Shift to Parent View Controller from child view controller - iOS - ios

Question

I have a main Actions View Controller, and on that there is button "Review". Review Button's functionality is :
- (IBAction)btnReview:(id)sender
{
ReviewViewController *vc = [[ReviewViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"ReviewViewController" bundle:nil];
[self addChildViewController:vc];
[vc didMoveToParentViewController:self];
[self.view addSubview:vc.view];
}
Now on Review Page, I have a button. And on that button's action, I want to switch back to Parent View Controller. Its view should be displayed. I have tried following code, it either pauses or crashes application.
[self didMoveToParentViewController:nil];
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
[self removeFromParentViewController];
I even tried:
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES]
I have read other posts related to this question as well but could not find a satisfactory answer. Please Help!

Answer 1

I'm assuming that this is a custom viewcontroller container you're trying to build, "self" is the Main Actions viewController you're talking about.
Try this:
- (IBAction)btnReview:(id)sender
{
ReviewViewController *vc = [[ReviewViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"ReviewViewController" bundle:nil];
[self addChildViewController:vc];
[self.view addSubview:vc.view];
[vc didMoveToParentViewController:self];
vc = nil;
}
For the "Back" button, I'm assuming this is the Button to return to Main Actions viewController from the Review viewController, try this:
- (IBAction)btnReviewHide:(id)sender
{
[self willMoveToParentViewController:nil];
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
[self removeFromParentViewController];
}
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You should use delegation. When you click the button in your ReviewViewController, you call a method like: [self.delegate hideReviewController:self];
And this method would look something like:
- (void)hideReviewController:(ReviewViewController *)controller {
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3
delay:0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut
animations:^{
controller.view.alpha = 0;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[self.view removeSubview:controller.view];
// If you want the Review Controller to be deallocated:
[self removeChildViewController:controller];
}];
}
EDIT:
In your ReviewDelegate.h file add:
#class ReviewViewController;
#protocol ReviewDelegate <NSObject>
- (void)hideReviewController:(ReviewViewController *)controller;
#end
Then add this property:
#property (nonatomic, weak) id <ReviewDelegate> delegate;
In the parent class:
- (IBAction)btnReview:(id)sender
{
ReviewViewController *vc = [[ReviewViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"ReviewViewController" bundle:nil];
vc.delegate = self;
[self addChildViewController:vc];
[vc didMoveToParentViewController:self];
[self.view addSubview:vc.view];
}
- (void)hideReviewController:(ReviewViewController *)controller {
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3
delay:0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut
animations:^{
controller.view.alpha = 0;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[self.view removeSubview:controller.view];
// If you want the Review Controller to be deallocated:
[self removeChildViewController:controller];
}];
}
I also suggest that you read about delegation

Answer 3

Try this
self.view=nil;
[self willMoveToParentViewController:nil];
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
[self removeFromParentViewController];

Answer 4

You don't need to make it complex... Just use UINavigationController.
To navigate from ParentVC to ChildVC :
ChildViewController *ChildVC = [[ChildViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"ChildViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:ChildVC animated:YES];
And for navigating back from ChildVC to ParentVC :
ParentViewController *ParentVC = [[ParentViewController alloc]initWithNibName:#"ParentViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

Answer 5

Since you are adding the Child View as a Subview on to Parent you need to manually it from its superview (in your case parentview). Rather then adding it as a subview you can make use of presentViewController method as follow:
- (IBAction)btnReview:(id)sender
{
ReviewViewController *vc = [[ReviewViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ReviewViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentViewController:vc
animated:YES
completion:nil];
}
and in the child class code for back button will be :
-(IBAction)backButtonClicked:(id)sender
{
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

Answer 6

Sounds like what you're looking for could be taken care of with a UINavigationController. Just use pushViewController: to push the new view onto the screen. Then, a back button will appear in the navigation bar atop the view, which can be used to return to the "parent" view controller.
See the documentation.

Answer 7

writing only
- (IBAction)backbutton:(id)sender {
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
worked in my case