UIWebView on top of UINavigationController stack not shown - objective-c

I have a UIViewController "PdfViewController" with a view containing an UIScrollView wich is containing an UIWebView, designed by storyboard. I'm using storyboard in Xcode 4.2 with ARC.
If I start PdfViewController as initial ViewController the webview is shown as expected.
I want the PdfViewController to show a PDF from a list of PDF's. So I made a NavigationController containing a TableViewController with the document titles.
If I try to show the PdfViewController by "tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath" the view stays black and doesn't load the selected document.
There is no errer message from Xcode.
The viewDidLoad and the viewWillAppear from PdfViewController get called.
Here the initialisation of the PdfViewController
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
PdfViewController *pdfViewController = [[PdfViewController alloc]init];
[pdfViewController setFileName:#"test"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:pdfViewController animated:YES];
}
-It seems, the problem is that the PdfViewController does not load the corrsponding nib by itself.
If I make a seque from the TableViewCell, the PdfViewController is loaded correctly.
I changed the code to:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[self.navigationController.viewControllers.lastObject setFileName:#"test"];
}
The only thing to know here, is that the viewDidLoad und viewWillAppear are called before the execution of tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath, so the PDF has to be loaded in viewDidAppear.

With Xcode 4.2 or later, you can pass the data between two view controllers via segue.
Please Check:
How to pass prepareForSegue: an object
Your code may look like this:
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:#"__YOUR_SEGUE_STRING__"]) {
PdfViewController *pdfViewController =
(PdfViewController*)[segue destinationViewController];
//
// write your code here
//
[pdfViewController setFileName:#"test"];
}
}

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How to segue from a custom delegate and datasource

I have a view with 2 tableviews in it. This view has the controller PlayerDetailController
Now to control the 2 tableviews I have 2 other controllers.
tablePlayersDataSourceDelegate
tablePlayerNewsDataSourceDelegate
I ctrl-dragged from the PlayerDetail view to the newsView to make a segue. In my tablePlayerDataSourceDelegate I've the following methods to preform this segue.
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"showPlayerDetailNews" sender:indexPath];
}
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
NSIndexPath *indexPath = (NSIndexPath *)sender;
PlayerNews *news = [_tableSource objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]; // ask NSFRC for the NSMO at the row in question
if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:#"show detail"]) {
[segue.destinationViewController setImageURL:[NSURL URLWithString:news.image]];
[segue.destinationViewController setNewsTitle:news.title];
[segue.destinationViewController setNewsDescription:news.content];
[segue.destinationViewController setNewsCopy:news.image_copyright];
[segue.destinationViewController setNewsUrl:news.url];
[segue.destinationViewController setNewsShortDescription:news.summary];
}
}
But when I test I get the following error.
** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Receiver (<tblPlayerNewsDatasourceDelagete: 0x1e5e44c0>) has no segue with identifier 'showPlayerDetailNews''
I get why this is giving the error. Because the playerDetail view uses the class playerDetailController and I am trying to do te segue in the tablePlayerNewsDelegate class. Do you maybe know a way to work around it?
EDIT
Here you see a picture of what I am talking about
So you can see the two tableviews in the playerDetailView. When a cell in the bottom tableview is clicked it should go to the next view.
EDIT2
This is what I do in my playerDetailController to fill up my tableview. I've put this in my viewDidLoad.
tabelPlayerNews=[[tblPlayerNewsDatasourceDelagete alloc]init];
[tabelPlayerNews setTableSource:_newsArray];
tblNews.dataSource=tabelPlayerNews;
tblNews.delegate=tabelPlayerNews;
tabelPlayerNews.view=tabelPlayerNews.tableView;
I'm not sure whether I understand that or not but in general....
To use performSegueWithIdentifier: the drag for the segue should start at the controller that will make the call, not at a view or other object. I think that's what the error message is telling you: assuming there's a segue called "showPlayerDetailNews" in your storyboard, it doesn't belong to the correct object.

Objective-C, Storyboard: instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier returns nil

I have a UITableViewController with a storyboard push segue linking from the prototype cell to a detail page, a regular old UIViewController. In the storyboard, the detail ViewController has an identifier, and the segue has an identifier which is the same as the detail identifier except that the first letter is lowercase. Furthermore, the detail ViewController has a "custom class" (AttractionDetailViewController) selected in the class pulldown.
Doesn't work. The problem is that instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"AttractionDetails returns nil.
Relevant code. First the prepareForSegue method which the debugger has never entered.
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:#"attractionDetails"])
{
AttractionDetailViewController *attrDetailVC = [segue destinationViewController];
}
}
Instead it goes into this method:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
//AttractionDetailViewController *attrDetailVC = [[AttractionDetailViewController alloc] init];
AttractionDetailViewController *attrDetailVC = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"AttractionDetails"];
NSIndexPath *selIndexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
attrDetailVC.theAttraction = [attractions objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:attrDetailVC animated:YES];
}
Since instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier returns nil it throws an exception of course. The really interesting thing is, if I use the alloc init line instead, it works, but the screen is all black.
Anyway, I've read up about this and tried a few different things and I'm still stymied. Does anyone have any suggestions?
The problem is that you didn't instantiate your master view controller (the UITableViewController) from the storyboard, so its storyboard property is nil.

How to unselect a UITableViewCell after you have done some action using didSelectRowAtIndexPath?

Currently I do some work inside the didSelectRowAtIndexPath delegate and noticed that my row is still "selected" after I come back to the view controller later.
How can I unselect this row inside the delegate itself?
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//do logic and ... it remains selected in the view?
}
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
Typically, you want to deselect the row when the view controller appears again:
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
[self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];
}
That's what UITableViewController does implicitly, and animating the deselection process after the view controller appears again is a helpful hint to the user as to which cell they selected previously.

iPad: SplitViewController with navigation

I'm following Apple sample code "MultipleDetailViews" but what I want to do is that:
at start, shows the RootViewController (table view) display the default detailViewController (1st detailView)
when user selected a table cell, push into the stack, display the SubCategoriesVC (table view) in the master of the splitView but don't update the detailView.
in SubCategoriesVC, selecting a table cell.. update the detailViewController (2nd detailView)
So, in RootViewController.m, I push another navigation
...
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
SubCatVC *browseSubCatView = [[SubCatVC alloc] initWithNibName:#"SubCatVC" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:browseSubCatView animated:YES];
[browseSubCatView release];
}
Then, in SubCatVC.m
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UIViewController <SubstitutableDetailViewController> *detailViewController = nil;
SecondDetailViewController *newDetailViewController = [[SecondDetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondDetailViewController" bundle:nil];
detailViewController = newDetailViewController;
// Update the split view controller's view controllers array.
NSArray *viewControllers = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:self.navigationController, detailViewController, nil];
self.splitViewController.viewControllers = viewControllers;
[viewControllers release];
// Dismiss the popover if it's present.
if (self.popoverController != nil) {
[self.popoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}
// Configure the new view controller's popover button (after the view has been displayed and its toolbar/navigation bar has been created).
if (self.rootPopoverButtonItem != nil) {
[detailViewController showRootPopoverButtonItem:self.rootPopoverButtonItem];
}
[detailViewController release];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"updateProduct" object:nil];
}
but it didn't update my detailView.. so I don't know what's wrong?
Src here: http://pastebin.com/iy6SqLqt
Hope someone can advise me. Thanks
I Have not looked at your source, but but a common problem with Split views are delegates.
When you Push a new rootController ont the nav stack, you need to make sure it has the pointer to the detailViewController that you want it to talk to. You can check htis my logging the delegate before you try to update it:
In your SubCatVC (or any root for that matter):
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//do stuff, init alloc vc's....
NSLog(#"DELEGATE: %#",self.delegate);
//push/delegate etc..
}
If you find its nil, copy the original roots delegate, or when your putting your new detail in, notify/set the root you want to comunicate with it.
If you need any more detail, just ask.

My table view does not navigate to another uiview page. What might be wrong?

My table view cells have the ContentView as the Labels. When I click on them to navigate to another view whose viewController is as shown does not navigate.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
DetailedWebViewController *detailedWebViewTab1=[[DetailedWebViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DetailedRssWebView" bundle:Nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:detailedWebViewTab1 animated:NO];
[detailedWebViewTab1 release];
}
on tap it stays where it is highlighting the table in blue.
the object for the XIB is being created but cannot navigate to it.
Try to check in debugger if your detailedWebViewTab1 is really not nil. It seems to be so according to your description.