How to add a view behind other view in iOS

Question

I want to add a view under my tab bar analog in iOS and then show it with animation coming from behind it. But when I use my code, the view that must come from behind my tab bar overlaps my tab bar for a while.

This is my code:

- (void)handlePressedButton {
if (pressedButton.selected) {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    CGAffineTransform transform1 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(-196.0, 0.0);
    CGAffineTransform transform2 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0.0, 0.0);
    [leftPanelView setTransform:transform1];
    [movedView setTransform:transform2];
    [UIView commitAnimations];
    pressedButton.selected = NO;
}
else {
    pressedButton.selected = YES;
    if (leftPanelView) {
        [leftPanelView removeFromSuperview];
        leftPanelView = nil;
    }
    CGRect viewFrame = CGRectMake(-196, 0, 236, 748);
    leftPanelView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:viewFrame];
    leftPanelView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"left-nav-content.png"]];

    // Code to populate leftPanelView according to what button is pressed.
    [self populateLeftPanelView];

    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    [self.view addSubview:leftPanelView];
    CGAffineTransform transform1 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(236.0, 0.0);
    CGAffineTransform transform2 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(112.0, 0.0);
    [leftPanelView setTransform:transform1];
    [movedView setTransform:transform2];
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

}

Here the leftPanelView is the view that must come under a tab bar. Moved view is another view, that is at the right of left panel (don't mind it)

Answer 1

Besides addSubview, there are other methods you can rely on to add your view:

– insertSubview:aboveSubview:
– insertSubview:belowSubview:
– insertSubview:atIndex:

You can control the index (actually z-index, or layer order) of the view using these methods.