Dismissing iPad UIPopoverController from within its content controller - ipad

So I have a popover with a button in it. When that button is pushed, I want the popover to go away. It seems easy enough, but I can't figure it out for the life of me. The code I use to show the popover is below:
AddCategoryViewController* content = [[AddCategoryViewController alloc] init];
UIPopoverController* aPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc]
initWithContentViewController:content];
aPopover.delegate = self;
[content release];
// Store the popover in a custom property for later use.
self.addCategoryPopover = aPopover;
[aPopover release];
[addCategoryPopover presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];
Within the addcategoryviewcontroller, I have:
-(IBAction)saveAddCategory:(id)sender {
if (rootViewController == nil)
rootViewController = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
[rootViewController.addCategoryPopover dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
[rootViewController dismissPopover];
}
Rootviewcontroller is where the popover is being created from. Unfortunately, neither of those methods work to dismiss it. any help?

You would be seeing a warning at this line.
aPopover.delegate = self;
and if you would execute your code. The app would crash. Instead you need to do it like this.

I have
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)anAnimated
{
[self.dPopover dismissPopoverAnimated: NO];
self.dPopover = nil;
[super viewWillDisappear: anAnimated];
}
and don't see why this wouldn't work in your case.
Your if is a bit troubling, so my guess is you aren't talking to the view you think you are. rootViewController.addCategoryPopover is probably nil, because you made a new controller.

I think I answered just a similar question with the solution I used to dismiss a popover with a UIView loaded from a MKMapView.
The use of my solution is basically the same as for any other view loading a popover.
Have a look at:
How to dismissPopoverAnimated on iPad with UIPopoverController in MKMapView (SDK3.2). I hope that solved your problem.

use NSNotificationCenter To DissmissPoperController Fro Father viewControll

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Issue while pushing ABNewPersonViewController

I am using AddressBookUI Framework for Adding contact, when I tried to pushing this view controller then cancel and done button not working properly, I don't want to present it
Here is my code
ABNewPersonViewController *abnpvc = [[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init];
[abnpvc setNewPersonViewDelegate: self];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:abnpvc animated:YES];
I am also tried add as subview rather then pushing it but when I am adding as subview then it was not added
As per comment i have tried like
UINavigationController *navigation = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:abnpvc];
[self presentViewController:navigation animated:YES completion:nil];
Can anyone help me out why properly not working ?
You can implement that too considering also the other answers and the deprecations to ABNewPersonViewController in iOS 9.
As per your remarks:
cancel and done button not working properly
They are working if you have included the ABNewPersonViewControllerDelegate on interface like this:
#interface ViewController () <ABNewPersonViewControllerDelegate>
Pushing the viewController on navigation stack like this:
ABNewPersonViewController *controller = [[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init];
controller.newPersonViewDelegate = self;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
And by conforming to the protocol by implementing this method:
- (void)newPersonViewController:(ABNewPersonViewController *)newPersonView didCompleteWithNewPerson:(nullable ABRecordRef)person {
// Trick to go back to your view by popping it from the navigation stack when done or cancel button is pressed
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
The tricky line is to pop the newPersonController from the navigation stack when either Done or Cancel button are pressed.
Enjoy it
Why can't you just do it as the docs say?
It is recommended that you present a new-person view controller modally.
Use
ABNewPersonViewController *abnpvc = [[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init];
[abnpvc setNewPersonViewDelegate: self];
[self presentViewController:abnpvc animated:YES completion:nil];
That should work fine.
Edit
On second thought, did you set your delegate correctly and do the implementations get called? I suspect they are not implemented or the delegate is not set correctly.
Apple guideline(IMPORTANT) :: New-person view controllers must be used with a navigation controller in order to function properly. It is recommended that you present a new-person view controller modally.
Add Delegate
#interface ViewController () <ABNewPersonViewControllerDelegate>
Pushing the viewController
ABNewPersonViewController *abnpvc = [[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init];
[abnpvc setNewPersonViewDelegate: self];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:abnpvc];
[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];
And Now Add Delegate Method
#pragma mark ABNewPersonViewControllerDelegate methods
- (void)newPersonViewController:(ABNewPersonViewController *)newPersonViewController didCompleteWithNewPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];
}
That will work fine.

UIPopover doesn't block UIBarbutton items from being pressed

I'm creating an app that has some UIBarButton items, some of which will launch a UIPopoverController when pressed. I'd like for this to disable anything from being able to be interacted with, which mostly happens by default. I've noticed, however, that other UIBarButtonItems within the same toolbar will still be active while the popover is active. I've tried to add:
[_popOver setPassthroughViews:nil];
prior to showing it, but the UIBarButtonItems are still able to be pressed while the pop over is shown. I realized I could disable the buttons, but I'd rather not have to do this as I'd have to introduce all kinds of unnecessary state while each kind of pop-over is open. Is there any way to have the pop-over be dismissed when anything is selected outside the pop-over (including other UIBarButtonItems)?
Basic code to repro the problem:
- (IBAction)rightButtonPressed:(id)sender {
UIViewController *vc = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
_popOver = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:vc];
[_popOver setPassthroughViews:nil];
[_popOver presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];
}
- (IBAction)leftButtonPressed:(id)sender {
NSLog(#"Why am I active while pop-over is visible?");
}
Add both bar button items to the same navigation bar.
I'm an idiot, figured out the solution moments after posting this. It seems the call to presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem automatically adds the navigation bar to the passthroughviews. Since I was clearing out before and not after presenting the UIPopoverView, it was getting added back. A simple change of the order of the calls fixes the problem.
- (IBAction)rightButtonPressed:(id)sender {
UIViewController *vc = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
_popOver = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:vc];
[_popOver presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];
//Call this *AFTER* presenting the popover
[_popOver setPassthroughViews:nil];
}

PopOverWindow over a normal UIButton Click

I am looking for a Methode to use the PopOverWindow with a normal Button.
I found informationen about the Storyboard in combination with the button PopOverView but I dont use a Story board.
So i Need help or a tutorial, of it.
Thanks soo much.
You can use
presentPopoverFromRect:inView:permittedArrowDirections:animated:
and pass it the frame of your button as the first argument.
-(IBAction)yourButton:(UIButton*)sender
{
VC1 *vcObject = [[VC1 alloc]initWithNibName:#"VC1" bundle:nil];
_popOver= [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:vcObject];
_popOver.delegate = self;
_popOver.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(330, 362); // set the size of the popOver you want in your app
[_popOver presentPopoverFromRect:sender.frame inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES]; //sender.frame is the button's frame here
}
note: _popOver is an ivar mentioned in the particular VC

Use UINavigationController as modal view, and view are not released after dismiss

I am using a class inherited from UINavigationController present as a modal view, in the navigation bar I have a button 'Done' which will dismiss the modal view when user tap on it. Everything behave normal except the dealloc() in ImagePickerController, GroupPickerController (which is initialized as root view) not get called when I dismiss the modal view. This cause the leak of the memory.
Here is the code use it:
ImagePickerController *picker = [[ImagePickerController alloc] initWithRootViewController:nil];
// don't show animation since this may cause the screen flash with white background.
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:NO];
picker.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
[picker release];
Here is what's inside ImagePickerController, which is a UINavigationController:
- (id)initWithRootViewController:(UIViewController *)root {
GroupPickerController *controller = [[GroupPickerController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
self = [super initWithRootViewController:controller];
[controller release];
if (self) {
self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPageSheet;
}
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
-(void) dismiss
{
[self.navigationController setViewControllers:nil];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
Here is the code in GroupPickerController, it response to a button in the navigation bar, to dismiss the modal view:
...
#pragma mark - button actions
- (void)done {
[self.parent dismiss];
}
I tried to manually remove the views from NavigationController, seemed not no effect at all...
[self.navigationController setViewControllers:nil];
Thanks for the help!
UPDATED:
Please disregard this question, apparently it's a mistake. :(
Finally get the problem solved... not change any of the code, but a rebuild the project. :(
First of all, you should not be subclassing UINavigationController:
This class is not intended for subclassing.
What does this line do?
controller.parent = self;
If the controller retains the parent-property, you have a retain cycle which would cause the issue you are describing. Remember that all view controllers in the UINavigationController stack can access the navigation controller with the -navigationController property.
There's is a difference between a UIViewController begin dismissed and released.
When you dismiss it, it can be released at any moment, but not necessarily immediately.
Are you sure you have a memory leak ? Maybe the picker is released a few seconds after the dimiss.
If you really have a memory leak, that means there is another place where you picker is retained.

UIPopoverController deallocated issue

I used a Popover to display image in it. When the user touch a button, the popover appears with a slideshow inside.
I initialize the Popover like this : `
- (IBAction)showPopover:(UIButton *)sender {
myPopover *content = [[myPopover alloc] init];
detailViewPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:content];
detailViewPopover.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(600., 400.);
detailViewPopover.delegate = self;
[detailViewPopover presentPopoverFromRect:sender.frame inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];
[content release];
}
`
detailViewPopover is a UIPopoverController, I declare it my .h.
I dismiss the Popover like this : `
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController {
// If a popover is dismissed, set the last button tapped to nil.
[popoverController release];
}`
When I run my app, it works until I got "-[UIPopoverController release]: message sent to deallocated instance 0x1b29b0" and my apps crashes...
I understand I release too much time my UIPopoverController, but I don't know where. Is my implementation good ?
Thanks for your help
Let me know if you need more information, I will edit the post
You shouldn't release your popoverController here.
You need to call release on detailViewPopover in your current view controllers dealloc method
- (void) dealloc
{
[detailViewPopover release];
[super dealloc];
}

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