Sliding Between UISegmentedControl Views - ios

Question

Currently I am wanting to create a slide animation when the user selects on a segmented button of a UISegmentedControl instantiated on top of a navigationbar. Currently I have a UISegmentedControl with 6 buttons the user is allowed to press and select to go to different views.
Everything works accordingly but I am having an issue with implementing the slide transition, if it is even possible.
I am able to implement a slide transition between UITabBar views using this method:
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
int controllerIndex = [[tabBarController viewControllers] indexOfObject:viewController];
if(controllerIndex == self.selectedIndex || self.isAnimating){
return NO;
}
// Get the views.
UIView * fromView = tabBarController.selectedViewController.view;
UIView * toView = [viewController view];
// Get the size of the view area.
CGRect viewSize = fromView.frame;
BOOL scrollRight = controllerIndex > tabBarController.selectedIndex;
// Add the to view to the tab bar view.
[fromView.superview addSubview:toView];
// Position it off screen.
toView.frame = CGRectMake((scrollRight ? 320 : -320), viewSize.origin.y, 320, viewSize.size.height);
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2 animations: ^{
// Animate the views on and off the screen. This will appear to slide.
fromView.frame =CGRectMake((scrollRight ? -320 : 320), viewSize.origin.y, 320, viewSize.size.height);
toView.frame =CGRectMake(0, viewSize.origin.y, 320, viewSize.size.height);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
if (finished) {
// Remove the old view from the tabbar view.
[fromView removeFromSuperview];
tabBarController.selectedIndex = controllerIndex;
}
}
];
return NO;
}
Not so sure if the same rules apply for a UISegmentedControl of several viewcontrollers. Is this possible to do? I figure it should be but anyone have any ideas on how to get started?
EDIT
Heres the code I use within my segmentedcontroller...
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
/* This bunch of code creates the segmentedControllerButtons in the nav bar */
self.segmentedViewControllers = [self segmentedViewControllerContent];
NSArray * segmentTitles = #[#"Plant", #"Net", #"Wiz", #"Date", #"Clone", #"GF/E"];
self.segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc]initWithItems:segmentTitles];
self.segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex = 0;
self.segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
[self.segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(didChangeSegmentControl:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
self.navigationItem.titleView = self.segmentedControl;
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];
self.segmentedControl.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self didChangeSegmentControl:self.segmentedControl]; // kick everything off
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
- (NSArray *)segmentedViewControllerContent {
CDDConfigPlantViewController *plant = [[CDDConfigPlantViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigPlantViewController" bundle:nil];
plant->ipAddress = ipAddress;
plant->encode = encodedInfo;
CDDConfigNetworkViewController *network = [[CDDConfigNetworkViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigNetworkViewController" bundle:nil];
network->ipAddress = ipAddress;
network->encode = encodedInfo;
CDDConfigAcquisitionWizardViewController *acquisition_wizard = [[CDDConfigAcquisitionWizardViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigAcquisitionWizardViewController" bundle:nil];
acquisition_wizard->ipAddress = ipAddress;
acquisition_wizard->encode = encodedInfo;
CDDConfigDateTimeViewController *date_time = [[CDDConfigDateTimeViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigDateTimeViewController" bundle:nil];
date_time->ipAddress = ipAddress;
date_time->encode = encodedInfo;
CDDConfigCDDCloneViewController *cdd_clone = [[CDDConfigCDDCloneViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigCDDCloneViewController" bundle:nil];
cdd_clone->ipAddress = ipAddress;
cdd_clone->encode = encodedInfo;
CDDConfigGroundfaultEnergyViewController *groundfault_energy = [[CDDConfigGroundfaultEnergyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CDDConfigGroundfaultEnergyViewController" bundle:nil];
groundfault_energy->ipAddress = ipAddress;
groundfault_energy->encode = encodedInfo;
NSArray * controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:plant, network, acquisition_wizard, date_time, cdd_clone, groundfault_energy, nil];
return controllers;
}
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Segment control
- (void)didChangeSegmentControl:(UISegmentedControl *)control {
if (self.activeViewController) {
[self.activeViewController viewWillDisappear:NO];
[self.activeViewController.view removeFromSuperview];
[self.activeViewController viewDidDisappear:NO];
}
self.activeViewController = [self.segmentedViewControllers objectAtIndex:control.selectedSegmentIndex];
[self.activeViewController viewWillAppear:YES];
[self.view addSubview:self.activeViewController.view];
[self.activeViewController viewDidAppear:YES];
}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
[self.activeViewController viewWillAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
[self.activeViewController viewDidAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
[self.activeViewController viewWillDisappear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
[self.activeViewController viewDidDisappear:animated];
}

Answer 1

Is it UIView you want to animate or UIViewControllers.
If UIView the animateWithDuration: animations: completion: works
if UIViewControllers presentViewController: animated: completion: is the way to go