IOS 6 subviews overlap toolbar in parent view - ios

Question

I am following Apress Beginning IOS 6 for school where we were asked by the professor to implement a custom algorithm that switches between 3 views (blue, yellow, and green) with each press of the "Next View" button in the toolbar. My approach was to add the subviews at different indices and shuffle the views in the hierarchy in BIDSwitchViewController.m:
#import "BIDSwitchViewController.h"
#import "BIDYellowViewController.h"
#import "BIDBlueViewController.h"
#import "BIDGreenViewController.h"
NSInteger count;
#interface BIDSwitchViewController ()
#end
#implementation BIDSwitchViewController
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
self.yellowViewController = [[BIDYellowViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"YellowView"
bundle:nil];
self.greenViewController = [[BIDGreenViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"GreenView"
bundle:nil];
self.blueViewController = [[BIDBlueViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"BlueView"
bundle:nil];
//the topmost view is the last one in the stack (2)
[self.view insertSubview:self.blueViewController.view atIndex:2];
[self.view insertSubview:self.yellowViewController.view atIndex:1];
[self.view insertSubview:self.greenViewController.view atIndex:0];
[self.view setBackgroundColor:self.blueViewController.view.backgroundColor];
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.blueViewController = [[BIDBlueViewController alloc]
initWithNibName:#"BlueView" bundle:nil];
[self.view insertSubview:self.blueViewController.view atIndex:0];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.;
self.blueViewController = nil;
self.yellowViewController = nil;
self.greenViewController = nil;
}
- (IBAction)switchViews:(id)sender
{
[UIView beginAnimations:#"View Flip" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationTransition:
UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight
forView:self.view cache:YES];
switch (count)
{
case 0:
[self.view sendSubviewToBack:self.blueViewController.view];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.yellowViewController.view];
[self.view setBackgroundColor:self.yellowViewController.view.backgroundColor];
break;
case 1:
[self.view sendSubviewToBack:self.yellowViewController.view];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.greenViewController.view];
[self.view setBackgroundColor:self.greenViewController.view.backgroundColor];
break;
case 2:
[self.view sendSubviewToBack:self.greenViewController.view];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.blueViewController.view];
[self.view setBackgroundColor:self.blueViewController.view.backgroundColor];
break;
}
if (++count >= 3)
{
count = 0;
}
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
#end
Here is the code in BIDAppDelegate.m where the root view controller is added as an instance of BIDSwitchViewController:
#implementation BIDAppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.switchViewController = [[BIDSwitchViewController alloc]
initWithNibName:#"SwitchView" bundle:nil];
UIView *switchView = self.switchViewController.view;
CGRect switchViewFrame = switchView.frame;
switchViewFrame.origin.y += [UIApplication
sharedApplication].statusBarFrame.size.height;
switchView.frame = switchViewFrame;
//[self.window addSubview:switchView];
self.window.rootViewController = self.switchViewController;
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
And the BIDSwitchViewController.h header file:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#class BIDSwitchViewController;
#interface BIDAppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) BIDSwitchViewController *switchViewController;
#end
The app and logic all work as the views switch from blue -> yellow -> green and back to blue again. As shown in the first picture (BIDBlueViewController's BlueView.xib subview of the BIDSubViewController) each of the views overlap the toolbar slightly. I have double and triple checked all of my simulated metrics in IB with the help of one of my classmates:
Am I using poor practice in shuffling the topmost views through the view hierarchy array, instead of removing each view via the book's method of "removeFromParentViewController()," or is their another, hidden cause for the sub views not properly sitting inside / behind the parent view?

Answer 1

Your UIToolbar control's Z-Order on it's view is behind your blue view controller. Since you created it in IB, you can add an IBOutlet for it, and bring it's view to top of the parent view. You're loading the ViewControllers as subviews, so they are all subviews of self.view of your parent.
In your header definition:
IBOutlet *toolBar UIToolbar;
Bring to front in your implementation.
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:toolBar];
You can do this after you've added the blue controller subview or at the end of all your case statements.