Dismiss a custom UIView like the way in UIPopoverController - ios

Question

Im building a custom UIView similar to UIPopover view , simply I subclass the UIView class and build the stuff of controls and events inside .. to show this view I assign the superView through My sub Class datasource like this
if ([dataSource respondsToSelector:#selector(containerView)])
superView = [dataSource containerView];
and to show it I have a function doing that like this
- (void) showPopOverFromRect : (CGRect) rect
{
CGSize popSize = self.frame.size;
float yPoint;
if(ntPopOverDirection == NTPopOverArrowDirectionUP)
yPoint = rect.origin.y + 10;
else
yPoint = rect.origin.y - 10;
self.frame = CGRectMake(rect.origin.x - popSize.width, yPoint , popSize.width, popSize.height);
[superView addSubview:self];
}
so My Question .. how can i dismiss this view (remove it) if the user tap AnyWhere on the superView just like the UIPopOverController ?

Answer 1

I suggest that you create your custom UIView to fill the entire superview or the entire screen with a clear background or a radial gradient. Then inside of this you would put another UIView that has the look and feel of the popover.
This eliminates the issue of trying to capture taps and sending notifications from other views. It will be all self contained.
You can easily add a gesture recognizer inside your custom view to close the view when the user touches the clear area.

Answer 2

You could place a UIButton below your new UIView that is clear. When this new button is pressed, it dismisses your view and removes itself from superview.
Something like:
- (void) showPopOverFromRect : (CGRect) rect
{
CGSize popSize = self.frame.size;
float yPoint;
if(ntPopOverDirection == NTPopOverArrowDirectionUP)
yPoint = rect.origin.y + 10;
else
yPoint = rect.origin.y - 10;
self.frame = CGRectMake(rect.origin.x - popSize.width, yPoint , popSize.width, popSize.height);
UIButton *dismissButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
dismissButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
dismissButton.frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
[dismissButton addTarget:self.delegate action:#selector(dismissPopover) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[superview addSubview:dismissButton];
[superView addSubview:self];
}
You'd have to set up the view to set it's superview as a delegate that receives the message to dismiss the popover, though.