iPad UISplitView initial state in portrait: how to display popover controller widget?

Question

Hi,

I'm working on an iPad app that uses a UISplitView. Inspired by http://blog.blackwhale.at/2010/04/your-first-ipad-split-view-application/, I display a button in my detail view when in portrait mode that shows the popover controller. This works great. However, the appropriate UISplitViewControllerDelegate message is only sent when the device rotates. So, when the app first loads (in portrait mode), my navigation button is not visible.

Is it possible to somehow convince the UISplitViewController to send that message on load or something, or do I need to re-implement my own popover logic to get things working?

Thanks,

-Patrick

Answer 1

That's weird. Maybe you missed something. Take a look at the template based on a splitController. It works fine form very startup no matter in what mode the app was loaded.

Answer 2

I am looking for the same... anybody having a solution?

Answer 3

did you make sure that your UISplitViewController's view is the only subview of your UIWindow, and that you added it inside the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method of your app delegate