iOS Is This The Best Way To Add NavigationController as Subview

[zachsilvey]

I am currently using this

[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] addSubview:navView.view];

to add the navigation controller view to the window from inside a UIViewController.

Correct me if I'm wrong but UINavigationController expects to be added to a UIWindow not as a subview of a UIView?

The main issue I'm hitting is that when I try to animate the view switching it doesn't work.

 

[idelovski]

... UINavigationController expects to be added to a UIWindow not as a subview of a UIView?

Yes and no. For example, you can have it as a subview in tab bars so in short, it isn't necessary to have them as a first thing on top of the main window.

On the other hand, it is a good idea to create a nav controller as soon as possible. I wasted some time trying to make navigation controllers behave in the unusual ways and at the end I think it is the best practice to create it at start. If you don't need it there, just make it hidden and later when you do need it make it visible.

 

[dejo]

The main issue I'm hitting is that when I try to animate the view switching it doesn't work.

What makes you think that simply adding a subview will have animation?

 

[zachsilvey]

What makes you think that simply adding a subview will have animation?

I don't, I used the standard block of

[UIView beginAnimations:@"blah" context:nil];

...

[UIView commitAnimations];

Around that line like I usually do when animating the adding of a subview.

 

[dejo]

I don't, I used the standard block of

[UIView beginAnimations:@"blah" context:nil];

...

[UIView commitAnimations];

Around that line like I usually do when animating the adding of a subview.

And what property are you animating? You know, providing a before and after value. You might want to include the whole code block.

And when you say "it doesn't work", what do you mean exactly? The more specific, the better.