Question

I am just starting to learn about iPhone development and there seems to be very little resources on using Story Boards.

I have two view controllers, ActionViewController and ActionDetailViewController. AVC list the actions that a user has committed whereas ADVC shows the details of that particular action.

AVC has a “+” button to add a new Action, while AVDC has a “Done” and “Cancel” button.

I really like using storyboards because they are a fantastic way to visualize the app. However, I find that using segues to transition between the two screens quickly becomes visually complicated.

Can someone enlighten me what’s the “typical” way of doing this? Do I really have a new segue for each action?

I also tried using IBActions. However, at AVDC I am unable to transit back to AVC with

[self.presentingViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

Any ideas/

Answer 1

What I would do is set up a single Segue going from the AVC ViewController to the ADVC. Then when you want to perform the segue call

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"nameOfSegueIdentifier" sender:self];

Then override the delegate method below to set up the ADVC

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender

Note you can use

[segue destinationViewController]

to get a pointer to the ADVC so you can manipulate it before it is pushed to the screen.

Hope this helps