How to go back to previous view in Objective-C? - objective-c

I am a beginner in iOS programming and I want to implement the functionality of going back to home view.
I have use this code:
-(IBAction)onclickhome:(id)sender
{
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
I have used navigationController in home button click event but it is not jump to home screen.
Do you have any suggestion and source code which applies to my code?

I'm not sure I understand your question.
What do you mean with
I have used navigationController in home button click event but it is
not jump to home screen
?
If you want to pop to the root controller you can use popToRootViewControllerAnimated.
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
From Apple doc of UINavigationController
popToRootViewControllerAnimated:
Pops all the view controllers on the stack except the root view controller and updates the display.
- (NSArray *)popToRootViewControllerAnimated:(BOOL)animated
If you have set up a UINavigationController and its root controller is called A, then if you navigate from A to B and then from B to C you have two possibilities to come back to a previous controller (you can have others but I list the main ones):
navigate back from C to B with popViewControllerAnimated
navigate back from C to A with popToRootViewControllerAnimated

The best way to navigate back and forth views is by pushing and popping views from navigation view controller stack.
To go one view back, use below code. This will ensure that the smooth transition between views are retained.
UINavigationController *navigationController = self.navigationController;
[navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
To go two views back, do as below
UINavigationController *navigationController = self.navigationController;
[navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:NO];
[navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
If you aren't going back to your expected view, execute below code before popping any of the views...
UINavigationController *navigationController = self.navigationController;
NSLog(#"Views in hierarchy: %#", [navigationController viewControllers]);
You should see an array like the below one, which will help you in verifying the stack is maintained as expected.
Views in hierarchy: (
"<Main_ViewController: 0x1769a3b0>",
"<First_ViewController: 0x176a5610>",
"<Second_ViewController: 0x176af180>"

I use
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
since others answers didn't worked in Xcode 8.0

Related

What is the design pattern for navigating between ViewControllers?

I currently have 1 storyboard which contains 2 view controllers: ViewController and TableViewController. The ViewController is the login view, and the TableViewController is the page that displays results (results view).
Currently, I did not create a segue from the login view to the results view. Instead, on the login view, after a user presses the login button and is authenticated, I programmatically push to the results view as follows.
XYZResultsTableViewController* controller = [[XYZResultsTableViewController alloc]init];
UINavigationController *navController = self.navigationController;
[navController popViewControllerAnimated:NO];
[navController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
Indeed, the results view shows, but there is a "< Back" button at the top left, which, if pressed, goes back to the login view.
So, my question are:
How do I get rid of the login view from the view stack? (so the back button on the results view does not show)
Is this "programmatic" way of navigating between views "bad"? Meaning, should I rely on the storyboard and segues instead? Should I navigate to a new storyboard (I've seen this question asked on SO, though I haven't visited it yet)?
I'm a newcomer, so any help is appreciated.
If you don't want to use the navigation stack, you have to use presentViewController instead of pushViewController
XYZResultsTableViewController* controller = [[XYZResultsTableViewController alloc]init];
[viewController1 presentViewController:controller animated:YES];//viewcontroller1 is current view controller
Never use the code below unless you want to have the navigationController stack in viewController you are showing
/*XYZResultsTableViewController* controller = [[XYZResultsTableViewController alloc]init];
UINavigationController *navController = self.navigationController;
[navController popViewControllerAnimated:NO];
[navController pushViewController:controller animated:YES]; */
for more information on this difference between presentViewController and UINavigationController?
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UINavigationController_Class/Reference/Reference.html

What is best approach to add back button for first view controller in navigation controller?

I'm beginner iOS developer, so don't know how to solve my problem correctly. I have one navigation controller and want to make modal transition to another navigation controller that will have back button on it's first view controller.
In my first navigation controller I made this:
InfoViewController *destinatinViewController = [[InfoViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"InfoViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentViewController:destinatinViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
InfoViewController is UINavigationViewController.
Then I made this in InfoViewController (second navigation controller):
InfoRootViewController *rootViewController = [[InfoRootViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"InfoRootViewController" bundle:nil];
[self pushViewController:rootViewController animated:NO];
For now I know how to add button to go back, but it has not styling (certainly arrow). As I understand because it is only one view in stack of second navigation controller.
So, I need your help to add styled back button for first view controller of navigation controller, because I don't want to make own styling (I'm lazy).
Thanks, for any advance!
PS: I made modal transition because, it has animations like from bottom or top. I tried to use custom animations for pushViewController, but in iOS 7 they're working not correctly.
I'll let someone else help you with the back button issue because I think it's a mistake to create one for a modal view controller that's presented from the bottom of the screen. Typically, such a modal view controller is dismissed with a cancel button or its equivalent. If you really think that you need a back button then you should probably push the view controller onto the existing navigation stack instead of presenting it modally.
However, I am happy to show you how to properly alloc/init a navigation controller and then present it.
I don't know why you're subclassing UINavigationController, but I'm going to pretend that you don't need to (which is probably the case).
InfoRootViewController *rootViewController = [[InfoRootViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"InfoRootViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootViewController];
[self presentViewController:navController animated:YES completion:nil];

Is this the right way to add a view?

I make a program that shows a table.
If people click the search I will add another view covering the original view. The original view is [BNUtilitiesQuick listnewcontroller];
[[BNUtilitiesQuick window] addSubview:[BNUtilitiesQuick searchController].view];
[[BNUtilitiesQuick searchController] viewWillAppear:YES] is indeed called. So it seems that UIView has a pointer to it's controller
However, the view that the [[BNUtilitiesQuick listnewcontroller] viewWillDisappear] is not called
Moreover, [[BNUtilitiesQuick listnewcontroller] viewWillAppear] is also not called even when the user has finished modifying search term with this code:
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
I think I may be missing something here. What exactly should I do anyway so IOs knows that the searchController.view will be covering listNewController?
This is NOT the right way to do it. If the searchController is a full screen controller you should present it modally using presentViewController or push it onto the navigation stack as #StuR suggested.
In case your search view covers only part of the listnewcontroller you should use the containment API in iOS5.
Inside listnewcontroller (parent view controller) you would write:
[self addChildViewController:self.searchController];
[self.view addSubview:self.searchController.view];
[self.searchController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
For more in-depth information check out the WWDC 2011 session video "Implementing UIViewController Containment". Also watch "The Evolution of View Controllers on iOS" from 2012 because there are some changes and deprecations in iOS6.
ViewController *viewController = [[ViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
I'd consider using pushViewController for adding a full screen view. addSubview is for views that don't cover the entire screen.
viewWillDisappear and viewWillAppear will only me called if you pop or push the given viewController. You are simple adding a subview with it's own viewController inside(on top) of the present viewController. As StuR said, if you want to dismiss the current ViewController you should use:
BNUtilitiesQuick *searchController = [BNUtilitiesQuick alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:searchController animated:YES];
You can read more about ViewControllers here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457

Navigation from UIViewController to UITableViewController

I am trying to move to UITableView named Cart from UIView by clicking on right bar button item , the button action event i wrote
Cart *crtObj=[[Cart alloc]initWithNibName:#"Cart" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:crtObj animated:YES];
[crtObj release];
And from the same Bar by clicking on left bar button i am navigating previous tableView which works properly, the code for the same is
self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
I tried a lot please suggest something?
//[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:crtObj animated:YES];
//presentModalViewController
try this
[self.navigationController pushViewController:crtObj animated:YES]
I wonder why u have to use [self.navigationController presentModalViewController]
but not [self.navigationController pushViewController:crtObj animated:YES].
They are different.
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:ControllerA] will simply pull up a view of ControllerA from the bottom of ur screen. ControllerA will not be related the controllers those u are navigating along. (I am not sure if this method works)
[self.navigationController pushViewController:ControllerA animated:YES] will push ControllerA to the navigationController and it's stored with the controllers those u are navigating along in sequence.
i suggest using the second one because the structure of ur apps will be simpler.
but if u still want to use the first way. Maybe you can try like this:
Assume u have now navigated to ControllerA, and wanna show up Controller B
call [ControllerA presentModalViewController:ControllerB] instead

loading a UINavigation controller from a UIView

i am designing an app that has a login screen. it is a UIView with username/password and a button to submit. once the user authenticated successfully, i want to load a new xib file that holds a navigation controller and a navigation bar. below the bar i want to load a tableView and switch between other views as i move along with the programming of it.
what i did is create a new class that inherits from UINavigationController and assembled the xib file to include the navigation controller. i hooked it back up to file's owner and i'm loading the navigation controller modally like this:
myNavController* navVC = [[myNavController alloc] initWithNibName:#"navXibFile" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:navVC animated:YES];
[navVC release];
this works okay as the navigation controller shows up. however, it shows up with no title, even though i've set one up in IB. moreover, the tableView's delegates are hooked up via IB but i cannot even see empty lines. all i see is an empty navigation bar at the top and blank view (one piece) below it.
thank you for your help.
so i figured it out... first it's a design decision right? is the app being managed by a navigation controller? if so (which is my case), expect the main (first) view, that is a login page, all you need to do is to hide the navigation bar in your ViewdidLoad for the main view:
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:YES];
once the user logs in and you push the next view like this:
MainTableViewController* mainTableVC = [[MainTableViewController alloc]
initWithNibName:#"MainTableViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:mainTableVC animated:YES];
[mainTableVC release];
and lastly, in the ViewDidLoad of the next view controller:
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:YES];
in case your app needs a navigation controller for a specific section of the app but not all if it, you will need to use the VC to manage this, in a similar way the appDelegate manages the sample navigation based sample app.
i hope this helps anyone struggling with wrapping their minds around the design patterns implemented here.
cheers.