Add child view controller to UINavigationController

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19257999/add-child-view-controller-to-uinavigationcontroller I'm trying to add a child view controller to a UIViewController contained in a UINavigationController with this code: - (void)buttonTapped:(id)sender { MyChildController *viewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"MyChild"]; [self addChildViewController:viewController]; [self.view addSubview:viewController.view]; [viewController didMoveToParentViewController:self]; viewController.view.alpha = 0.0f; [UIView animateWithDuration:0.4 animations:^{ viewController.view.alpha = 1.0f; }]; } But this is the result: As you can see the UINavigatioBar and the UIToolbar are still on top of the child view controller. How can I put the child view controller on top of all? I've already tried to replace the code with: [self.navigationController addChildViewController:viewController]; [self.navigationController.view addSubview:viewController.view]; [viewController didMoveToParentViewController:self.navigationController]; But in this way the viewDidAppear:animated of the viewController doesn't get called, dunno why. iphone  objective-c  uiviewcontroller  ios7  childviewcontroller share improve this question edited Jan 21 at 15:38 Community ♦ 1 asked  Oct 8 '13 at 20:44 Fred Collins 1,156 9 34 88

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In your first view controller, do something like this: - (IBAction)buttonClick:(id)sender { SecondViewController *secondView = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"SecondViewController"]; UIImage *blurryImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"foo.jpeg"]; secondView.imageView.image = blurryImage; [self.navigationController addChildViewController:secondView]; secondView.view.frame = self.navigationController.view.frame; [self.navigationController.view addSubview:secondView.view]; } Then in your second view controller, add the getter for your imageview: -(UIImageView *)imageView { if( _imageView == nil ) { _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 548)]; [self.view addSubview:_imageView]; } return _imageView; } share improve this answer edited Oct 9 '13 at 0:52 answered  Oct 8 '13 at 23:05 JonahGabriel 2,287 1 7 19

I'm trying to use the viewcontroller-container approach because I need to blur the background view of the modal view controller that is also semi-transparent. The effect is the same as notification view that you pull down from the top of the screen. The background is semi-transparent and it's also blur/frosted glass. Why if I add a child view controller to self.navigationController the viewDidAppear method is not called? –  Fred Collins  Oct 8 '13 at 23:21 Hmm...not quite sure...have you tried calling [viewController viewWillAppear:NO]? –  JonahGabriel  Oct 8 '13 at 23:38 Yes and it does nothing. I need to call [viewController viewDidAppear:NO] just after the line[viewController didMoveToParentViewController:self.navigationController]. Why the hell the methods are not called? Otherwise if I add the child view controller to self and notself.navigationController it works but as showed in the above image the view is 'inside' thenavigationController. –  Fred Collins  Oct 8 '13 at 23:44 So I just coded up a simple case of your problem and it looks like viewDidLoad is getting called. Why not put your logic in there? I am imagining you are deallocating your view when it gets hidden right? –  JonahGabriel Oct 8 '13 at 23:51 3   In order for viewWillAppear: and viewDidAppear: to be called, you need to send the message -beginAppearanceTransition:animated: to the view controller responsible for the view you added. Then you do the animation, if any. And in the animation completion block, send -endAppearanceTransition to the view controller that appeared. NOTE: Do not call [viewController viewDidAppear:NO] - you should never invoke these methods yourself. –  Sam  Nov 12 '13 at 10:41 show 4 more comments

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@Sam's comment is correct. You need to call beginApperanceTransition:animated: and endAppearanceTransition for viewDidAppear to be triggered. The reason why UINavigationController does not call viewDidAppear when you add a child view controller is because it has overridden its container composition methods to prevent the programmer from adding a child view controller in strange places. In your case, it doesn't want your child view to cover up the navigation bar. The correct usage of a navigation controller is to have children appear under the navigation bar. Nonetheless, you can still force upon this non-standard UI by manually telling the child when it is appearing and when it has finished appearing. Add a child to UINavigationController MyChildViewController* child = [[MyChildViewController alloc] init]l [self.navigationController addChildViewController:child]; child.view.frame = self.navigationController.bounds; [self.navigationController.view addSubjvew:child.view]; child.view.alpha = 0.0; [child beginAppearanceTransition:YES animated:YES]; [UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut animations:^(void){ child.view.alpha = 1.0; } completion:^(BOOL finished) { [child endAppearanceTransition]; [child didMoveToParentViewController:self.navigationController]; } ]; Remove a child from UINavigationController [child willMoveToParentViewController:nil]; [child beginAppearanceTransition:NO animated:YES]; [UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut animations:^(void){ child.view.alpha = 0.0; } completion:^(BOOL finished) { [child endAppearanceTransition]; [child.view removeFromSuperview]; [child removeFromParentViewController]; } ]; share improve this answer edited Jul 26 at 14:14 kernix 886 1 8 31 answered  Mar 25 '14 at 21:19 Pwner 1,192 1 16 43

1   I think child be calling didMoveToParentViewController: when its being removed.. Something like,[child didMoveToParentViewController:nil] –  Mohammad Abdurraafay  May 11 '14 at 8:37 It helped me ... thank you. Gave upvote Pwner. –  Meenu  Jul 29 '14 at 12:43 very helpful, thanks! –  kernix  Jul 26 at 12:48 add a comment