Change the view of a UIViewController dynamically in iOS 7 - ios

Question

I have 2 Custom View classes(CustomView_A, CustomView_B) derived from UIView. I have UIViewController that should be able to switch between views at run-time..
What so far, I have done is.. in the Storyboard, I am using CustomView_A class as the View class.
#interface MyViewController: UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, weak) CustomView_A *customView_A;
Now I have the second CustomView_B class and I want to change view of MyViewController's view to CustomView_B at run-time.
How can I do that? Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

okay, here is the code as you want -
in your MyViewController.h put -
#property (nonatomic, retain) CustomView_A *customView_A;
#property (nonatomic, retain) CustomView_B *customView_B;
-(void)switchView; // to switch the views.
in your MyViewController.m put -
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.customView_A = [[CustomView_A alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
self.customView_A.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
UIButton *trigger = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; // Just take this button so that your switchView methods will get called on click of this method.
[trigger setFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 50, 30)];
[trigger setTitle:#"Click" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[trigger addTarget:self action:#selector(switchView) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.customView_A addSubview:trigger];
[self.view addSubview:self.customView_A];
self.customView_B = [[CustomView_B alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
self.customView_B.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
self.customView_B.hidden = YES;
[self.view addSubview:self.customView_B];
}
- (void)switchView
{
[UIView animateWithDuration:10 delay:10 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^{
self.customView_A.hidden = YES;
self.customView_B.hidden = NO;
} completion:nil];
}
Do opposite when you again want to switch the views.

Answer 2

Don't. What you're describing is an essential misunderstanding of UIViewController. Once a UIViewController instance has a view, that is its view forever.
If you want two different views then either:
Use two view controllers (for example, you can present view controller B and its view on top of view controller A and its view, using a modal segue), or
Make at least one of those views not be owned by a view controller: just place that view in front of the other view and later remove it again, at will.

Answer 3

Try this:
- (IBAction)changeView {
if (self.customView_A.hidden == YES) {
self.customView_A.hidden = NO;
self.customView_B.hidden = YES;
//You should use a UIView animation here to do this.
}
else {
self.customView_A.hidden = YES;
self.customView_B.hidden = NO;
//Same here
)
}
In your viewDidLoad add the view to CGRectZero
- (void)viewDidLoad {
self.customView_A = [[CustomView_A alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
[self.view addSubview:self.customView_A];
//do the same with the other custom view
}
Sorry if the code is a little faulty, I didn't use Xcode to type this up.