Question

Is it possible to make a custom push view controller animation like the image? The basic idea is to push the view normally, but without moving the current view (that calls the pushViewController...).

Answer 1

Sure, that can be done. I made a project where I did it like this:

-(void)slideInController:(RDSlideController *) next {
    next.presentingVC = self;
    next.view.frame = CGRectMake(self.view.frame.origin.x + 320, self.view.frame.origin.y, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
    [self.view.window addSubview:next.view];
    [UIView animateWithDuration:slideTime animations:^{
        next.view.frame = self.view.frame;
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        self.view.window.rootViewController = next;
    }];
}

The view controllers that I slid in were subclasses of RDSlideController (so I could have the presentingVC property and some other things), but that’s not really necessary. Basically, you just instantiate the new controller, set its view’s frame to be off screen to the right, add that view to the window, then animate the frame to the current view’s frame. Finally, you switch out the view controllers so that the new one is now the root view controller of the window.