switch views using a button, going to a table view, iphone

Question

My program has 4 buttons and each button calls a different table view. That works fine, but my problem is, the view controller I'm using brings up a table view that covers up my navigation bar and my tab bar. I need to replace that coding with something that will bring up a table and not cover up my nav and tab bars. Here is the coding I'm using: -(IBAction)buttonNorthWest {

NorthWestViewController *nwController = [[NorthWestViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"NorthWestView" bundle:nil];
self.nwViewController = nwController;
[self.view insertSubview:nwViewController.view atIndex:0];


[self presentModalViewController:nwViewController animated:YES];


[nwController release];

}

The [self presentModalViewController....] is the problem. Does anyone know how I can replace that code with something that keeps my nav and tab bars?

Thanks, Jaime

Answer 1

On the iPhone, all modal view controllers must be full screen as seen here http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/UIViewController/modalPresentationStyle

As an alternative you could display the tableview as a subview and adjust the frame so that it does not overlap the nav or toolbar.