UINavigationController with a UITableViewController - ios

I have UITableViewController called EditPoint in a UINavigationController that are presented in a UIPopoverController.
Sometimes EditPoint is the root UITableview, sometimes another UITableviewContoller pushes EditPoint.
Is there a way that I can tell in EditPoint TableViewController to tell if another one pushed it into view or if its the root?
I push EditPoint:
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tableView animated:TRUE];
then in EditPoint I tried:
DLog(#"self.navigationController.presentingViewController: %#", self.navigationController.presentingViewController);
DLog(#"self.navigationController.presentedViewController: %#", self.navigationController.presentedViewController);
DLog(#"self.presentingViewController: %#", self.presentingViewController);
DLog(#"self.presentedViewController: %#", self.presentedViewController);
and they all return NULL.
But if I try:
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:TRUE];
or any of the other pop methods, it works.
Any idea why I can't figure out what the presentingViewController is?
The end result is I need to tell if there is a back button or if I need to put a button there that says Cancel. Is there a better way to figure this out?

Use self.navigationController.viewControllers to check if self is the root view controller at its nav controller stack, the properties you are using should be used when the controller is presented as modal.

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popViewController not working with storyboards

I create a UINavigationController (as a initial screen) and connect them with my UITableViewController (as a root).
Next, I create another UINavigationController and connect with my UIViewController. Inside my UITableViewController I connect my first cell with UINavigationController (That was connected with my UIViewController) (Segue -> show).
When I run the project my table appears, when I select my first row, my UIViewController appears. Thats great!
When I was in my UIViewController the back bar button doesn't appears, in my case I create a left bar button, that will run a function to dismiss that view and go back to my UITableViewController, for that I use many codes:
-(void)back{
NSLog(#"Called");
[self.parentViewController.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
-(void)back{
NSLog(#"Called");
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
-(void)back{
NSLog(#"Called");
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
But all of they doesn't works and my view don't dismiss, how can I solve this problem?
The problem is that your navigation controller, that you call from your table view cell, has only a single view controller (yours) on its navigation stack. So it cannot pop anything from this stack, else the stack were empty.
What you have to do instead is to dismiss the navigation controller itself.
I think that the solution would be to remove the second navigation controller. Since the TableView is already embedded inside a Navigation Controller, the show segue to the UIViewController must be directly connected to it.

uitabbar loads after uiviewcontroller

In a UITabBar based application, UIImagePickerController is opened ,after dismissing it UIViewController loads earlier than UITabBar and as a result whole content of UIViewController is not being shown?
I guess after dismissing controller method for navigation would be an issue.
Check if you use below method:
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
Then it will navigate flow to root controller.
So replace this method with
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
Above method pop back to previous controller.

Programatically return to previous ViewController in different storyboard

I tried many answers here but none of them had the same exact scenario.
I'm trying to navigate to a UIViewController that's within a separated storyboard in a different bundle, so far I was able to navigate to it but am unable to return to the previous UIViewController. The method that invokes the external view controller (TabBarController) is implemented as follows:
+(void) launchExternalUI: (UIViewController *) previousViewController {
UIStoryboard* sb = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"MainStoryboard" bundle: [self frameworkBundle]];
TabBarController *vc = (TabBarController*) [sb instantiateInitialViewController];
[previousViewController.navigationController pushViewController:vc animated:YES];
[vc release];
}
Now the method within TabBarController that should return to the previous view controller:
- (void) navigateToPreviousViewController: (UIGestureRecognizer *)gesture {
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
In TabBarController, if I print all the viewcontrollers within self.navigationController, all I see is the TabBarController, shouldn't I see the previous view controller that pushed this on launchExternalUI ? The [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES]; has no effect at all. I'm a bit lost on this.
It's also important to notice that previousViewController is defined in a local storyboard and TabBarController is implemented in a different .framework, would that cause the issue?
Thanks in advance for all the help!
**Edit: The navigation flow I need is storyboard1:VC1->storyboard2:VC2->storyboard1:VC1, I can get storyboard1:VC1->storyboard2:VC2 part to work but not storyboard2:VC2->storyboard1:VC1
I often split projects up into various Storyboards, and have created a dynamic view controller that handles the task of loading the appropriate controller from a secondary storyboard, whilst maintaining the navigation tree.
I've created a sample project and uploaded to github as it's easier than explaining all the steps here. The key part to note is the User Defined Runtime Attributes for each of the DynamicStoryboardViewControllers in the Main.stoyboard. Note also that each of the secondary storyboards need the "is initial View Controller" checked for one of your viewControllers. Not included in the example is loading a specific scene from a storyboard. This is no more than adding the "sceneName" dynamic runtime attribute much in the same way as the storyboardName attribute is added.
it's a quick sample so a little rough, but you'll get the idea of how it all works. Feel free to ask questions if you get stuck.
Cheers!
EDIT:
It dawned on me that perhaps you don't have a navigationController in the view hierarchy (as i do in my sample). And in any event, seemingly, you won't have much control over where your tab bar is introduces. So without a navigationController the [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES] won't work;
You should test for this and either call the popViewControllerAnimated as you do, or call dismissViewControllerAnimated ;
if(self.navigationController){
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}else{
[self.presentingViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:Yes completion:nil];
}
Hope this helps, if not, perhaps you can supply some sample code.
Create an unwind segue within your original view controller, and use segues instead of pushing/popping view controller views onto the view array.
To create an unwind segue you should create an unwind method in the ORIGINAL viewcontroller:
- (IBAction)unwindToOriginalViewControllerSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue*)sender {
; //TODO: anything special you need, reference via sender
}
Then, in your NEW viewcontroller, in the storyboard, drag from the controller icon to the Exit icon. Link that to the Unwind segue you named above.
UIViewController * YourViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"Storyboard Identifier"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:YourViewController animated:TRUE];

pop To View Controller

I am new to coding objective-C and am trying to use pop to viewController. To do this when a button is tapped i use
[self.navigationController popToViewController:(what goes here) animated:YES];
I know its a UIViewController* that goes there but I am wondering where do I declare this and what code would I use to declare it.
My basic storyboard is I have 4 view controller A,B,C,D and A is the root which pushed to B which pushes to C which pushes to D, my button is on D and I am trying to pop back to B. The object at index method won't work because its doesn't always go A->B->C->D sometimes it goes A->C->B->D so
[self.navigationController popToViewController: [self.navigationController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:2] animated:YES];
So that doesn't work.
Thanks for the help in advance. Sorry if this question is too basic.
You need a way to find the desired view controller to pop to.
-(IBAction)popToDesiredViewController:(id)sender
{
UIViewController *desiredVC = nil;
// LOOK AT ALL VIEW CONTROLLERS IN NAVIGATION CONTROLLER
for (UIViewController *oneVC in self.navigationController.viewControllers) {
// CHECK IF THIS IS THE VIEW CONTROLLER YOU WANT
// change this to your logic
BOOL foundDesiredVC = [oneVC isKindOfClass: [SignInVC class]];
if (foundDesiredVC) {
desiredVC = oneVC;
break;
}
}
[self.navigationController popToViewController:desiredVC animated:YES];
}
Personally I don't find this as a basic question, even I got struck in such a situation. But I found a good solution by using “Mediator Design pattern” and develop my custom UINavigationController as a coordinator by combining the method:
- (void)setViewControllers:(NSArray *)viewControllers animated:(BOOL)animated
and maintaining my own navigation stack.
A coordinator (your custom UINavigationController) has to have the control over your navigation, if your are having unpredictable way of navigation.

PushViewController doesn't do anything

This is the first time I'm trying to implement navigation from a tableView cell to another tableView using UINavigationController and it doesn't work for me.
I'm NOT using nib file and I have a simple tableView that I present it in a modal dialog in my app, it works fine, now I added the disclosureInidcator to one of it's cell, to make the user enable to choose from a fixed number of options available from another list(tableView). For this purpose I have another class that makes the second tableView. the problem is now navigation from the cell(contains disclosure icon)in first tableview to second tableView doesn't do anything, no error, no nothing. I guess the way I setup the navigation controller would be wrong, the code doesn't fall in delegate, or datasource of the second class at all.
in First TableView in method : didSelectRowAtIndexPath I tried to catch that row, then call the second tableView like this:
mySecondViewController *secondVC = [[[mySecondViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped ] autorelease];
UINavigationController *navCont = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: self];//not sure the first controller should act as the root controller?
[navCont pushViewController:secondVC animated:YES]; //it does nothing, no error,...
the second tableViewcontroller class contains all delegate and datasource methods, and initialization method:
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
if ((self = [super initWithStyle:style])) {
}
return self;
}
and declared in interface as:
#interface stockOptionViewController : UITableViewController {
}
I tried to play with viewDidLoad, but didn't help.
Please help me cause I have no clue and all sample codes found is based on using nib files.
Thank,
Kam
Your navigation controller should be the root view controller of the app delegate's window, and the first view controller should be the root view controller of the navigation controller, then you can push new controllers onto it.
Please see the documentation for UINavigationController.
At the moment, you are creating a navigation controller but not putting it anywhere, so asking it to push new view controllers is a little pointless. You have the right code, just not in the right order.
You can present view control modally without nav controller
mySecondViewController *secondVC = [[[mySecondViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped ] autorelease];
[self presentModalViewController:secondVC animated:YES];
UINavigationController should be the root view controller. In the current code, navCont is not on the view stack, so it won't work. Instead of pushing myFirstViewController in your appDelegate, push the UINavigationController to the stack and add myFirstViewController as its root view controller.

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