presenting modal views in a popover

Question

Hi,

Im trying to load a modal view from a view controller that is displayed in a popover. The modal view loads but the problem is that it transitions into the main view and not within the popover. Is it something Im missing? I thought simply initiating it from a vc within a popover would present the modal view within the same popover...

The code is nothing special as bellow:

- (IBAction)myButton{
ModalVC *controller = [[ModalVC alloc] initWithNibName:@"ModalVC" bundle:nil];

[self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
[controller release]; }

Answer 1

It's because you presentModalViewController to self. Try to add a UIBarButtonItem in your ViewController (self) and do:

[controller presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];

where sender is the UIBarButtonItem

Answer 2

If you add

controller.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;

before the call to presentModalViewController:animated your ModalVC should be displayed within the popover.

Another way to display something modally in a popover is to use the property modalInPopover.