uiviewcontroller

How to choose UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight or UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft?

I have two apps, both of which force the user to use the iPhone in landscape mode, in order to have a wider screen, instead of a taller one. I selected UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight in my plist file as I prefer to hold the iPhone with my right thumb over the iPhone button. Some users would like to have the app start-up in UIInte...

Given a view, how do I get its viewController?

I have a pointer to a view. How do I access its viewcontroller? "[self superview]" is another view, but not the viewcontroller, right? ...

UIViewController Overlaping Views

I know that I'm either operating with a fundamental misunderstanding or have just missed something simple here. Basically I'm trying to add a new UIViewController on top of an existing UIViewController when the user clicks a UIButton. -(void)newCharacterClick:(id)sender{ characterViewController *viewController = [[[characterViewCont...

iPhone - MessageUI - framework not found Message

I want to be able to use the iPhones Mail.app inside my application so my users can send a share email without leaving the application. I know 3.0 made this possible. I have added the framework properly by ctrl clicking on my frameworks folder -> add existing framework. Added this to the header file of the viewcontroller I want the ...

What function will call when view controller is changed to another view controller?

I have two view controller classes in my application delegate. I can change from one view controller to the next view controller by issuing the method -pushViewController:animated of the navigationController class and going back to the previous view controller by calling the method -popViewController:animated. Now my problem is I want to...

Interface Builder and View Hierarchy Construction.

I have created a simple UIView hierarchy in IB: Parent (UIView) child (UIView) child (UIView) child (UIButton) The button sits atop the two sibling UIViews. My app launches in landscape mode rather then portrait. When the only child view is a UIButton, the button correctly rotates 90 deg. However, when I add the child UIViews th...

Add a UIImageView as a subview of a UIViewController without using IB

In my UIViewController's viewDidLoad method I instance a UIImageView instance called stage: stage = [Stage viewWithParent:self]; and that calls this: - (id)initWithParent:(UIView *)parent { self = [self initWithFrame:CGRectZero]; if (!self) return nil; [parent addSubview:self]; return self; } + (id) viewWith...

how to change the orientation of a view controller for specific view

I have following requirement in my application. A tableView with games title After selecting a game / cell A detail view appears when user presses on a button to see the huge image from detail screen, it should push another view a new pushed view should be displayed in landscape mode All previous view should be in portrait mode & onl...

UITableView woes: Keep on getting this runtime error unrecognised selector

HI guys, I have this error that is keeping me from moving forward. I basically have an application which contains a UITabViewController which points to individual UIViewControllers. So one of the tabs, I want to implement a basic TableViewController. Now, no matter what i do, whether its cut and paste sample UIViewController code that ...

Why isn't my UIViewController in the responder chain for its view?

I have written a subclass of UIViewController which creates a view programmatically, instead of loading it from a NIB file. It has a simple loadView method: - (void)loadView { UIScrollView *mainScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]]; self.view = mainScrollView; [mainScrollVi...

How to set parentViewController in UIViewController?

The parentViewController property of UIViewController is readonly, but I am nesting custom view controllers and would like to use this property. However, since it is readonly, and I found no other way to set this property, my quesion is: how do I set it? Obviously, UINavigationController can set the property somehow in -pushViewContro...

Why isn't my UIView resizing properly inside my UIViewController's subview?

I have a UIViewController that contains a subview and a UIToolbar. I'm trying to add another UIViewController containing an MKMapView as a subview, but it is not resizing properly and as a result, the map is overlapping the toolbar. What am I doing wrong? - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil ...

Stange visual effect with segmented control and flip transition

I have a view which flips in using uiviewanimationtransitionflipfromleft. The view that flips in has a segmented control on it. Whilst this all works fine there is something strange happening visually. As the view flips the segmented control appears to be squashed in the centre. Once the view is full flipped everything looks fine. Has a...

Custom iPhone control using UIViewController subclass

I wanted a control like the UISlider, but with two thumbs instead of one so you could specify a range instead of just one value. I read up on other people looking for the same thing and suggestions about making new controls were over my head. So I decided to setup what I wanted in a nib and then created a view controller to handle its b...

How to remove a subview from memory and display right away?

How do I remove a UIImageView's subview (a View Controller in this case) from memory and display immediately? [myGroovySubview release]; isn't doing it. Any help appreciated! Thanks // :) ...

iphone sdk - calling a method of view's superview's viewcontroller

hello how can i call in the current view, a method implemented in the viewcontroller of the current view's superview? can you help me please. thanx ...

Custom animation for pushing a UIViewController

Hi, I want to show a custom animation when pushing a view controller: I would like to achieve something like an "expand" animation, that means the new view expands from a given rectangle, lets say [100,100 220,380] during the animation to full screen. Any suggestions where to start, respectively any documents, tutorials, links? :) hei...

iPhone crashing when presenting modal view controller

Hi there, I'm trying to display a modal view straight after another view has been presented modally (the second is a loading view that appears). - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewDidAppear:animated]; // Show load LoadViewController *loader = [[LoadViewController alloc] init]; [self presentModalViewContro...

How can i simple display a View from a Controller? (IPhone SDK)

Hey, sorry for the question but i dont found any working solution. I simple want to display a "CreditsView". So if i press a button show a credits view, press ok view disappear. I have my base controller and my credits view controller and now i try something like: - (IBAction)switchToCreditsView:(id)sender { creditsViewController = [...

“Normal” UIButton causing obj_stack_overflow or EXC_BAD_ACCESS exception

It sure looks innocuous enough. In my App Delegate, I check NSUserDefaults for a flag to show tips at startup. If it’s set then, at the end of applicationDidFinishLaunching:, I do this: TipsViewController *vc = [[TipsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@“TipsView" bundle:nil]; [window addSubview:vc.view]; [vc release]; The idea is...