Creating a popup list view on the iPad

Question

I'm developing an app and I want to have a popup list view similar to the one in Safari on iOS:

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This kind of popup with the little speech bubble style arrow and a thin border appears on a number of apps. Is it a standard component? If so how can I create one?

Is this for iPad? The [UIPopoverController](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIPopoverController_class/Reference/Reference.html) is exclusive to iPad (not available on iPhone). — Marcus Adams, May 29 '13 at 18:51
The question is similar but I was specifically looking for the default implementation for the iPad. — James Andrews, May 29 '13 at 19:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '13 at 18:50

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It's called UIPopoverController.

You create it with it's designated initializer

– initWithContentViewController:

I strongly recommend you to read its docs:

answered May 29 '13 at 18:50

Bruno Koga

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Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for I just wasn't sure what it was called. – James Andrews May 29 '13 at 19:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '13 at 18:57

If you are developing for the iPad, use a UIPopoverController. However, popovers are not supported on the iPhone natively. Instead of using the popover on the iphone, I would created a new scene that contains what you wanted int your popover.

However, if you are committed to using a popover on the iPhone, there are a variety of third party APIs that you can take a look at. WEPopover is one of the more popular ones.

Creating a popup list view on the iPad

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