i've tried to create a custom view which works like a bottom bar and it worked
Right now this function is required on multiple classes, so i try writing it into a new class and import it which likes:
//BottomBarLauncher.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface bottomBarLauncher : UIViewController
-(void)launchBottomBar;
#end
And implement it as :
//BottomBarLauncher.m
-(void) launchBottomBar{
for (UIView *subView in [topView subviews]) {
[subView removeFromSuperview];
}
UIView *btnBarView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, self.view.frame.size.height - 53.3, 320, 53.3)];
btnBarView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self.view addSubview:btnBarView];
}
Now here's the problem, while i try implement it on a new view like follows:
//NewView.m
#import "BottomBarProtocol.h"
#interface NewView()
{
BottomBarLauncher *btnBar;
}
#end
//blahblahblah
[btnBar launchBottomBar];
and nothing happens, i think the problem was with
[self.view addSubview:btnBarView];
but i have no idea how to select the current view as target which i can add subview onto.
First a suggestion, looking at your requirements/code I think you want to create custom view. For creating a custom view, create a class which inherits from UIView rather than creating a UIViewController.
Now moving to the code, your btnBar is a UIViewController which has its own view self.view so when you call this [btnBar launchBottomBar] internally you are adding the bottom bar on self.view that is your btnBar controllers view and not on NewView controllers view. Hope you understand what I am pointing out.
Here you are missing out few calls,
btnBar.view.frame = CGRectMake(0,self.view.bounds.size.height-40,self.view.bounds.size.width,40); // Add suitable frame.
//This call will add the btnBar's view as subview onto your current view controller's view.
[self.view addSubView:btnBar.view];
This is not correct/recommended way and you can face serious challenges regarding memory leaks. To avoid those mistakes, as I suggested, create a custom UIView instead. Take a look around on how to create custom views.
Hope that helps!
You can return the UIView form launchBottomBar method and add as a subView in your current ViewController class
Make custom class and delegate and add that view in window and set its frame so that it is not visible and set its frame and slide from bottom when needed so you can use it in all view controller.
Thanks.
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I want to ask, who the Views in the Storyboard, which are attached to a UIViewController are accessable. Who to add them to the UIViewContoller to its views programmaticliy with Objective C. The appear in the Storyboard like this:
and are in the tree in the same hirgachy as the UIViewController Node.
You can take outlet of that view in respective view controller class as you you take outlet of view put in viewcontroller's default view.
Then in your viewDidload you can add that view to your default view!
For example your outlet is outterView then in viewDidload,
[self.view addSubview:self.outerView];
Second thing if you are adding view in viewDidload and you need your view's size as screen size than in viewDidappear you can do like,
self.outerView.frame = self.view.frame;
Ok it was my fault, sorry folks.
I also need an IBOutlet to the to the ViewControllers view. So connect the them in InterfaceBuilder first and give the View the the customClass.
Referencing Outlets
view->UIViewContoller
HelloUIClass *viewThis = [[HelloUIClass alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:viewThis]
…this is a start not sure about that.
You just have to do it right in Interface Builder!
DRAG AND DROP! the Reference Outlet in to your Headerfile under the #interface.
Open both windows. The Storyboard and your Controller Class .h file.
Grap an REFERENCING OUTLET from the View in File Inspector or right Mouse click and draw line into your Sourcecode. If you have done your class properly it will hook under your #interface line. AfterDroping you have give it a name "myViewInIB" and than you have just something like this:
#interface UIMainView : UIViewController;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UICoustomView *myViewInIB;
than you can use it normaly in your Class (Obj C)
[self.view addSubview:self.myViewInIB]
you said you have class of that view so you can do like this
Suppose your class name is View then,
1) in storyboard give name "View1" of class to view
2) you need to create Class if you want to give size programatically
3) for view size you can also use constraints instead of frame.
View1 *objView = [[View1 alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(100, 100, 200, 200)];
viewObj.center = self.view.center;
viewObj.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];//so you can find view easily
[self.view addSubview: objView];
I created an uiview , that contained , many textfields , and I have an uiviewcontroller with xib file responsible for making signature .Is it possible to add this viewcontroller to my uiview in order to have this componant of drawing signature in the footer of my uiview ??
- (void)init { //parent view
...
FooterViewController *fvc = [[FooterViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"myNibName" bundle:nil];
[self addSubview: fvc.view];
fvc.view.origin = CGPointMake(0, self.frame.size.height - fvc.view.frame.size.height);
}
this is how you can create your viewController from xib file and add its view to the main view. assuming this is what you are trying to do.
If you are using storyboards, the easiest way to go is to drag a Container View object from the Object library (where buttons, labels, etc. are) to your view controller's view. This will create a child view controller that you can handle separately and that will be already resized to mirror the size of the container view controller.
I am trying to build a button that will be floating on top of a ViewController, it should remain in the same position statically while the viewcontroller beneath it can scroll up and down.
I designed my own button class and in the viewdidload of the parent Viewcontroller I am doing this :
- (void)viewDidLoad// this is the parent viewcontroller
{
[super viewDidLoad];
customButton *floatingButton = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:(self.view.frame)];
[floatingButton setLocation:CGPointMake(300, 430)];
[self.view addSubview:floatingButton];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:floatingButton];
This is not doing it, as in when I run the button doesn't show up, only the view controller.
How can I achieve this?
I don't think that you're initializing your button properly. initWithFrame is a UIView initializer, being called by a regular UIButton. I don't see how you would get anything but an empty view here.
If you have a custom initializer for your custom button you should use
[[CustomButton alloc] myCustomInitializerWithFrame:frame];
Thanks guys, but the error was on my end, I wasn't initializing the frame properly, so the button was there but had a height and width of (0,0).
I'd like to place an ADBannerView object onto my UITableView screen statically, what means that I want it to always stay above my toolbar (self.navigationController.toolbar), even when the user is scrolling the tableview. I've solved this by adding by ADBannerView as a subview to my toolbar and given it negative values for the frames origin:
[self setBannerViewSize];
[self.navigationController.toolbar addSubview:bannerView];
The only problem is: I can't click and open the iAd this way - I can see the banner but nothing happens when I tap on it.
Since I'm also using a refreshControl, the option to use a UIViewController instead of UITableViewController and add a tableView manually wouldn't work for me. Is there any other way I can get my ADBannerView statically showing in my table view controller AND still being tappable?
Thank you in advice!
Yay!! After all I succeeded in solving this (really annoying) problem by myself (and a lot of reading around)!
First, I found this really world-changing post. Basically this post handles with the topic that a UITableViewController uses self.view for its tableView property, so overriding the tableView property (or synthesizing it manually) plus giving self.view a new view (from application) and adding tableView as its subview would make it possible to reach the real superview of tableView.
But this still didn't solve my problem, although I was sure it would, because it all made sense. My bannerView appeared in the right place (and was fixed) but it still didn't do anything when clicked. But there was a second minor thing I didn't know about:
As I read in this post the superview of a subview doesn't only have to be userInteractionEnabled but also have a non-transparent backgroundColor. Because my superviews background color was set to [UIColor clearColor] it all didn't work - but setting its backGroundColor to e.g. blackColor solved the whole problem: the bannerView got finally tappable! :)
So, my code is now looking like this:
#synthesize tableView;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if (!tableView && [self.view isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]]) {
tableView = (UITableView *)self.view;
}
self.view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame];
self.tableView.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self.view addSubview:self.tableView];
[self resizeTableToFitBanner];
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.view addSubview:bannerView];
// some other code
}
BannerViewController in Apple's iAdSuite sample code solves this problem very elegantly:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/iAdSuite/Introduction/Intro.html
I think you should use a container view, and set things up in IB. You can add a tool bar and ADBannerView to the bottom of the view of your navigation controller's root view controller. Fill the rest of the space with a container view - this will give you an embedded view controller automatically. You should delete this one and then drag in a tableViewController and control drag from the container view to the tableViewController to hook up the embed segue.
I want my UIView subclass to position itself automatically when it is added to a parent container view.
Can I somehow detect when it is added and run my positioning code then or do I need to do something like?
[parentView addSubview:subView];
[setView calcPosition];
UIView provides the methods willMoveToSuperview: and didMoveToSuperview. Just override those to know when the view is added to another view (or later removed).
Write calcPosition methord inside the subview and call it from the didMoveToSuperview of subview
- (void)didMoveToSuperview
{
[super didMoveToSuperview];
[self calcPosition];
}