I'm converting an iphone app to an ipad app. I've changed the project's build target from "iphone" to "ipad" and the app compiles, builds, runs and displays the way I want it to.
However, I've noticed that some parts of Storyboard still believe this is an iphone app. For example, when I try to build a segue, it only offers me the "push" "modal" and "custom" options. A newly created ipad project also offers the "popover" and "replace" options.
Similarly, this converted app does not offer me the possibility of a Split View Controller.
So is there a setting or some way to get this "iphone" -> "ipad" app to have the full ipad storyboard options without restarting the project and copying everything over?
I had a similar problem to this awhile back. I fixed it by clicking on my main project on the navigation panel. If you go to summary and look under the iOS Application Development you will see a spot that asks which devices your app is targeted to. Make sure this is switched to universal
Next create an iPad storyboard under File > new > File... > User Interface > Storyboard > set Device Family to iPad (It sounds like you already did this though). Make sure you call it something different then your iPhone storyboard.
Lastly go back to your project settings and scroll down to the iPad Development Info you will see a drop down titled Main Storyboard. Make sure that is set to your newly created iPad storyboard.
If this still is not working for you the Standford ItunesU iOS course has a lecture on converting iPhone applications to universal ones.
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I have an old project that I've been working on and off on for about 4 years now - the project has gone through many upgrades of XCode versions from 6 to 10 (I'm now using XCode 10.2.1 with 12.2 SDK). The main problem I'm having with it is that it utilizes a Tab View Controller to switch tabs, and no matter what I do, I cannot get the tab bar to appear on the bottom of an iPhone X family device correctly: it appears much higher than it should.
To try and finally narrow down the problem, I've essentially temporarily "replaced" all code and storyboard items from the project to see if anything will move the tab bar to where it's supposed to (if I just create a blank new project with a tab bar controller, the tab bar does appear where it should). I created a test storyboard with just a Tab Bar Controller going to one navigation controller (no constraints have been put in). There is no viewController codes attached to them. I've replaced the app delegate with a "blank" app delegate so there are essentially no extraneous code or restraints there at all. And I still get the tab bar moved:
This happens on the simulator and the device, and there is no code or storyboard setting that's doing this (this same setup on a new project puts the tab bar in the right place).
I've looked around in the Build Settings and other properties that I may have missed to see if I constrained something years ago that may affect this, and didn't see anything.
Is there anything I should be looking for in the project settings that would do this?
I don't want to rebuild the project in a new project - there are many linked libraries, certificates, cocoapods, storyboard items, and I know it would be horrible to try and put it all back in one piece.
My Deployment Target is set to iOS 11, Devices: iPhone, Base SDK: iOS
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is usually caused by not having a correct launch image for the iPhone X. The easiest way to fix this is to tell the app target not to use launch images (from the app bundle or from the asset catalog) but to use the LaunchScreen.storyboard instead. (If you don't have one, make one; be sure to set it as a launch screen storyboard by clicking Use As Launch Screen and configure your target to point to it. Examine a plain vanilla new project to see what I mean.) You might not want to keep things that way in the long term but at least it will allow your app to launch to the correct size on all devices.
I started a xcode project for iPhone and now I'm working it also for iPad (Universal App).
So in devices I put Universal and I create the iPad storyboard and make the necessary changes (in plist file and build settings) and now anything I edit in the ipad storyboard is done, obviously yes on code but not in the storyboard (I'm working without auto-layout so Its disabled in both storyboards).
What can I do? I've checked everything and it's in order.
Just a guess, but you might be getting an error showing up in your debug console. Make sure that the storyboard has an entry point. Select the viewContoller that is the entry point and check the checkbox for "is initial view controller" in the utilities pane.
did you check the target> General> their did you give the storyboard for ipad? if you look, you can see the selection on iphone and your iphone storyboards name below it. Change it to ipad and enter the storyboard?
I'm having trouble converting my iphone app to the ipad. I already created a separate storyboard, and set the ipad storyboard to the new one from the build settings, however, whenever I run it on the ipad 6.0 simulator, it's not using the new storyboard I made (but still using the iphone's storyboard).
Is there some setting that I'm missing to deploy/test using the new storyboard I made for ipad?
In Project settings > (select your target) > Summary tab
You'll see iPhone / iPod Deployment Info, scroll down to iPad Deployment Info and put your storyboard in Main Storyboard field.
At the moment I'm building an iPhone App.
Yesterday I tried to convert it to an Universal App.
It worked, but it just shows me the tab bar, but nothing else.
I've created some Web Views and a Table View, but the iPad Simulator didn't show anything, only the tab bar.
The iPhone Simulator works great, I can see all the labels, web views etc...
I've created one Storyboard for iPhone and one for iPad.
I don't know why the iPad Simulator doesn't display anything.
Hope you can help me.
Regards
Check that you have changed the storyboard name in you target general settings, as shown in the picture below.
Use the right name for you app. Check also that the info.plist file for your project has been correctly updated:
(the second entry is for the iPad).
If that is ok, try and make a clean and rebuild.
I'm new with iOS and yesterday i learnt about storyboard. it works great. i refer to this link. I tried to create iPhone apps with a storyboard.
But now i want to create an universal apps, that means for iPhone and iPad. but also using the storyboard. lets say if i have the same UI, that wont be an issue. Same UI means, my iPhone UI using tab bar controller, my iPad also use a tab bar controller. I just need to point to the same class, and the result will be the same. Now, i want have a different UI. my iPhone will use a tab bar, but my iPad will use a split view.
here is my question :
is that possible to do that with device target universal? i mean iPhone with tab bar, iPad with split view.
if yes, how can i know which device is running? either i choose iPad or iPhone. How can i know i run on iPhone/iPad? what should I validate in the appdelegate?
For ipad storyboard, i drag a split view controller but i can't see any master detail whenever i run the apps. how can it be like that?
thanks. :)
If you create a Universal application (an application that supports both iPhone and iPad), Xcode will by default give you two Storyboards - one for iPhone, one for iPad. Under your target's settings you'll see a place where you can configure which Storyboard presents the main interface - you can set this separately for iPhone and iPad:
The OS will take care of loading the correct Storyboard for you.
If you want to detect in code whether you're running on an iPhone or iPad, you can use USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM(). For example:
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
There's also UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad for iPad.