in iOS8: UIPopoverController presentPopoverFromRect not work for keyWindow any more

Question

As titled, in iOS8, [UIPopoverController presentPopoverFromRect] does not work for [UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow any more. (It does work in iOS7)

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Answer 1

The best solution I've come up with is to handle it conditionally. If on iOS 7, use the working code we had for presenting a UIPopoverController on the key window. If on iOS 8, use the following:

     viewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
     UIPopoverPresentationController *presentationController = viewController.popoverPresentationController;
     [presentationController setDelegate:self];
     presentationController.permittedArrowDirections = 0;
     presentationController.sourceView = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
     presentationController.sourceRect = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow].bounds;

     [viewController setPreferredContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 480)];
     [parentController presentViewController:viewController animated:YES completion:nil];

This ends up functioning identically to:

     self.popoverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:viewController];
     [self.popoverController setDelegate:self];
     [self.popoverController setPopoverContentSize:isLandscape() ? CGSizeMake(480*2, 320*2) : CGSizeMake(320*2, 480*2)];
     [self.padPopover presentPopoverFromRect:CGSizeMake(320, 480)
                                      inView:[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow]
                    permittedArrowDirections:0
                                    animated:YES];