Question

Is it possible to display an irregularly shaped Modal view using presentModalViewController? The modal is covering the screen partially (presentation style is set to UIModalPresentationFormSheet)

I tried simply setting the superview clipsToBounds to NO, it didn’t work. I can’t seem to get rid of the rounded corner as well.

PS: I am trying to avoid having to create a custom view and do this manually.

PPS: I noticed from the docs that we are supposed to use presentViewController now in iOS 5. It didn’t accomplish anything different though.

Answer 1

I sort of got it working. It’s a bit of a hack, but it works.

The code (this is inside the controller who spawn the modal):

// Present the modal
[self presentViewController:modalVC animated:YES completion:NULL];

// Let content overflow and shrink superview to a small dimension
modalVC.view.clipsToBounds = NO;
modalVC.view.superview.bounds = CGRectMake(modalVC.view.superview.bounds.origin.x, modalVC.view.superview.bounds.origin.y, 100, 100);

Now just make the modal’s views bigger than the superview and you can go crazy with the shape.

Note that touches will only register on the superview area.