How do I present a UIViewController from SKScene? - ios

Question

I'm entering iOS via Sprite Kit, which I recognize is unwise.
My goal is to display a "Share" button upon Game Over. Tapping the share button should present a SLComposeViewController (Twitter Share). The contents of the scene should not change.
The game logic that dictates "Game Over" lives in SpriteMyScene.m, a subclass of SKScene.
I'm able to display a Share button on Game Over this way:
-(void)update:(CFTimeInterval)currentTime {
if (gameOver){
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button addTarget:self
action:#selector(sendToController)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[button setTitle:#"Show View" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = CGRectMake(80.0, 210.0, 160.0, 40.0);
[self.view addSubview:button];
}
}
- (void)sendToController
{
NSLog(#"ok");
SpriteViewController *viewController = [SpriteViewController alloc];
[viewController openTweetSheet];
}
Where I get stuck is trying to get the showTweetButton method to work. My SpriteViewController.m looks like this:
- (void)openTweetSheet
{
SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet = [SLComposeViewController
composeViewControllerForServiceType:
SLServiceTypeTwitter];
// Sets the completion handler. Note that we don't know which thread the
// block will be called on, so we need to ensure that any required UI
// updates occur on the main queue
tweetSheet.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
switch(result) {
// This means the user cancelled without sending the Tweet
case SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled:
break;
// This means the user hit 'Send'
case SLComposeViewControllerResultDone:
break;
}
};
// Set the initial body of the Tweet
[tweetSheet setInitialText:#"just setting up my twttr"];
// Adds an image to the Tweet. For demo purposes, assume we have an
// image named 'larry.png' that we wish to attach
if (![tweetSheet addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"larry.png"]]) {
NSLog(#"Unable to add the image!");
}
// Add an URL to the Tweet. You can add multiple URLs.
if (![tweetSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://twitter.com/"]]){
NSLog(#"Unable to add the URL!");
}
// Presents the Tweet Sheet to the user
[self presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:NO completion:^{
NSLog(#"Tweet sheet has been presented.");
}];
}
I always get something like this in the logs:
-[UIView presentScene:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x13e63d00 2013-10-17 18:40:01.611 Fix[33409:a0b] * Terminating app
due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason:
'-[UIView presentScene:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance
0x13e63d00'

Answer 1

You're creating a new view controller but never presenting it:
SpriteViewController *viewController = [SpriteViewController alloc];
I'm assuming that SpriteViewController is what presents your SpriteMyScene, and you'd like to hand control back to the presenting SpriteViewController.
You need to keep a reference to SpriteViewController in your SpriteMyScene subclass, and then access that reference when you call openTweetSheet.
in SpriteMyScene.h
#class SpriteViewController;
#interface SpriteMyScene : SKScene
#property (nonatomic, weak) SpriteViewController *spriteViewController;
#end
in SpriteViewController.m
// somewhere you initialize your SpriteMyScene object, I'm going to call it myScene
myScene.spriteViewController = self;
in SpriteMyScene.m
#import "SpriteViewController.h"
- (void)sendToController
{
NSLog(#"ok");
// use the already-created spriteViewController
[_spriteViewController openTweetSheet];
}

Answer 2

You can use
UIViewController *vc = self.view.window.rootViewController;
This code will give you the access to your root View controller so you can do anything you do will your view controller like normal.
However, do you need to add a button? Use a sprite and add an event to it is better for you in this case. Just call:
UIViewController *vc = self.view.window.rootViewController;
[vc openTweetSheet];
And
-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
NSArray *nodes = [self nodesAtPoint:[touch locationInNode:self]];
for (SKNode *node in nodes) {
if ([node.name isEqualToString:#"OpenTweet"]) {
UIViewController *vc = self.view.window.rootViewController;
[vc openTweetSheet];
}
}
}

Answer 3

If you want to open another UIViewController from inside your scene, you have to first create a delegate in the primary View Controller that originally created this scene so your scene can notify its ViewController of an open tweet action. You will need following steps:
Define a delegate in the primary View Controller - the view controller of our scene, to handle the open tweet action.
Implement the delegate method in the primary View Controller
Add a delegate property in your scene so it can keep a handle to its ViewController's delegate method implementation. Set this delegate as the primary View Controller during the creation of the scene
Detect an event on the scene to call the delegate method of the primary ViewController
In the delegate method implementation pass the control to the TweetSheetViewController
Here's the example:
#protocol ViewControllerDelegate <NSObject>
-(void) openTweetSheet;
#end
Extend this ViewController to support this protocol in its .h file
#interface ViewController : UIViewController<ViewControllerDelegate>
#end
Then in the .m file implement the method from the protocol
-(void) openTweetSheet{
TweetSheetViewController *ctrl = [[TweetSheetViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"TweetSheetViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentViewController:ctrl animated:YES completion:nil];
}
In your Scene header class, add a delegate property
#interface MyScene : SKScene {
}
#property (nonatomic, weak) id <ViewControllerDelegate> delegate;
#end
In the ViewController, before presenting the scene set its delegate in viewDidLoad method:
// Create and configure the scene.
MyScene * scene = [MyScene sceneWithSize:skView.bounds.size];
scene.scaleMode = SKSceneScaleModeAspectFill;
[scene setDelegate:self];
// Present the scene.
[skView presentScene:scene];
Now your Scene can pass the message back to its ViewController and the ViewController can open another ViewController. In your scene class, determine the action which will trigger the opening up of TweetSheetViewController
-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
/* Called when a touch begins */
for (UITouch *touch in touches) {
CGPoint location = [touch locationInNode:self];
SKAction *fadeOut = [SKAction fadeOutWithDuration:0.5];
SKAction *fadeIn = [SKAction fadeInWithDuration:1.0];
SKAction *sequence = [SKAction sequence:#[fadeOut,fadeIn]];
SKNode *node = [self nodeAtPoint:location];
if ([[node name] isEqual: #"openTweet"]) {
NSLog(#"help");
[node runAction:sequence];
[delegate openTweetSheet];
}
}
Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Write the SlComposeViewController Method in the scene you want it to take place. For example:
#interface GameOverScene: SKScene
...initwithsize bla bla bla
...
Add these methods:
-(void)OpenTweetShet{
if ([SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter]) {
_composeTwitter = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[_composeTwitter setInitialText:#"TWEET"];
Then call:
self.view.window.rootViewController **to present the SLComposeViewController**
[self.view.window.rootViewController presentViewController:_composeTwitter animated:YES completion:nil];
}
[_composeTwitter setCompletionHandler:^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result){
NSString *output =[[NSString alloc]init];
switch (result) {
case SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled:
output = #"Post cancelled";
break;
case SLComposeViewControllerResultDone:
output = #"Post Succesfull";
break;
default:
break;
}
Here is the option for presenting UIAlert after the send/cancel post:
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Twitter" message:output delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"Ok" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[alert show];
}];
}
#end

Answer 5

This worked for me: self.view.window.rootViewController
-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
NSArray *nodes = [self nodesAtPoint:[touch locationInNode:self]];
for (SKNode *node in nodes) {
if ([node.name isEqualToString:#"OpenTweet"]) {
UIViewController *vc = self.view.window.rootViewController;
[self.view.window.rootViewController openTweetSheet];
}
}
}