Backboard menus, for all those (hamburger) menus we all love so much.
Wrap your application rootViewController in a containerViewController and add as many backboard menus as you need, set a view controller for each, a width to show on screen and the position to reveal from; top, left, bottom, or right.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
// Create a standard window
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
// Create a typical view controller stack however you need it
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[HomeViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil]];
// Backboards require a container view controller to maniuplate the views so we'll make the that the root of the application
UIViewController *containerViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[containerViewController addChildViewController:navigationController];
[containerViewController.view addSubview:navigationController.view];
// Create a view controller you wish to show for each backboard, this could be a navigation menu or pretty much anything you like
UIViewController *menu = [[MenuViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
// Optionally use this class method to create multiple backboards and present/dismiss them by name when required
[RCHBackboard setupWithName:@"top" container:containerViewController root:navigationController backboard:menu orientation:RCHBackboardOrientationTop width:90];
[RCHBackboard setupWithName:@"left" container:containerViewController root:navigationController backboard:menu orientation:RCHBackboardOrientationLeft width:150];
[RCHBackboard setupWithName:@"right" container:containerViewController root:navigationController backboard:menu orientation:RCHBackboardOrientationRight width:250];
// Adding a backboard with a different viewcontroller..
UIViewController *credits = [[CreditsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[RCHBackboard setupWithName:@"bottom" container:containerViewController root:navigationController backboard:credits orientation:RCHBackboardOrientationBottom width:350];
// We're done, lift the curtains and start the show!
[_window setRootViewController:containerViewController];
[_window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
[RCHBackboard presentBackboardWithName:@"HamburgerMenu" completion:nil];
[RCHBackboard dismissBackboardWithName:@"HamburgerMenu" completion:nil];
