I have an iOS7 application, which was based on the Xcode master-detail template, that I am porting to iOS8. One area that has changed a lot is the UISplitViewController
.
When in portrait mode, if the user taps on the detail view controller, the master view controller is dismissed:
I would also like to be able to programmatically hide the master view controller if the user taps on a row.
In iOS 7, the master view controller was displayed as a pop-over, and could be hidden as follows:
[self.masterPopoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
With iOS 8, the master is no longer a popover, so the above technique will not work.
I've tried to dismiss the master view controller:
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
Or tell the split view controller to display the details view controller:
self.splitViewController?.showDetailViewController(bookViewController!, sender: self)
But nothing has worked so far. Any ideas?
Extend the UISplitViewController as follows:
extension UISplitViewController {
func toggleMasterView() {
let barButtonItem = self.displayModeButtonItem()
UIApplication.sharedApplication().sendAction(barButtonItem.action, to: barButtonItem.target, from: nil, forEvent: nil)
}
}
In didSelectRowAtIndexPath
or prepareForSegue
, do the following:
self.splitViewController?.toggleMasterView()
This will smoothly slide the master view out of the way.
I got the idea of using the displayModeButtonItem() from this post and I am simulating a tap on it per this post.
I am not really happy with this solution, since it seems like a hack. But it works well and there seems to be no alternative yet.