UIPopoverController not dismissed when opened from self.navigationItem (inside UINavigationController)

Question

I have a problem dismissing a popover that was launched from the navigationItem of a UINavigationController. It seems that the navigation item which is inserted by the UINavigat

Answer 1

I've faced this problem recently and none of the solutions that I've seen around worked for me. Then after some research I've found out a way that works like a charm.

First you need to add the UIStoryboardPopoverSegue to your class.

@property (nonatomic, strong) UIStoryboardPopoverSegue *popoverSegue;

Synthesize it inside of the class implementation:

@synthesize popoverSegue;

Afterwards, inside of the function called by your button when pressed add the following code:

([[popoverSegue popoverController] isPopoverVisible]) ? 
            [self.popoverSegue.popoverController dismissPopoverAnimated: YES] :
            [self performSegueWithIdentifier: @"popSegue" sender:nil];

Now you are almost ready. inside of the method - (void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboard)segue sender:(id)sender add the following code:

if([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"popSegue"]){
    self.popoverSegue = (UIStoryboardPopoverSegue*) segue;
    if(viewPopoverController == nil){
        viewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
        viewPopoverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:viewController];
    }
}

Now every time you press the button it will either show or dismiss your window, the window will also be dismissed if you press outside of the popover. I hope it can help someone.