iOS table view controller as menu?

[theprizerevealed]

I wish to update an app with a menu. I have been doing that with switches until now; however there are too many view controllers and so I wonder if it's possible to use the table viewcontroller as a menu with each being a button to segue to a particular viewcontroller? thanks

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Take a look at Settings.app on your device. It uses TableViews extensively. See if something there is what you want.

 

[Mascots]

Generally, I would say UITableView is going to be your most extensively used 'complex' building block for anything that involves rows of segmented data or layouts that can scroll beyond the available bounds. It's a step more powerful than UIScrollView in the sense that it has a layout engine attached for delivering the various subviews.

You can also nest it within just about anything, including menu-styled views.

 

[theprizerevealed]

Is there a special cell or button for the tableview controller cells that has those little right pointing arrows on the right side of the cells? Where do I find it?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Read Apple's documentation on UITableViewCell. Look for accessoryType.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitableviewcell

 

[theprizerevealed]

thanks.

I have another question. I embedded a navigation controller into the table viewcontroller. This created a navigation bar in the viewcontrollers to which the table viewcontroller segues. The navigation bars have back buttons with the left pointing arrows.

I need to know if there is a way programmatically to trigger the back button on the navigation bars. thanks again for everyone's help.

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Look at Apple's documentation for UINavigationController. Look for discussion of pushing and popping.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationcontroller

You can also do this with an unwind segue

https://developer.apple.com/library.../ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/UsingSegues.html

 

[theprizerevealed]

thanks, I opted to use the unwind segue and I found very simple directions which are easy to understand. Here they are for anyone trying to understand how to use unwind segues:

https://medium.com/@mimicatcodes/create-unwind-segues-in-swift-3-8793f7d23c6f