UIPopoverController alternative on iphone devices

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I have been searching for almost 2 hours on how to implement UIPopoverController in swift language, at the end, i found out that this api are exclusive for iPad devices only.

How will i be able to make a drop down list on iPhone devices?

please someone help me, at lease with the name of the api so that i know what to search for

you can, but the HIG presents / offers different solutions for iPhone as the screen is not big enough for a popup; you may find the `UIPickerView` interesting. — holex, May 20 '15 at 11:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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You can you third party libraries for that:

or if you don't need iOS 7 support you can use iOS 8 new API which answered in this question

UIPopoverPresentationController on iOS 8 iPhone

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered May 20 '15 at 11:49

Dima Cheverda

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '15 at 11:50

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i depends on your needs. You can show UIPickerView, present an action sheet or segue to another VC and then go back - these are standard ways.

answered May 20 '15 at 11:50

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '15 at 13:48

@property(nonatomic,retain) UIPopoverPresentationController *popoverPresentationController;

- (IBAction)showPopover:(id)sender {
    UIViewController *popoverViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"NameViewController" bundle:nil];
    UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:popoverViewController];
    popoverViewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(280, 200);
    navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
    _popoverPresentationController = navigationController.popoverPresentationController;
    _popoverPresentationController.delegate = self;
    _popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;
    _popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = [sender frame];
    navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
    navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
    [_viewController presentViewController:navigationController animated:YES completion:nil];

}

UIPopoverController alternative on iphone devices

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