Question

Currently I am making a game for iPhone, and want each level to be on a different uiviewcontroller (I have tried putting them all on the same view controller, but this just makes it jumpy). However, I need a way to get a high score in the level’s view controller and send it back to the menu view controller. I am using the code:

SecondLevelViewController *screen = [[SecondLevelViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
screen.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
[self presentModalViewController:screen animated:YES];
[screen release];

to get to the viewcontroller and

[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

to get back. I am familiar with NSUserDefaults, which are what I am using currently to get high scores. However, I know this code resets the level’s view controller, that is still fine and even great because i want the level to reset– but if just i could get data back that would be helpful.

Please put things in simple words, because I am very new to programming.

Thanks in advance!

Steve Becker

PS I am using xcode 4.0…

——————————————–ALSO!!!————————————-
The code I am using, I can only figure out how to get transitions “FlipHorizontal”, “CoverVertical”, and “CrossDissolve”…But I have seen many other cool transitions on the iPhone–like the page corner flipping like a page in a book. If you know how to do these other transitions, please tell me!!!! Greatly appreciated!!!!!

Answer 1

It’s much more standard to have all of the levels on the same UIViewController unless the logic is so different that it’s like playing different games. However, you could use a whole slew of different methods to achieve this. For example, you could use the NSNotificationCenter, NSUserDefaults, or a plist.