Add a UIView above all, even the navigation bar

Question

I want to display, above any other views, even the navigation bar, a kind of \"pop-up\" view that looks like this:

• full screen black background with a 0.5 alph

Answer 1

I recommend you to create a new UIWindow:

UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
window.rootViewController = viewController;
window.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
window.opaque = NO;
window.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelCFShareCircle;
window.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

[window makeKeyAndVisible];

Then you can manage your view in an other UIViewController. To remove the windows:

[window removeFromSuperview];
window = nil;

hope that will help!