Hiding the master view controller with UISplitViewController in iOS8

Question

I have an iOS7 application, which was based on the Xcode master-detail template, that I am porting to iOS8. One area that has changed a lot is the UISplitViewControlle

Answer 1

Use preferredDisplayMode. In didSelectRowAtIndexPath or prepareForSegue:

self.splitViewController?.preferredDisplayMode = .PrimaryHidden
self.splitViewController?.preferredDisplayMode = .Automatic

Unfortunately the master view abruptly disappears instead of sliding away, despite the documentation stating:

If changing the value of this property leads to an actual change in the current display mode, the split view controller animates the resulting change.

Hopefully there is a better way to do this that actually animates the change.