I know there are a few other question out there like this, however I'm not able to get any of them to work. I think I need a little more clarification that I'm attacking this correctly.
I have a story board that I have a NavigationController on with a segue to a ViewController that contains a webview. I have successfully captured the the click on my webview and I would like it to open in a new ViewController that also contains a webview. I have added a second ViewController with a webview on to my storyboard, but can't figure out how to add a segue to it. I also tried making the connection in the code by adding the following to my shouldStartLoadWithRequest method of my first ViewController:
SecondViewController *secondViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentViewController:secondViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
However it never opens my second ViewController, it just stays in the first ViewController. I'm a noob and I'm sure I'm missing something somewhere?
Just add the segue from one view controller to the other (not connected to any specific button), and then give the segue an identifier.
Then, in your code, remove the initWithNibName, because you don't have a NIB. Instead, use performSegueWithIdentifier:sender:. You will also likely want to use prepareForSegue:sender: in order to pass the appropriate URL / HTML information that should be loaded into the second web view.
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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.
I am very new to using Storyboards, and am trying to learn. In my app, I want to change from one view to another, modally, without pushing any buttons, i.e. timer runs down then performs the action. I added a notification observer in the main view, and in my storyboard, I added a new view controller, and associated the Custom Class with it called URLWebViewController. In code I wrote out:
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard_iPhone" bundle:nil];
URLWebViewController *myVC = (URLWebViewController *)[storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"URLWeb"];
[self presentViewController:myVC animated:YES completion:nil];
But I get the warning message
Incompatible pointer types sending 'URLWebViewController' to parameter of type 'UIViewController'
Like I said, I am very new to Storyboards, and here is what it looks like currently:
Your screenshot indicates you have not created a segue between the two view controllers. Do so by click-and-drag from one view controller to the other. In the attribute inspector, give your newly-created segue an identifier, i.e., a string that names it.
To trigger this segue programmatically, in your source view controller (the one you are segueing from) just call performSegueWithIdentifier and pass in the identifier you chose.
It's really simple! I didn't understand the order but let's say you want to pass from ViewController to WebViewController (the name from your storyboard)..Just ctrl-drag from ViewController to WebViewController to create a segue and select modal as the type.
Now click on the line that connects your view controllers and in the right panel give it an identifier. Now in your code just use the method performSegueWithIdentifier using the identifier you wrote.
I am working with Parse, and one thing I have implemented in my app is their built in PFLogInViewController. This controller will be presented at two times in the application - when the app first starts and the user is not logged in, and when the user taps the "Log out" button of my application (logging out takes them back to the PFLogInViewController, as you are required to sign in to use the app). I would like to set this up using Storyboard, as that is how the rest of my app is laid out. How could I set up a central view controller (a PFLogInViewController) that is accessed at these two times? I have already Subclassed PFLogInViewController and set it up, I just need advice on how to place it in Storyboard and how to connect it to my views. To make this question help as many people as possible, the general theme of my question is how does one establish a central Login/ViewController that can be accessed at different points in the application using Storyboard. Attached is the basic idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. I haven't been able to successfully segue to the initial TabBarController, and I'm not sure how I should make the LoginController the initial ViewController if I can't segue. I am programming in Swift, if it matters.
There are a few ways to do this depending upon your application. One way is drop a UIViewController onto the storyboard, but don't wire it up to anything (no segue). Create a storyboard id for it such as "MyLoginVC". Do the necessary subclassing of UIViewController and attach the class to your VC. Then, when you want to display the VC simply do the following or wire this up to your logout button
id destinationVC = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"MyLoginVC"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:destinationVC animated:YES];
In addition, if you want to show the login VC as the very first VC when you launch your app, then perhaps in your AppDelegate
// Load Root view controller
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
self.rootVC = [storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];
self.window.rootViewController = _rootVC;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
// Load Login view controller
id initialVC = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"MyLoginVC"];
[initialVC setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFullScreen];
[_rootVC presentModalViewController:initialVC animated:NO];
When you finish with your login VC (i.e. successful login) then within login VC
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:nil];
and alternatively instantiate your first VC with something similar to the following from within login VC. Note, since you loaded the root VC above first, it is already there with the login VC sitting over it. When you dismiss login VC, the underlying root VC should be ready to rock and roll. Otherwise you can do the following:
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
RootTabBarController *tbController = (RootTabBarController *)[self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"rootTabBarController"];
[self presentViewController:tbController animated:YES completion:NULL];
}
I think what you want is an unwind segue. Here are the instructions I follow for an unwind segue: https://github.com/bradley/iOSUnwindSegueProgramatically
If the link dies, here is what it said:
In your storyboard create two view controllers.
Subclass UIViewController twice, once for each of the view controllers in your storyboard.
Connect these view controllers to the view controllers in your storyboard.
Make a segue between the first view controller and the second by control+dragging from the first to the second.
Click on the segue you created and give it an identifier in the attributes inspector.
Make a button on the first view controller and link it to an IBAction in its UIViewController subclass.
When this button is pressed, the second storyboard should appear. To make this happen (we are doing it programatically) put the following into the implementation of the action you just created:
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"nameOfTheSegueBetweenOneAndTwo" sender:self];
Create a second method in the implemention of the first view controller with the following:
- (IBAction)returnToStepOne:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue {
NSLog(#"And now we are back.");
}
This method will work to unwind any view controller back to this view controller. Notice that we implement the method in the view controller we wish to return to.
Go back to the storyboard. Focus in on the second view controller. If it is active, you should see a dark bar beneath it with 3 symbols on it. One of these is orange and when hovered over will show the name of the UIViewController subclass that this view controller represents. Control drag from this symbol woth the green symbol that means 'Exit'. You should see all available segue unwinds, which XCode automatically enumerates when you create segue unwind implementations inside UIViewController subclasses that you have shown on your stroryboard. Hence, you should see the segue 'returnToStepOne' as an option. Select it.
In your storyboard's document outline, find the section for the second view controller. You should see an item listed below it with a grey symbol that says something like "Unwind segue from ... to Exit." Click on this item.
Important and easily missed step follows!
On the right side of your storyboard, in the attributes inspector, you should see two fields. One for 'Identifier' and one for 'Action'. In most cases, the 'Action' field will have the text 'returnToStepOne:', which is what we want, but the 'Identifier' field will be blank. Fill this field with the text: 'returnToStepOne' (note that we leave out the colon).
Create a button on the second view controller and link it to an IBAction in its UIViewController subclass.
In the implementation for the method you just created, put the following code:
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"returnToStepOne" sender:self];
Run the application. You should now be able to unwind from the second view controller to the first.
One of the things I don't like about WYSIWYG/visual programming, is when you get to a point where you need to step outside of the box, you're left scratching your head. I'm at such a point right now along my iOS learning curve.
I have a custom UICollectionView thing. In two places (create and edit points), I need to present a list to the user to enable/disable (select/deselect) items from a list. So I go to the storyboard and whip up something like this:
In the past, following tutorials, I would control-drag a link from some control to the NavigationController show in the middle, I would tell it was a modal segue, tune a couple of methods, and get an arrow connecting the two for my efforts.
But in this case, I don't have obvious points to start that action from. I do have a + button. But it needs to do some other things first, and if all is well, then programmatically initiate the open, and somehow get notified of the state when it returns. Same for the individual cells, they might want to configure my table controller, and then open it, and be notified when it closes.
So I'm looking for a recipe of how one does this, what the key methods I should be looking for are. Apple's docs are great for reference, but I find figuring out how to do something from scratch difficult.
After creating a segue in your storyboard, you can initiate a segue any time programmatically by calling
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"segueID" sender:person];
Where "segueID" is a string you set for your segue in interface builder in the Identifier field in the identity inspector (right menu panel, 4th tab).
The segue does not need to be created from a control, you can just create one directly from one view controller to another. I usually do this on the right side menu by right-clicking on one view controller object and dragging to another one. This way, it acts as a segue that you can initiate programmatically any time you want.
As for getting notified when you come back to a view controller, (unless I'm misunderstanding your question) you can use either:
(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
Create a UINavigationController programmatically with a desired view controller set as a root view controller. Here is an example of what you could put in a method invoked when user taps the plus button:
UIViewController *vc = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"YourStoryboardName" bundle:nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"YourViewControllerID"];
UINavigationController *nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:vc];
[self presentViewController:nc
animated:YES completion:nil];
To get a state, or information about the selected items you can use Delegation and declare a protocol. Example:
#protocol YourSampleDelegate <NSObject>
- (void)didSelectItem:(NSObject *)item;
#end
Then, your view controller (the one with the plus sign) should implement this protocol:
#interface ViewController : UIViewController<YourSampleDelegate>
...
#end
#implementation ViewController
...
#pragma mark - YourSampleDelegate conformance
- (void)didSelectItem:(NSObject *)item;
{
// Do something with the item.
}
#end
You also have to create a delegate property in a view controller with collection view and set the view controller with a plus as a delegate. There are tons of examples on the Internet. I hope this shows you the right direction.
I have App with single storyboard, and two view in same story board. First one is controlled by ViewController and second one is controlled by View.(Two different class files, one inherits UIViewController and another UIView). App loads the first story board which is linked to UIViewController.
Now, I want to check some conditions in NSUserDefaults and skip the first view on app load if the condition is true. Skip first view can also be automatically load second view, this what I am trying to accomplish.
I have searched a lot and all of them were about the Navigation Controller, My views/controllers are not navigation controller, also I dnt want to use that because of the automatic navigation bar which I dont want.
Please help! Thanks.
remember to import the secondView,
and in storyboard you have to give the identifier "SecondView" to secondViewController
if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]boolForKey:#"Yes"]) {
SecondViewController *sv = (SecondViewController *)[self.storyboard
istantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SecondView"];
sv.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
[self presentViewController:sv animated:YES completion:Nil];
}