Mac OS X Cocoa multiview application navigation

Question

I\'ve already spent 2 full days trying to figure out how to use NSViewControllers in order to create a multiview application.

Here is what I do.

I have 2 Vie

Answer 1

here is the solution to my question then.

Here's the code for the AppDelegate.h:

  //  AppDelegate.h


 #import 
 #import "FirstViewController.h"
 #import "SecondViewController.h"

 //We need to declare the AppDelegate class as being the delegate for both 
 //FirstViewController and SecondViewController

 @interface AppDelegate : NSObject 

 @property (strong, nonatomic) NSWindow *window;
 @property (strong) FirstViewController *firstViewController;
 @property (strong) SecondViewController *secondViewController;

 -(void) goToSecondView;
 -(void) goToFirstView;

 @end

Now, here's the AppDelegate.m:

 //  AppDelegate.m

 #import "AppDelegate.h"


 @implementation AppDelegate

 @synthesize window = _window;
 @synthesize firstViewController;
 @synthesize secondViewController;

 -(void) awakeFromNib {

 [self goToFirstView];
 self.firstViewController.delegate = self;

 }


 -(void) goToSecondView {

        if (self.secondViewController ==nil) {
            self.secondViewController =[[SecondViewController alloc] 
            initWithNibName:@"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
        }

        self.window.contentView = [self.secondViewController view];
  }

 -(void) goToFirstView {

 if (self.firstViewController ==nil) {
     self.firstViewController =[[FirstViewController alloc] 
     initWithNibName:@"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
   }

    self.window.contentView = [self.firstViewController view];

 }

 @end

Next we need to set delegates in the FirstViewController and the SecondViewController

//  FirstViewController.h

#import 
#import "SecondViewController.h"

//We declare the delegation protocole:

@protocol FirstViewControllerDelegate 

-(void)goToSecondView;

@end

@interface FirstViewController : NSViewController

- (IBAction)firstViewControllerButtonClicked:(id)sender;

@property (nonatomic, strong) id  delegate;

@end

And here is the FirstViewController.m:

 //  FirstViewController.m

 #import "FirstViewController.h"

 @implementation FirstViewController
 @synthesize delegate;

 - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil{
   self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
   if (self) {

    self.delegate = [NSApp delegate];

    }

   return self;
 }

 - (IBAction)firstViewControllerButtonClicked:(id)sender {

   NSLog(@"button from first View Controller clicked");

   if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(goToSecondView)]) {
    [self.delegate goToSecondView];
   }
 }

 @end

Now, same thing for the SecondViewController:

 //  SecondViewController.h

 #import 

 @protocol SecondViewControllerDelegate 

 -(void)goToFirstView;

 @end

 @interface SecondViewController : NSViewController

 @property (nonatomic, strong) id  delegate;

 - (IBAction)goToFirstViewControllerButtonClicked:(id)sender;

 @end

And here's the SecondViewController.m:

  //  SecondViewController.m

  #import "SecondViewController.h"

  @interface SecondViewController ()

  @end

  @implementation SecondViewController

  - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil{
  self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
  if (self) {

      self.delegate = [NSApp delegate];
   }

    return self;
  }

  - (IBAction)goToFirstViewControllerButtonClicked:(id)sender {

    NSLog(@"button from Second View Controller clicked");

    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(goToFirstView)]) {
    [self.delegate goToFirstView];
  }

 }
 @end

Well, I guess this code may be improved and if you have any suggestion, feel free to let me know. Hope it will help others.