User Interface Catalog, but I couldn't found it there.
Does anyone know what it's called or how to get it?
On iPad it could be a UIPopoverController with a custom view controller inside it, or a modally presented view controller. You can't use that on iPhone (at least not in the same way, popovers don't exist and modal views are full screen).
On iPhone you could use a UIAlertView, or you could search github / cocoacontrols for a suitable 3rd party implementation.
The view on the picture is presented modally. When presenting a view modally, you can customize the presentstion style. The default style is UIModalPresentationFullscreen, but the style in the picture is UIModalPresentationFormSheet.
To present a view controller in that style, you first create an instance of the view controller and then set its style.
MyViewController *vc = [[MyViewController alloc] init];
vc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
[self presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:nil];
Note that isn't possible to change the presentation style for iPhone. (I must have imagined that the iTunes-store agreement wasn't fullscreen.)
Use KGModal.h and KGModal.m class. For a PopVieController is is best ....and easy to make and add control over it and no need to set frame for orientation ....
Find these 2 Class (KGModal.h and KGModal.m)...

PresentViewController without fullscreen

Quick question again. When I use presentViewController to present a new viewcontroller on top of my current one it is full screen. How do I get it to present a specific size? Or should I use another method.
Code:
- (IBAction)showProfile:(id)sender {
ProfileView *profileTop = [[ProfileView alloc] init];
profileTop.delegate = self;
[self presentViewController:profileTop animated:YES completion:nil];
}
If you are developing an app for iPad then you can make use of viewController's modalPresentationStyle property, You need to set for presenting viewController.
It has 4 values for that variable.
UIModalPresentationFullScreen = 0,
UIModalPresentationPageSheet,
UIModalPresentationFormSheet,
UIModalPresentationCurrentContext
You can select which one suites you the best.
I'd suggest doing a little more research, specifically in Apple's reference. Of note, there is this quote from the View Controller Programming Guide (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ModalViewControllers/ModalViewControllers.html):
Presentation Styles for Modal Views
For iPad apps, you can present content using several different styles. In iPhone apps, presented views always cover the visible portion of the window, but when running on an iPad, view controllers use the value in their modalPresentationStyle property to determine their appearance when presented. Different options for this property allow you to present the view controller so that it fills all or only part of the screen.
And specifically, on the API reference page for presentViewController (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIViewController/presentViewController:animated:completion:):
On iPhone and iPod touch, the presented view is always full screen. On iPad, the presentation depends on the value in the modalPresentationStyle property.
Only the iPad appears to have any support for non-fullscreen modals.
On iPad you can just use:
[viewcontroller setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFormSheet];
example:
LoginDialogViewController * login_dialog = [[LoginDialogViewController alloc] init];
[login_dialog setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFormSheet];
[self presentViewController:login_dialog animated:true completion:nil];
You can use the same code. Then adjust the view size in the xib file. See the below figure

UISplitViewController - Show popover for master view on viewDidLoad

Is it possible to show master view in popover on viewDidLoad (when the view is in portrait orientation)?
Solution 1:
[self.popoverButtonItem.target performSelector: self.popoverButtonItem.action withObject: self.popoverButtonItem];
Solution 2:
[self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:toolbarButtonItem permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:NO];
But the trick is when to use these statements. I had to use a flag for this purpose, in order to show the popover only once on startup, and only after i have a reference to my popoverController i.e. after split view delegate method calls.
With iOS 8.0 the Splitviewcontroller supports a preferredDisplayMode which might be an elegant solution for this use case. From Apple Documentation:
UISplitViewControllerDisplayModePrimaryOverlay
The primary view controller is layered on top of the secondary view controller, leaving the secondary view controller partially vis{ible.
Available in iOS 8.0 and later.

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