How to push an UIViewController to UISplitViewController

Question

I want to push an UINavigationController object into an UISplitViewController, but I got the message below:

2014-04-30 02:25:11.215 test_demo[483:70b] Split View Controllers cannot be pushed to a Navigation Controller <UINavigationController: 0x8d34360>.

This is my push method:

- (IBAction)toggleToSplitView:(id)sender {
    SplitViewController *splitViewController = [[SplitViewController alloc] init];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:splitViewController animated:YES];
}

In fact, I want to design a login view with a UIViewController, then, I want to push to a UISplitViewController. Anyone who can help me to solve this problem? Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

man. I don't think this is a good idea to push an UIViewController to UISplitViewController. if you must to do it like this. you can use this method:

SplitViewController *splitViewController = [[SplitViewController alloc] init];
[self.view.window setRootViewController:splitViewController];

but, I think this is not a perfect solution. Especially， when you need to add some custom animation during push between different ViewController. thus, maybe you should custom a splitView and added it to an UIViewController. there are many sample code in github for custom UISplitViewController.

https://github.com/Alterplay/APSplitViewController

https://github.com/palaniraja/cUISplitViewController

I hope this help for you.

Answer 2

As the message suggests, you cannot do that.

What you can do is display your SplitViewController first and then present your LoginView from your SplitViewController without animation.

Answer 3

Actually, you're trying to push a UISplitViewController into UINavigationController object. Not vice versa. And it's not allowed. That's what error message says.

UISplitViewController is a specific controller which can be used only as a root view controller in the navigation stack. Also, it can be used only in iPad applications.

Answer 4

-(void)pushView :(UIViewController *)splitViewController{
    self.rootViewControllerPre=self.window.rootViewController;
    _window.rootViewController=splitViewController;
}

-(void)popView{
    _window.rootViewController=_rootViewControllerPre;
}