Force popover on iPhone with programmatically created UIPopoverPresentationController

Question

I need to create a new popover view as the anchor is not visible in Interface Builder during compile time.

According to this post, implementing the delegate method will

Answer 1

It seems moving the line presentViewController(contentView, animated: true, completion: nil) to the end of the function would fix the issue.

Answer 2

let contentView  = 
PLMainNavigationManager.sharedInstance.storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("PLSearchVCID") as! PLSearchVC
        contentView.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
        contentView.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(400.0, 500.0)
        var _popoverPresentationController = contentView.popoverPresentationController!
        _popoverPresentationController.delegate = self
        _popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.Any
        _popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view
       _popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(-30, -280, 320, 400)  
        PLMainNavigationManager.sharedInstance.navigationController?.presentViewController(contentView, animated: true, completion: nil)