UIPopover without any arrows
UikitIpadUipopovercontrollerUikit Problem Overview
Is it possible to present a popover without any sort of arrows pointing somewhere?
Uikit Solutions
Solution 1 - Uikit
Yes it is possible just do:
[self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:anItem
permittedArrowDirections:0
animated:YES];
The zero represent no direction.
Solution 2 - Uikit
For iPhone and swift 2.0 try this one
Code to initiate popover
initiatePopover(){
let popoverContent = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("XYZController") as! XYZController
let nav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: popoverContent)
nav.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
let popover = nav.popoverPresentationController
popoverContent.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(250 ,200)
popover!.delegate = self
popover!.sourceView = self.view
popover!.sourceRect = CGRectMake(200,200,0,0)
popover!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
self.presentViewController(nav, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
And add this to your ViewController
func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController) -> UIModalPresentationStyle {
return UIModalPresentationStyle.None
}
Solution 3 - Uikit
Swift4:
popover.permittedArrowDirections = []
Solution 4 - Uikit
Set the permittedArrowDirections to 0.
permittedArrowDirections:0
Code -
[self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:anItem
permittedArrowDirections:0
animated:YES];
Zero tells "NoDirection".
Solution 5 - Uikit
Swift3, this code work for me
popover.permittedArrowDirections = .init(rawValue: 0)
Solution 6 - Uikit
For Swift 2.0 and iOS9 the solution is:
popoverViewController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()
Solution 7 - Uikit
In Swift, you can simply do:
popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = []
Since in another configuration you could have used:
popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = [.up, .down]
Solution 8 - Uikit
Try this , it works for me.
[self.popoverViewController presentPopoverFromRect:rect inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:0 animated:YES];
Solution 9 - Uikit
In swift 3, you can build a UIPopoverArrowDirection extension for this:
extension UIPopoverArrowDirection {
public static var noArrow: UIPopoverArrowDirection {
return UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
}
}
and the you can do:
popoverPresentationController!.permittedArrowDirections = .noArrow
Solution 10 - Uikit
This works fine for me.
[popoverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)
inView:self.view
permittedArrowDirections:NULL
animated:YES];
Enjoy Coding.
Solution 11 - Uikit
In my case for swift developers
popoverController.sourceView = self.view
popoverController.sourceRect = self.view.bounds
popoverController.backgroundColor = UIColor.brownColor()
popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.init(rawValue: 0)
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(width/4, hieght/4, width/2, hieght/2);
Solution 12 - Uikit
Nope, there is no UIPopoverArrowDirectionNone option, and UIPopoverArrowDirectionUnknown throws an exception i think if you try to use that to present.
Instead of a popover controller, you can call presentModalViewController:animated: and set the controller you are presenting to have a modal presentation style of UIModalPresentationFormSheet or perhaps UIModalPresentationPageSheet. Those are more traditional popup screens than popovers are.
Solution 13 - Uikit
Do not use Popovers if you don't want to show arrows. Present your view controller as a Modal and use a UIModalPresentationFormSheet instead.
Example:
UIStoryboard *sb = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MyStoryBoard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController* viewController = [sb instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"myViewController"];
viewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
[presenterViewController presentViewController: viewController animated:YES completion:^{
}];
Solution 14 - Uikit
Try this one
[popOverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 40) inView:popOverContentView permittedArrowDirections:0 animated:NO];
Solution 15 - Uikit
I use popover to show menu depending on touch coordinate. In this case popover uses maximum height of self.view
CGRect popeverFrame = CGRectMake(touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y, 0, 0);
[self.popover presentPopoverFromRect:popeverFrame
inView:self.view
permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny
animated:YES];
But when I use 0-direction. Popover rectangle doesn't set it height to maximum and can only be set by appropriate property.
CGRect popeverFrame = CGRectMake(touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y, 0, 0);
[self.popover presentPopoverFromRect:popeverFrame
inView:self.view
permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny
animated:YES];
Hope this will help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6770987/help-with-uipopovercontroller-size
Solution 16 - Uikit
To make a pop over direction none and make it to appear in center of the view controller :
let PopSrnVar = popoverPresentationController
let ConRctVar = view.frame
PopSrnVar!.sourceRect = CGRectMake(ConRctVar.width/4, ConRctVar.height/4, ConRctVar.width/2, ConRctVar.height/2)
// To make arrows as none
PopSrnVar!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()
Solution 17 - Uikit
A simple solution in SWIFT:
popover!.permittedArrowDirections = nil