iOS: dismiss popOver generated with Interface Builder with button within the popOver - ios

Question

I have a button which leads to a popOver, all created in Interface Builder. The popOver is closed when I press somewhere outside of it, but I would also like to implement a button within the popOver which does that.
I found a solution by Giorgio Barchiesi dating back to 2011, however I fail to implement it. Here's his solution:
In the implementation file of the source view controller:
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
if ([[segue destinationViewController] isKindOfClass:[MyDestViewController class]]) {
MyDestViewController* viewController = (MyDestViewController*)[segue destinationViewController];
UIStoryboardPopoverSegue* popoverSegue = (UIStoryboardPopoverSegue*)segue;
[viewController setPopoverController:[popoverSegue popoverController]];
}
}
In the header file of the destination view controller:
#property (weak, nonatomic) UIPopoverController* popoverController;
In the implementation file of the destination view controller:
#synthesize popoverController;
Same file, whenever you want to dismiss the popover:
[popoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
i could call the last function when the button is pressed.
My problem is that XCode gives me an error on the [viewController setPopoverController:[popoverSegue popoverController]] line: ARC Semantic Issue: No known class method for selector 'setPopOverController'
What did I miss to implement?

Answer 1

Here is the method I use:
Open your storyboard file, select the segue arrow and open the Attributes Inspector (Option - Command - 4) and identifier fill in a sensible name, like "myPopoverSegue".
In your Source View Controller define a variable right after #implementation :
#implementation ViewController
{
__weak UIPopoverController *myPopover;
}
Then, again in the Source VC:
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender{
if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:[dict objectForKey:#"myPopoverSegue"]]) {//#"segue" is your segue name. You can use isKindOfClass as you do currently, I prefer this method.
myPopover = [(UIStoryboardPopoverSegue *)segue popoverController];
}
}
-(void)closePopover{
[myPopover dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}
In the end of your Source VC's viewDidLoad method write:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(closePopover) name:#"popoverShouldDismiss" object:nil];
Finally, whenever you want to dismiss the popover:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"popoverShouldDismiss" object:nil];
Hope this helps!
This way you will also be able to change the segue to a different controller without changing your code.

Answer 2

You can add the delegate < UIPopoverControllerDelegate > to your class and override the delegate method:
- (BOOL)popoverControllerShouldDismissPopover:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController
{
return NO;
}
This will prevent the popover to be dismissed when user presses anywhere on screen.
Now you can dismiss your popover inside the button's selector method by using:
[popoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];

Answer 3

In iOS 8 it's really easy. Just call
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:^{}];
Pop overs are regular presentation controllers, so it's more or less the exact same thing as a modal view controller.

Answer 4

Try this code
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
if ([[segue destinationViewController] isKindOfClass:[MyDestViewController class]])
{
MyDestViewController* viewController = (MyDestViewController*)[segue destinationViewController];
UIStoryboardPopoverSegue* popoverSegue = (UIStoryboardPopoverSegue*)segue;
popoverSegue.popoverController=[[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:viewController];
[popoverSegue.popoverController setPopoverContentSize:CGSizeMake(viewController.view.frame.size.width, viewController.view.frame.size.height)];
popoverSegue.popoverController.delegate=self;
[viewController setPopoverController:popoverSegue.popoverController];
}
}
I hope it helps you.