How to use ESTabBarController with CollectionView - uicollectionview

I can't use ESTabBarController with CollectionView
I added UICollectionView by code.
Now, the app crash with message: UICollectionView must be initialized with a non-nil layout parameter

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How to create a splash page for a split view controller

(Xcode6-beta3, Swift, iPad, iOS8)
How can I create a splash page for an iPad app using a split view controller?
I've tried the straight-forward approach of drag n' dropping the little arrow to a new view controller, and setting up a button to segue to the split view controller on a touch up inside. This throws a memory error
I've also tried simply commenting out the following code from the application function in the AppDelegate, but I'm getting a
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: [identifier length] > 0'
func application(application: UIApplication!, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary!) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
// let splitViewController = self.window!.rootViewController as UISplitViewController
// let navigationController = splitViewController.viewControllers[splitViewController.viewControllers.count-1] as UINavigationController
// splitViewController.delegate = navigationController.topViewController as DetailViewController
return true
}
I've even disconnect the Master-Detail view in Storyboard, so that all that should be loaded is the splash page alone, but it still crashes.
I am so stuck! Thanks for your help.
The problem you were having is related to the code in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
In that code the template access the "first" view controller defined in the Storyboard to get to the split view controller and set its delegate property. If you change the "little arrow" you are changing UIWindow's rootViewController property, and being of a different view controller, it crashes.
To solve that, the best way is:
create the storyboard as described (normal ViewController with a segue to the original Split VC)
comment out code in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
create a UIView controller subclass for your newly added Scene
in that class, before the segue is done, insert this modified version of the code to set the Split View Controller's delegate property:
let splitViewController = segue.destinationViewController as UISplitViewController
let navigationController = splitViewController.viewControllers[splitViewController.viewControllers.count-1] as UINavigationController
splitViewController.delegate = navigationController.topViewController as DetailViewController
Working project here

Subclass of UICollectionViewCell Not Displaying

I have a UICollectionView that is displayed by clicking a table cell within a navigation controller. So the UICollectionView is the second screen in the navigation controller's stack.
Cells showed up fine in the collection view when I registered a nib and created the cell via the UICollectionViewCell class. But once I try to create a subclass for the cell, the collection view just shows up as a black screen. My project can be found here.
Link to Project in Dropbox
To subclass the UICollectionViewCell, I did the following:
Created the .h and .m files for the subclass of UICollectionViewCell. Referenced this custom class on the nib's attribute inspector.
Registered the custom class with the cell's reuse identifier, within viewDidLoad of the view controller that displays the collection view.
[self.collectionView registerClass:[CustomCollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cvCell"];
Created an instance of the custom cell in "collectionView: cellForItemAtIndexPath:"
CustomCollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cvCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
From what I've read, that should do it! But the collection view is showing up blank, can anyone help??
I checked your code. You have done perfectly. Collection view with cells is showing correctly, but you cannot see that since you are not setting any of the property of the cell. Just check by setting background color of the cell in cellForItem
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
If you are done everything in nib then you need to register nib instead of class. use registerNib instead of registerClass. If you are registering class you have to do everything programmatically.

-[CollectionCell _setReuseIdentifier:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance

CollectionCell is a UICollectionViewCell subclass. For learning purposes, the only difference is a single subview.
No interface builder. All in code.
I can do it like this for iOS 5…
[_collectionView registerClass:[CollectionCell class]
forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"CollectionCell"];
…but it breaks in iOS 6, and I can't find any information.
Your subclassed CollectionCell doesn't have the "registerClass: forCellWithReuseIdentifier" method.
Your "UICollectionView" (which uses and displays CollectionCell objects) does.
Call "registerClass: forCellWithReuseIdentifier" on your collection view instead of the cell.
Make sure that your UICollectionViewCell classes extend PSUICollectionViewCell. I had the same issue happen to me and found out that my cells were extending PSTCollectionViewCell.

Add UITableViewController to other View

Is it possible to embed (add as subview) a UITableViewController into another View Controller programmatically? I found a few answers here on StackOverflow but none worked for me with ARC and iOS6 SDK.
I know you can do this easily with Navigation and TabBar controllers but I am more curious about adding tableviews to a regular View controller. I need my tableview to occupy the lower part of the available screen space (I need the rest for other purposes, for which neither tab nor navigation types are suitable).
When I tried to do it, however, it did not work. I instantiated a subclassed UITableViewController, but when I added it to my self.view as a subview, the compiler said I tried to use "incompatible pointer types." Not only that, my instantiated UITableViewController does not have a .frame property, so I cannot set it dimensions, which would be the whole point of this exercise.
Building upon ogres answer, you should add the tableViewController's view as a subview, but it is not everything. The tableViewController is a viewController and it needs to know its parent and its children, to do its viewController-job correctly. I do not know any details here, but there is an entire talk about this from WWDC 2011 called "Implementing UIViewController Containment".
One problem I have experienced when only adding the view as a subview is that target actions don't seem to work. Tapping a UIButton or similar causes either a EXC_BAD_ACCESS or a unrecognized selector sent to instance.
So I recommend that you do something like this:
UIViewController *vc = //Your tableViewController
[self addChildViewController:vc]; //Important
[self.view addSubview:vc.view];
//If you want to set the frame, set the frame of the tableViewController's view
vc.view.frame = ...
yes , you can use tableview in another view without any problems
UITableViewController, but when I added it to my self.view as a subview
are you trying to add viewcontroller as subview or its view ? ( viewcontroller.view )
UITableViewController does not have a .frame property,
of course it does not have .frame property , it is a view CONTROLLER , you should see .view.frame

How can I set the size of a UIView init with storyboard?

I am currently using iOS 6.0.
I have a custom UIView that needs to have a certain size. If I programmatically init the view and add it it's fine. However, I can't find a place where I can set the size of the view in the storyboard.
Setting its size in the storyboard doesn't work because the storyboard thinks it's empty and set it's size to zero. Setting its size in viewDidLoad or viewDidAppear doesn't work because later on the size will be overwritten by _applyISEngineLayoutValue.
You can do that in your Interface Builder. Open the storyboard where you have your view and open the utilities menu:
Then you can select a button that looks like a ruler on the top of the utilities menu:
In that menu you can set the size of your view and how you want it to expand.
Also, please make sure you setted your Class' view in the class inspector:
Image token from this site.
Finally, make sure you override the initWithFrame and initWithCoder methods:
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
return [super initWithFrame:frame];
}
//Needs to be overrided when you set your size in interface builder
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
return [self initWithFrame:[self frame]];
}
I am facing the same problem, and I think the short answer is: you can't rely on the frame or bounds in the view's init method when using storyboards.
When your view is initialized by the segue, it will call the initWithCoder: method rather than other init methods, since it is deserializing your view object from the .xib file. Before storyboards, the frame and bounds would be set by the time the initWithCoder: was called, but that appears to no longer be the case with storyboards -- the iOS code sets those values later.
I've used a couple workarounds, depending on the situation:
If I know the size of the view in advance (for example a specialty view that only supports one size) I set my own frame in the initWithCoder: method.
If I don't know the size of the view, I defer initialization of size-specific things until my view's layoutSubviews method is called.
If it's more convenient, I sometimes just explicitly do the size-specific initialization in my view's ViewController. (Not pretty, but sometimes quick-and-easy. I'm not proud.)
I have the same problem as you, and when I select the view and switch to the attributes inspector , setting
"Simulated Metrics" as follows, I can resize the view in the Size inspector.
Make sure that Size is set to either "Freeform" or "None"