ModalViewController transparent background iOS 8

Question

Opened old project in Xcode 6 and found issue that background is not transparent in presented view controller. I have used solution in the topic below and it worked so far in ios7. iOS : ModalView with background transparent?

Please advice how to deal with iOS 8.

Check [my answer here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27175632/817598) for a solution that works in both iOS 7 and 8 — Pedro Mancheno, Nov 27 '14 at 16:55

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '14 at 09:05

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Try setting the modalPresentationStyle property of the presented view controller to the new UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext constant e.g.

[_modalViewController setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext]

answered Sep 02 '14 at 09:05

mmccomb

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If you changed presentation style in "segue", you have to change it back to default. or it will give you a black background. – c9s Mar 11 '15 at 12:07
what about in code? I set this presentation style and still get it :/ I am calling presentViewController – apinho Jan 08 '16 at 15:47
If you have a tab bar, use Full Screen instead. – Sherwin Zadeh Mar 26 '16 at 00:32

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '14 at 22:35

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mmccomb's solution eventually worked for me, but I had to tweak a couple of things. Hopefully these details help someone:

1) I had to set the property of the presented view controller from the presenting view controller, like this:

MyViewController *myVc = [segue destinationViewController];
[myVc setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];

Setting the presentation style from within the presented VC's viewDidLoad didn't work.

2) I was using a storyboard, and I had to go into the segue properties and set the Presentation style to Default. Setting any other value gave me a black background.

answered Sep 22 '14 at 22:35

itnAAnti

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Weird behaviour. Thanks for help. – Tomasz Szulc Nov 02 '14 at 20:28
Setting presentation style in viewDidLoad didn't work for me either, it must be reset somewhere else. – nacross Nov 10 '14 at 01:08
I think that's another xcode's bug, 2) works for me! – c9s Mar 11 '15 at 11:55
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slightly different in swift: `myVc.modalPresentationStyle = .OverCurrentContext`, rest exactly the same as in this answer! +1 – MMachinegun Mar 12 '15 at 17:51

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 13 '15 at 22:21

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Interface Builder Solution

Thanks to @mmccomb's programmatic solution.

Achieve this by:

Creating a segue in your storyboard file (ctrl + click & drag)
Choosing Present Modally from the dropdown options
Select the Modal Segue in the IB Storyboard - (just the segue)
Set Presentation in the Attributes Inspector to Over Current Context

I would recommend changing the alpha/opacity to 50% + and using a darker background color, otherwise you'll have a hard time distinguishing between the presenting view controller's content and the one you are presenting modally.

answered Jan 13 '15 at 22:21

ChrisHaze

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Thank you very much for your solution and the steps you give. This is exactly what i'm looking for. – Tien Mar 26 '16 at 15:32
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@ChrisHaze, I follow these steps you give I have solved my issue but when dismiss view controller previous view controller's view's methods didn't call like viewWillAppear of viewDidAppear etc. why ? – Raj Joshi Dec 22 '16 at 06:24

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 11 '15 at 12:13

If you changed presentation style in "segue", you have to change it back to default. or it will give you a black background.

I've tried using Storyboard with Segue config, however it does not work.

here is the code works for me, in the - (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender method:

// Make sure your segue name in storyboard is the same as this line
if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"PresentStationChooserViewController"])
{
    ChooseStationViewController *controller = [segue destinationViewController];
    controller.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.7f];
    [controller setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext];
    controller.stationList = _remoteStations;
}

This is really helpful! Thanks! – tyegah123 Jul 16 '15 at 06:31 — tyegah123, Jul 16 '15 at 06:31

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 11 '17 at 07:32

iOS8+

Please take a look on below code snippet, its solved my problem,

SecondViewController *secondViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
secondViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext;           
[self presentViewController:secondViewController animated:YES completion:nil];

ModalViewController transparent background iOS 8

5 Answers5

Interface Builder Solution

Achieve this by: