iPhone Modal View Smaller that the screen

Question

I\'m trying to do something that shouldn\'t be that complicated, but I can\'t figure it out. I have a UIViewController displaying a UITableView. I want to present a context menu

Answer 1

I'm coding similar thing. My approach include.....

1. Not using dismissModalViewControllerAnimated and presentModalViewController:animated.

2. Design a customized full sized view in IB. In its viewDidLoad message body, set the background color to clearColor, so that space on the view not covered by controllers are transparent.

3. I put a UIImageView under the controllers of the floating view. The UIImageView contains a photoshoped image, which has rounded corners and the background is set to transparent. This image view serves as the container.

4. I uses CoreAnimation to present/dismiss the floating view in the modal view style: (the FloatingViewController.m)

   -  (void)viewDidLoad
   {
       [super viewDidLoad];
       [self.view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
   
       [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
       [self.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 480, 320, 480)];
   
       [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.75f];
       [self.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
       [UIView commitAnimations];
   }