Manually instantiating a view… black screen

Question

I was trying out doing a manual instantiation of a view and all I get is a black screen.

Here's the core of my FinishedLoading

currentController = new ChoicesScreen(this.window.Handle);
window.AddSubview (currentController.View);
window.MakeKeyAndVisible();

note: CurrentController is a protected UIViewController currentController

ChoicesScreen is defined in IB, has the proper outlets, actions, etc. in other words its a valid view.

I tried the default constructor for ChoicesScreen and got the same thing. Obviously I'm missing something in how to get my own screen up.

Answer 1

Driss,

You need to set the frame for the new view, to define where it'll show in the view:

currentController = new ChoicesScreen(this.window.Handle);
currentController.View.Frame = new System.Drawing.RectangleF(0, 0, 320, 480);
window.AddSubview (currentController.View);
window.MakeKeyAndVisible();