How to switch page on iPhone? - objective-c

HI, everyone,
I want to ask a question about the iPhone application. I am writing a program. The program will ask the user the enter some information and press enter, after that the program will process and get some information, then the program will display the tab page with 3 tabs.
However, I don't know how to switch the page after the user enter the information, I have write the following code.
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
[window addSubview: tabBarController.view]; // add the tab page to the view controller
MyViewController *aViewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self setMyViewController:aViewController];
[aViewController release];
UIView *controllersView = [myViewController view];
[window addSubview:controllersView]; // add the first page to the windows in order to let the user enter info.
[controllersView release];
// Override point for customization after application launch
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
If I add the tabBarController first, the controllersView will not appear, if I change the seuqence, it don't know how to make the controllersView disappear to let the tabBarController appears.
And the process is done in the MyViewController.m. Can I
1) remove the controllersView in the MyViewController.m after I complete all the process and
2) display the tabBarController.view ?
Thank you very much.

You need to use a UINavigationController as the root view-controller for your window. You can then push the first UIViewController (MyViewController) on as the top view.
(void)pushViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
When its time for the tab view to appear push it onto the Navigation Controllers stack. To get back to your top view pop the ViewController off the stack
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

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navigating from popup to popup in objective c

I am working with Objective C using xcode and SUP 2.1.3 as backend.I am verymuch new to the technology.I have created a project with master detail as the design template.In that in the detail view I am using a popup to display some details.And also I have a button over there. When I click in this button I have to go to the next UIView in popup itself.
For that I have created two more UIViewControllers (viewController1 and viewController2).
And in detailview I have written the code for a popup like,
-(void)popupAgain
{
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viewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
[self presentModalViewController:viewController animated:YES];
[viewController release];
}
And I put a button over their in that popup, I am calling the next popupAgain funcion to get viewController2 like
-(IBAction)next:(id)sender
{
[self popupAgain];
}
-(void)popupAgain
{
ViewController2 *viewController_new = [[ViewController2 alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController2" bundle:nil];
viewController_new.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
[self presentModalViewController:viewController animated:YES];
[viewController_new release];
}
Now the problem is when I click on the next button I have to dismiss the first popup and display the second.But I am not able to dissmiss the first one even if I am writing the code [self dissmissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES]; in the action for next button like,
-(IBAction)next:(id)sender
{
[self dissmissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
[self popupAgain];
}
Please anyone help me to solve this issue.Or do you have any other idea regarding this?I am very much new to the technology.Thank you very much for any help in advance.
See here:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ModalViewControllers/ModalViewControllers.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457-CH111-SW1
Dismissing a Presented View Controller
When it comes time to dismiss a presented view controller, the preferred approach is to let the presenting view controller dismiss it. In other words, whenever possible, the same view controller that presented the view controller should also take responsibility for dismissing it. Although there are several techniques for notifying the presenting view controller that its presented view controller should be dismissed, the preferred technique is delegation. For more information, see “Using Delegation to Communicate with Other Controllers.”

Creating and Removing UIViews Programmatically

I am learning how to manipulate view displays programmatically, I manage to display a new view in my appDelegate with the following block of code:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
loginController = [[LoginController alloc] init];
[navController pushViewController:loginController animated:NO];
[self.window addSubview:navController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES; }
I have added a button in this view that will remove this current view and supposedly programmatically display a new view, however, I only managed to remove the view and not display the new view.
my code to display the second view is the following:
HomeController *homeView = [[HomeController alloc] init];
[self.window addSubview:homeView.view];
[homeView.view release];
Please advise.. I've been searching for hours to no avail, using Switch Views Programmatically, iPhone Views, removeSuperview..
Basically I want to create a simple login flow, at app start I will display my first view (login form), after successful login I want to discard the old view and display the second view which is my home page.
You are on the right track with using the UINavigationController. In fact, you are almost there.
You already have two view controllers - one for the login page, and one for the home page. In the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:, push both controllers onto the UINavigationController's stack: first the "home" controller, then the "login" one. Once the login controller detects that the login has been successful, call popViewControllerAnimated: or popToRootViewControllerAnimated: to get to the home page.

viewController management programmatically

I have a problem about viewController. I created a program What is viewController based applicaiton. There is 4 button on mainViewController. I used this code for calling mainviewController
-(void) applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application{
self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
Then click to any button on homePage , I go to the other viewController. This code for call another viewController belong
-(IBAction)clickCalendarButton{
calendarButton.selected=YES;
[calendarButton
setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"afvalkalender_pressed.png"] forState:(UIControlStateHighlighted+UIControlStateSelected)];
GarbageCalendar *garbageCalendar = [[GarbageCalendar alloc] initWithNibName:#"GarbageCalendar" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:garbageCalendar animated:YES];
}
And then I want to go home page from another viewController. But I didn' go home page viewController.
Create button on detail view controller, which calls something like this:
- (IBAction)goBack {
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
If you want to keep your current UI design, based on modal view controllers, then I think you should ensure that your other view controllers have got a button that does the dismiss of the view. Say, e.g., a "Back" or "Done" button. When you click on that button, a delegate method is called that executes: [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
Look also at this document for more info, section "Dismissing a Modal View Controller".
If you would like to consider alternative approaches to your UI, you could look into using a UINavigationController, which would make your life a little bit easier with navigating back from one controller to another.

Objective-c How properly mange multiple views and controllers

I have an aplication which initially there's a TabBarController, each tab is a ViewController and every one has a button which calls other controllers.
So how am I supose to structure this? Having one main rootviewController (if so, how?)? Or calling in the appdelegate only the tabBarController and in each the viewControllers inside the tab call the other controllers?
What's the best way so I can advance, go back and transition views nimbly?
Don't know if I made myself clear...
Thanks guys.
Generally you will start with the Template called "Tab Bar Application" and as of Xcode 4 starts by loading the MainWindow Nib, which hold a tab bar and the tab bar is set up in IB to have 2 view controllers, called "FirstViewController", and "SecondViewController"...
You can follow that pattern if it suites you, otherwise you may want to start with a view based application and add your own tab bar. I personally find it to be easier to control the tab bar, through the UITabBarDelegate, especially if you plan to do anything slightly esoteric.
Edit:
Basically one of two ways, if you plan to load a Navigation controller stack, or a single modal view.
1)
ThirdViewController * controller = [[ThirdViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ThirdViewController" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController * myNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:controller];
[self presentModalViewController:myNavigationController animated:YES];
[controller release];
[myNavigationController release];
2)
ThirdViewController * controller = [[ThirdViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ThirdViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
[controller release];
either way get back to the Tab environment by calling the following on the view controller that is calling present modal.
[self
dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

UIView is shown displaced to the top

I have a simple app that has two view controllers. Both of them have a UINavigationBar at the top, as a header. The second UIViewController is displayed as a modal view, when the user clicks on a button on the first one.
When my app first launches, the initial view doesn't completely cover the main UIView and seems "pushed" to the top (see image below).
After I click on the "instructions" button, which displays another view with presentModalViewController:animated:, and dismiss the modal ViewController, everything is displayed correctly.
Anybody knows what I might be doing wrong?
I have nothing in viewWillAppear, and this is my viewDidLoad
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
if (!self.model) {
self.model = [[FRRSushiRiceModel alloc] init];
[[self.header.items objectAtIndex:0] setTitle: #"Perfect Sushi Rice: Ingredients"];
}
}
and my application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Create and add the main controller (ingredients)
self.ingredientsController = [[FRRIngredientsViewController alloc] init];
[window addSubview:self.ingredientsController.view];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
This small project reproduces this behavior:
Test Case
Did you untick the "Wants Full Screen" setting in IB, either for the UINavigationController or UIViewController?
I found the error, guys.
Basically I was trusting the system to correctly set the frame of my views to match the usable portion of the screen. This works when you add it to some controller of controllers (such as UINavigationController), or add it via IB.
If you add your controllers programmatically, you need to set the view's frame explicitly. A good default is:
[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]
represents the part of the screen available to applications: the whole screen minus the status bar.