how to center a popoverview in swift

Question

I have the following code to show a popoverview (dialog) without an arrow, which works fine. The only problem is, that the dialog is shown in the top left (IPad). I would li

Answer 1

Swift 4 implementation for center Popover controller

let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: controller)

 navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = .popover      
 navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.popover
 let popover = navigationController.popoverPresentationController
 controller.preferredContentSize = CGSize(width:500,height:600) //manage according to Device like iPad/iPhone
 popover?.delegate = self
 popover?.sourceView = self.view
 popover?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: view.center.x, y: view.     .y, width: 0, height: 0)
 popover?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)

 self.present(navigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 2

Swift 4 implementation :

popover.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: view.center.x, y: view.center.y, width: 0, height: 0)
popover.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = view
popover.popoverPresentationController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)

Answer 3

Add the below mentioned line of code to make it centre.

popoverController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = view

popoverController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = view.bounds

Answer 4

In case if it helps anyone, I have created an extension on UIViewController

extension UIViewController{
    func configureAsPopoverAndPosition(withWidthRatio widthRatio:CGFloat,
                                       heightRatio:CGFloat){
        modalPresentationStyle = .popover
        let screenWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width
        let screenHeight = UIScreen.main.bounds.height
        let popover = popoverPresentationController
        popover?.sourceView = self.view

        popover?.permittedArrowDirections = [UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)]
        preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: (screenWidth * widthRatio),
                                      height: (screenHeight * heightRatio))

        popover?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: view.center.x,
                                     y: view.center.y,
                                     width: 0,
                                     height: 0)
    }
}

Usage:

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad{
                    yourViewController.configureAsPopoverAndPosition(withWidthRatio: 0.7 /*Make view controller width 70 % of screen width*/,
                                                                        heightRatio: 0.7/*Make view controller height 70 % of screen height*/)
                }

This will show the popover at center of the screen.