Navigation application in mac

Question

hi, i am new to mac development, i have to create an application which will have multiple views/windows like in installation wizard( where few option are selected one after other etc). Can any one provide me a link for any such tutorial or where can i refer them. sample app will be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

The most basic implementation would use a tabless NSTabView where each tab contains the specific "screens" (views) in your "wizard" (usually called an "assistant" on Mac OS X). You can select tabs by index or identifier, which map to your own logical order. Alternatively (to make animation easier), you could use plain NSViews (with outlets to each) and use [[containerView animator] replaceSubview:existingSubview with:targetView].

The rest is a matter of designing the path through the view (ie, choosing option B on view 3 skips view 4 and goes straight to 5, etc.). I recommend mapping this out on paper or with your favorite flowchart software, then build the UI to match.

Answer 2

A question exactly like this was asked recently http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3806241/presenting-multiple-views-sequentially-os-x/3806679#3806679 . In short use M3NavigationView from Martin Pilkington http://www.mcubedsw.com/dev

Basically it pushes and pops NSViewControllers on a stack and allows you to animate between them. It's the easiest solution to this I've found so far.