How do I make the bottom bar with dots of a UIPageViewController translucent?

Question

I\'m in the process of making a tutorial, and I\'m trying to emulate the style of Path\'s tutorial like so:

http://www.appcoda.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/UIPageV

Answer 1

The same effect can be achieved simply by subclassing UIPageViewController and overriding viewDidLayoutSubviews as follows:

-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews {
    UIView* v = self.view;
    NSArray* subviews = v.subviews;
    // Confirm that the view has the exact expected structure.
    // If you add any custom subviews, you will want to remove this check.
    if( [subviews count] == 2 ) {
        UIScrollView* sv = nil;
        UIPageControl* pc = nil;
        for( UIView* t in subviews ) {
            if( [t isKindOfClass:[UIScrollView class]] ) {
                sv = (UIScrollView*)t;
            } else if( [t isKindOfClass:[UIPageControl class]] ) {
                pc = (UIPageControl*)t;
            }
        }
        if( sv != nil && pc != nil ) {
            // expand scroll view to fit entire view
            sv.frame = v.bounds;
            // put page control in front
            [v bringSubviewToFront:pc];
        }
    }
    [super viewDidLayoutSubviews];
}

Then there is no need to maintain a separate UIPageControl and such.