I'm a bit confused regarding the proper way to design a UI for the iPhone that requires users to select from a limited subset of values. In a desktop app, you'd generally use a dropdown control of some sort. The equivalent on the iPhone should be a UIPicker, but it doesn't seem to "work" in certain UI scenarios. I suspect that this is more a failure on my part to think like an iPhone developer, but I'm a bit stuck.
Ideally what I'd like to be able to do is have a UITextField, which when editing begins (the control is selected), a modal dialog with the picker is displayed rather than the keyboard. This is sort of what happens in Safari on the iPhone when a dropdown is selected, but not exactly. Any suggestions on the proper UI design for this kind of situation?
Ideally what I'd like to be able to do is have a UITextField, which when editing begins (the control is selected), a modal dialog with the picker is displayed rather than the keyboard. This is sort of what happens in Safari on the iPhone when a dropdown is selected, but not exactly. Any suggestions on the proper UI design for this kind of situation?