popView from UITabBarController inside UINavigationController
- by Manu
Hi,
I'm building an application based on the Utility template from Xcode, to which I have added some more views. My application structure would be as follows:
MainView (the app menu)
Flip-side view (a calculator)
UINavigationController
Settings view
viewDiDLoad: UITabBarController
- Tab1 view (options)
- Tab2 view (information text)
I can navigate correctly from my MainView to my Flip-side view, which is also the root view of the Navigation Controller. From my Flip-side view, I push a second view of my Navigation Controller (Settings view) that is configured to show an UITabBarController, with two tabs, as soon as it loads (with viewDidLoad).
If I remove the UITabBarController, I can return with no problems to my Flip-side view using "popViewController" from my Settings view. The problem comes if I load the UITabBarController in viewDiDLoad in my Settings view... the tabs work perfectly, but I'm not able to return to my Flip-side view (root view of the Navigation Controller) anymore.
I CAN return if I use the Navigation Bar of the Navigation Controller, but I want to configure my own buttons and have the Navigation Bar hidden.
So far I've tried the following methods:
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
[self.navigationController popToViewController:FlipSideViewController animated:YES];
But they don't seem to work. The first two just do nothing (the screen remains as it was), and the third one does not recognize the "FlipsideViewController" (maybe because it's a delegate of the MainViewController?).
Is there a way to check what is exactly doing the "back" button of the Navigation Bar if I activate it?
Should I be using delegates?
Can I call a popViewController method in my Settings view from any of the two Tab views?
This is my Flip-side view:
- (IBAction)showSettingsView {
SettingsViewController *controller = [[SettingsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SettingsView" bundle:nil];
controller.title = @"Settings";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
[controller release];
}
This is my Settings view:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
Tab1ViewController* vc1 = [[Tab1ViewController alloc] init];
Tab2ViewController* vc2 = [[Tab2ViewController alloc] init];
NSArray* controllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:vc1, vc2, nil];
tabBarController.viewControllers = controllers;
[self.view addSubview:tabBarController.view];
}
And the method to return in one of the Tab views:
- (IBAction)backFromTab1View {
[self.navigationController popToViewController:FlipSideViewController animated:YES];
}
Thanks very much and sorry if the question is too basic!
