UIPopover without any arrows

Question

Is it possible to present a popover without any sort of arrows pointing somewhere?

Answer 1

Try this one

[popOverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 40) inView:popOverContentView permittedArrowDirections:0 animated:NO];

Answer 2

In my case for swift developers

popoverController.sourceView = self.view
popoverController.sourceRect = self.view.bounds
popoverController.backgroundColor = UIColor.brownColor()

popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.init(rawValue: 0)
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(width/4, hieght/4, width/2, hieght/2);

Answer 3

Yes it is possible just do:

 [self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:anItem   
                                permittedArrowDirections:0
                                                animated:YES];

The zero represent no direction.

Answer 4

Nope, there is no UIPopoverArrowDirectionNone option, and UIPopoverArrowDirectionUnknown throws an exception i think if you try to use that to present.

Instead of a popover controller, you can call presentModalViewController:animated: and set the controller you are presenting to have a modal presentation style of UIModalPresentationFormSheet or perhaps UIModalPresentationPageSheet. Those are more traditional popup screens than popovers are.

Answer 5

A simple solution in SWIFT:

popover!.permittedArrowDirections = nil

Answer 6

For iPhone and swift 2.0 try this one

Code to initiate popover

initiatePopover(){
    let popoverContent = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("XYZController") as! XYZController
    let nav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: popoverContent)
    nav.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
    let popover = nav.popoverPresentationController
    popoverContent.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(250 ,200)
    popover!.delegate = self
    popover!.sourceView = self.view
    popover!.sourceRect = CGRectMake(200,200,0,0)
    popover!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
    self.presentViewController(nav, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

And add this to your ViewController

func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController) -> UIModalPresentationStyle {
    return UIModalPresentationStyle.None
}