Ipad orientation problem when a splitview is brought in

ashwinr87 · April 2011

Hi,

I have an application in which my first view has a label and a button..when I click the button, I bring in a split view.

The problem I am facing is that, the orientation of the split view is acting wierd. At times, it displays in landscape orientation properly and at other times, it displays in portrait orientation with half of its view cut. During this time, when I change the ipad orientations using the cmd + arrow keys, the split view goes haphazard.

I have included in my info.plist file -> Information property list " Initial interface orientation" and its value " landscape (right home button)". Other than that, I have not made any change...

The main thing which is bugging me is that, this does not happen all the time. It happens off and on.

It would be great if someone could help me out in this.

BrianSlick · April 2011

Show some code. How are you putting the split view on the screen?

ashwinr87 · April 2011

hi brian.. i am unable to upload my code here due to size restrictions..
if you want, I can send u a zipped project by mail if you send me ur mail id..
let me know...
thanks

BrianSlick;320002 said:
Show some code. How are you putting the split view on the screen?

BrianSlick · April 2011

I am not going to look at your entire project for free. Post the relevant sections code. It should only be a few lines of code.

ashwinr87 · April 2011

BrianSlick;321750 said:
I am not going to look at your entire project for free. Post the relevant sections code. It should only be a few lines of code.

ok...

Here is what I have in my app delegate

- (void) makeSplitViewController {
	
    NSMutableArray *controllers = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:tabBarController.viewControllers];
    
	// First tabbbar item
	// detail view
	detailViewController = [[DetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@\"DetailView\" bundle:nil];
	UINavigationController *navDetailView = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:detailViewController] autorelease];
	navDetailView.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
	
	
	// root view
	rootViewController = [[RootViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStylePlain];
	rootViewController.detailViewController = detailViewController;
	rootViewController.navigationItem.title = @\"List\";
	
	UINavigationController *navRootView = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootViewController] autorelease];
	navRootView.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
	navRootView.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;
	
	splitViewController = [[UISplitViewController alloc] init];
	splitViewController.tabBarItem.title = @\"Face Sheet\";
	splitViewController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@\"gear1.png\"];
	splitViewController.navigationItem.title = @\"Face Sheet\";
	splitViewController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:navRootView, navDetailView, nil];
	splitViewController.delegate = detailViewController;
	splitViewController.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
	[controllers addObject:splitViewController];
	
	// Second tabbbar item
	scoreViewController = [[ScoreCardViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@\"TableViewController\" bundle:nil];
	scoreViewController.tabBarItem.title = @\"Score Card\";
	scoreViewController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@\"gear1.png\"];
	scoreViewController.navigationItem.title = @\"Score Card\";
	[controllers addObject:scoreViewController];
	
    tabBarController.viewControllers = controllers;
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {    
	
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
	// Create tabbar
	tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] init];
	//tabBarController.delegate = self;
	
	// Set window
	[window addSubview:splashController.view];
	[window insertSubview:tabBarController.view belowSubview:splashController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    
	application.statusBarOrientation = UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
	
    return YES;
}

Here is what I have my in SplashScreenView

- (IBAction) proceedButtonClick:(id)sender
{
	// Initialize loginpopview
	PhysicianLoginViewController *loginViewController = [[PhysicianLoginViewController alloc] init];
	
	popOverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:loginViewController];
	popOverController.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(350, 200);
	popOverController.delegate = self;
	
	// Set a notification to dismiss it later
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(loginViewControllerDone:) name:@\"loginViewControllerDone\"  object:popOverController.contentViewController];
	
	// Present popover
	if ([popOverController isPopoverVisible])
	{
		[popOverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
	}
	else 
	{
		
		[popOverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(485, 600, 100, 100) inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionDown animated:YES];
	}
	
}

// Dismiss popview controller and setup the tabbar
- (void)loginViewControllerDone:(NSNotification *)notification
{
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
    
	// Button in content view controller was tapped, dismiss popover...
    [self.popOverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
	
	// remove subview
	[self.view removeFromSuperview];
	
	// set tabbar
	i3EAppDelegate *appDelegate = (i3EAppDelegate *) [[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
	[appDelegate makeSplitViewController];
	
}

I have posted what I felt is the important part.. let me know...

BrianSlick · April 2011

For future reference, the following pieces of information would have been useful to include in the first post:

- Oh yeah, and I'm trying to put this split view controller inside a tab bar controller.
- And what I have so far comes from this thread.

Now I'm not positive, but I suspect that your issue is right here:

[window addSubview:splashController.view];
[window insertSubview:tabBarController.view belowSubview:splashController.view];

I always have issues when I add more than one view to the window. You may be able to find a solution in this thread.

ashwinr87 · April 2011

thank you for your quick reply.. I will look into it...
I would like to mention one more thing.. say if I change the code as below

[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
[window insertSubview:splashController.view aboveSubview:tabBarController.view]

what happens now is that, the splash controller comes in the haphazard manner (i.e. its view in landscape but its components in portrait) but the splitview controller is coming perfectly... I had also got the issue down to the

[window insertSubview]

but unable to solve the issue..

BrianSlick;321760 said:
For future reference, the following pieces of information would have been useful to include in the first post:

- Oh yeah, and I'm trying to put this split view controller inside a tab bar controller.
- And what I have so far comes from this thread.

Now I'm not positive, but I suspect that your issue is right here:
[window addSubview:splashController.view];
[window insertSubview:tabBarController.view belowSubview:splashController.view];
I always have issues when I add more than one view to the window. You may be able to find a solution in this thread.

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