iOS iPad storyboard is not being selected - ios

Question

It seems that Xcode 5 is not choosing to use my iPad storyboard for the iPad device even though i specified it.
This is how i told Xcode 5 to use iPad storyboard:
I went to project settings under General
Selected Devices: Universal
Then i clicked on iPad
And wrote MainStoryboard-iPad.storyboard in Main Interface
But for some reason even though i make changes to my MainStoryboard-iPad storyboard its not being showed when i try to run it on an iPad.
I only have two storyboards in my project
MainStoryboard-iPad.storyboard
and
MainStoryboard.storyboard
Any ideas what could be wrong here?
Oh by the way, when i selected Universal the first time i got a box asking me something about copying (i never read it that carefully). I just hit Yes. Not sure what that box actually did.
EDIT
Code that runs in my AppDelegate.m
- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
AppDelegate *app = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController *ivc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"mainStoryBoard"];
UINavigationController *nvc = (UINavigationController*)self.window.rootViewController;
app.window.rootViewController = ivc;
}

Answer 1

I just encountered this a while ago.
These are the steps you need to do:
make sure the "Deployment Info" -> Devices is "Universal"
Create a storyboard for iPad (e.g) MainStoryboard_iPad.storyboard
now go to your Infor.plist
add row for "Main storyboard file base name (iPad)" and use MainStoryboard_iPad as the value of the string
Now you are good to go!

Answer 2

Your code is overriding the default storyboard for the device type. You are grabbing MainStoryboard, instantiating a view controller from it and setting it as the root. This is normally handled by the storyboard itself. It uses the view controller that you have picked as the root. Try removing all of that code to manually set the storyboard.
Check this project on github for an example of storyboard switching without code: https://github.com/danielmackenzie/StoryboardSelection
Xcode project points to each storyboard per device type and the appropriate board is automatically chosen on launch.

Answer 3

You'll need an entry for the iPad in your app's info.plist
Look in your Supporting Files group for the info.plist for your app.
You'll see an entry for the iPhone's storyboard, but not one for the iPad.
The iPhone entry should look like this:
Main storyboard file base name
and it should have the name of your iPhone's storyboard (sans file extension) as the string value for it. Something like this:
iPhone-Storyboard
Add a new entry into the pList and enter this string as the key:
Main storyboard file base name (iPad)
Make sure the data type is string.
You can now select the iPad storyboard that you want from the app's General Settings on your Target.
I JUST ran into this as well and thought you'd like a clear explanation and solution.
Sometimes, Xcode is rather maddening, isn't it? Hope this helps.

Answer 4

// Override point for customization after application launch.
if (<your implementation>) {
UIStoryboard *mainStoryboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main"
bundle: nil];
YourViewController *yourController = (YourViewController *)[mainStoryboard
instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"YourViewControllerID"];
self.window.rootViewController = yourController;
}
return YES;

Answer 5

Your logic is not taking into account your device. AFAIK, there is no method that looks at your naming postfix ("-iPad") and automatically selects the right storyboard file.
To fix it, simply replace the call to instantiate your storyboard with some logic to pick the right one based on device.
UIStoryboard* storyboard;
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard-iPad" bundle:nil];
} else
{
storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
}