Question

If you have a UINavigationController’s UIViewController present a UITableViewController (TVC) modally, is there a way for the TVC to display the UINavigationBar of its parentViewController? Or, should I have it create a new UINavigationBar, item, buttons, etc. for the modal TVC?

Answer 1

I would just instantiate a UINavigationController right before you present your modal.

YourViewController *modalViewController = [[YourViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"foo" bundle:nil]
UINavigationController *tmpNavController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:modalViewController];
[modalViewController release];
[self.navigationController presentModalViewController:tmpNavController animated:YES];
[tmpNavController release];

This is just back-of-the-envelope – I wouldn’t copy and paste that code w/o a double-check!