Dismiss UIPopoverController from a button within its UIViewController - ios

Question

This is firstPopoverViewController.h code:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface firstPopoverViewController : UIViewController
#end
This is my firstPopoverViewController.m code:
#import "firstPopoverViewController.h"
#interface firstPopoverViewController ()
#end
#implementation firstPopoverViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.contentSizeForViewInPopover = CGSizeMake(300, 290);
// Header label
UILabel *h1 = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 85)];
h1.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"myFont" size:22.0];
h1.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
h1.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
h1.text = #"Heading";
h1.numberOfLines = 0;
h1.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
// Ok button BG View
UIView *buttonBG = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 300-75, 300, 75)];
buttonBG.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
// Ok button
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
button.frame = CGRectMake(300/2-130/2, 290-35-15, 130, 35);
button.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[button setTitle:#"OK" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(closePop) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button.adjustsImageWhenHighlighted=YES;
// Adding views
[self.view addSubview:h1];
[self.view addSubview:buttonBG];
[self.view addSubview:button];
}
-(void)closePop {
}
#end
Then there's ViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "firstPopoverViewController.h"
#interface ViewController : UIViewController
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIButton *popButton;
#property (strong, nonatomic) firstPopoverViewController *firstPopoverViewController;
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIPopoverController *firstPopover;
#end
And finally ViewController.m:
#import "ViewController.h"
#interface ViewController ()
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
/* ##### UIPopController stuff ##### */
UIImage *popButtonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"menu.png"];
_popButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
_popButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 73, 66);
[_popButton addTarget:self action:#selector(openPop) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
_popButton.adjustsImageWhenHighlighted=NO;
[_popButton setImage:popButtonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:_popButton];
}
-(void)openPop {
if (_firstPopoverViewController == nil) {
//Create the _firstPopoverViewController.
_firstPopoverViewController = [[firstPopoverViewController alloc] init];
}
if (_firstPopover == nil) {
_firstPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:_firstPopoverViewController];
_firstPopover.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(300, 290);
[_firstPopover presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0,0, 73, 66) inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionRight animated:YES];
NSLog(#"show");
} else {
NSLog(#"dismiss");
[_firstPopover dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
_firstPopover = nil;
}
}
#end
It's pretty basic code that displays a button and when I click this button it shows popover. I want to close this popover using button that's inside firstPopoverViewControll.m file. There's a closePop{} method, what should I put inside it to close this popover? Thanks.
By the way I'm beginner as you can see, I researched stackoverflow and there are some solutions with delegates, which seems to be working for others, but didn't work for me, could you please show me a solution on my code that I posted? Thank you people very much.

Answer 1

There may be a simpler method that I'm not aware of, but the following method should work:
Use NSNotificationCenter to post a notification back to the ViewController containing the UIPopOverController to tell it to dismiss the popover.
First, in ViewController.m viewDidLoad add:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(closePop:) name:#"ClosePopOver" object:nil];
Then add the following method to ViewController.m:
- (void)closePop:(NSNotification *)notification {
[_firstPopover dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}
Then in irstPopoverViewController.m:
- (void)closePop {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ClosePopOver" object:nil];
}
That should do the trick.

Answer 2

A delegate is the way to go. I do admit though that I was confused by them at first, but they are quite simple to setup.
In your firstPopoverController.h put this:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#protocol FirstPopoverDelegate
- (void) closedPopover;
#end
#interface firstPopoverViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, assign) id< FirstPopoverDelegate > delegate;
#end
Then in your .m of you popover,
-(void)closePop
{
[self.delegate closedPopover];
}
In your main UIViewController's .h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "firstPopoverViewController.h"
#interface ViewController : UIViewController <FirstPopoverDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIButton *popButton;
#property (strong, nonatomic) firstPopoverViewController *firstPopoverViewController;
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIPopoverController *firstPopover;
#end
Then in the .m, first register to listen of the delegate by adding this to your openPop method:
this is important and easy to forget.. nothing will happen if it is not set
_firstPopoverViewController.delegate = self;
Finally, in your .m add the delegate method:
- (void)closedPopover
{
//you can also pass data back in this function, just modify its parameters here and when you define it in the .h of the popover
[_firstPopoverViewController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}