Segue from one storyboard to a different storyboard?

Question

I have too many views on one storyboard which is causing it to run really slow. I have been told that a solution to this issue would be to split the one storyboard into multiple storyboards. Could anyone tell me how I can segue from a view on storyboard 1 to a view in storyboard 2 via a button?

Answer 1

With Xcode 7 you can pick Storyboard References

and set the destination storyboard and controller

Answer 2

In Swift (iOS 8.1) this is pretty easy:

  var storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Another", bundle: nil)
  var vc = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("NextViewController") as AnotherViewController
  self.showViewController(vc, sender: self)

Update for Swift 3:

let storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Another", bundle: nil)
let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "NextViewController") as! AnotherViewController
self.show(vc, sender: self)

Answer 3

Adding a Reference to Another Storyboard - Apple developer doc

Answer 4

Another solution using segues (iOS SDK 6.0+), which keeps code separated by purpose and leaves room for customisation:

- (BOOL)shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier sender:(id)sender {
    //check/validate/abort segue
    return YES;
}//optional

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    //sender - segue/destination related preparations/data transfer
}

#pragma mark - Table view delegate

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UIViewController *destination = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"SomeStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateInitialViewController];

    UIStoryboardSegue *segue = [UIStoryboardSegue segueWithIdentifier:@"identifier" source:self destination:destination performHandler:^(void) {
        //view transition/animation
        [self.navigationController pushViewController:destination animated:YES];
    }];

    UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [self shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:segue.identifier sender:cell];//optional
    [self prepareForSegue:segue sender:cell];

    [segue perform];
}

Note: UITableViewCell *cell is used as sender to keep default TableViewController response behaviour.

Answer 5

I tried everything I had read but still had no success. I've managed to get it working using Rob Browns Storyboard Link It's easy to implement and works really fast

Answer 6

Finally XCode 7 has added this feature in which you can segue between view controllers in two different storyboards using interface builder. Till now, we had to do this programatically.

Answer 7

First of all, breaking up a storyboard into multiple separate ones is a great idea, saves a lot of headache (especially if you are on a team and dealing with lots of merge conflicts in the storyboard file).

Now to answer your question - you cannot perform a segue between two storyboards necessarily, but one solution I've had great success with is to do something like this:

- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(id)sender {

    UIViewController *otherVC = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"SecondStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateInitialViewController]; //Or get a VC by its identifier

    [self.navigationController pushViewController:otherVC animated:YES];
}

Just load up the other storyboard and either call instantiateInitialViewController or instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier: then do whatever transition you would like.

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Here is a simple Swift solution:

    let viewController:UIViewController = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("ViewController") as UIViewController
    // .instantiatViewControllerWithIdentifier() returns AnyObject! this must be downcast to utilize it

    self.presentViewController(viewController, animated: false, completion: nil)

Answer 9

Swift 3

let vc = UIStoryboard(name: "StoryboardName", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "ViewControllerIdentifier") as? ExpectedViewControllerClass
self.show(vc, sender: self)

Where the "StroboardName" is the name of your .storyboardfile. The "ViewControllerIdentifier" is the id of the View in the story board. And "self" is any UIViewController

In my case, the identifier was "chooseCountryViewController"