UIPopoverController not dismissed when opened from self.navigationItem (inside UINavigationController)

Question

I have a problem dismissing a popover that was launched from the navigationItem of a UINavigationController. It seems that the navigation item which is inserted by the UINavigat

Answer 1

Here's the complete description for popovers in storyboards. Assuming your controller to appear in the popover is named MyPopupController, do this:

1. Define a segue from the main scene to the MyPopupController scene, using style Popover.

2. Add a property to MyPopupController.h

   @property (weak, nonatomic) UIPopoverController *popover;
   

3. Synthesize the property in MyPopupController.m

   @synthesize popover = _popover
   

4. In the prepareForSegue:sender: method of the main scene controller, set up the popoverproperty:

   UIStoryboardPopoverSegue *ps = (UIStoryboardPopoverSegue *)segue;
   MyPopupController *dc = ps.destinationViewController;
   dc.popover = ps.popoverController;
   

5. In the viewWillAppear: method of MyPopupController, add the following code (don't forget [super viewWillAppear] as well):

   self.popover.passThroughViews = nil;
   

You should be done now.

Thanks to Robert for the basic idea - I just had to find the correct place because presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem is not used when using storyboards. Note that putting (5) into viewDidLoad does not work.

Have fun coding!