SWRevealViewController close rear view when tapping front view

Question

I am using SWRevealViewController in order to implement a side nav menu in my app. I would like to make it so that the front view cannot be interacted with when

Answer 1

On your Menu view controller, add this:

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [self.revealViewController.frontViewController.view setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
}

-(void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidDisappear:animated];

    [self.revealViewController.frontViewController.view setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
}

Then on your Menu Item View Controller, add this on viewDidLoad:

SWRevealViewController *revealController = [self revealViewController];
[revealController tapGestureRecognizer];

Also check out my answer here. It addresses the problem on front view interaction (plus a slide gesture).

Answer 2

Put below code on menu view controller its works for me

@interface SidebarTableViewController() {
    UIView* coverView;
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [coverView removeFromSuperview];
    //[self.revealViewController.frontViewController.view setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
    // get your window screen size
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    // get your window screen size
    CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
    //create a new view with the same size
    coverView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:screenRect];
    // change the background color to black and the opacity to 0.6
    coverView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor blackColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.6];
    // add this new view to your main view
    [self.revealViewController.frontViewController.view addSubview:coverView];
    // [self.revealViewController.frontViewController.view setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
}

Answer 3

1. Subclass of SWRevealViewController.
2. Implement revealController:willMoveToPosition: of SWRevealViewControllerDelegate.
3. Set full screen view on front view controller to override all touches.
4. Add tap gesture recognizer to hide menu.

Sample with nice animation:

- (void)revealController:(SWRevealViewController *)revealController willMoveToPosition:(FrontViewPosition)position;
{
    static NSInteger tagLockView = 4207868622;
    if (revealController.frontViewPosition == FrontViewPositionRight) {
        UIView *lock = [self.frontViewController.view viewWithTag:tagLockView];
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.25 animations:^{
            lock.alpha = 0;
        } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
            [lock removeFromSuperview];
        }];
    } else if (revealController.frontViewPosition == FrontViewPositionLeft) {
        UIView *lock = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.frontViewController.view.bounds];
        lock.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
        lock.tag = tagLockView;
        lock.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        lock.alpha = 0;
        [lock addGestureRecognizer:[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(revealToggle:)]];
        [self.frontViewController.view addSubview:lock];
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.75 animations:^{
            lock.alpha = 0.333;
        }];
    }
}

This solution for old version 1.x SWRevealViewController.