simple dropdown box in swift

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Which control to use to have a simple dropdown box in swift ?

I managed to use the UIPickerview, but this is not usable in my case. The UIPickerview shows the values before and after and will overlap texts and titles in my gui. I also don't like to waste space in my gui only to have these sexy controls.

Is there a standard control for me, or do I have really to implement my own control ?

Probably NSCombobox, which I just found ? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28114909/how-can-i-get-a-populated-combobox-to-display-its-options-in-swift — mcfly soft, Jul 03 '15 at 08:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 08:33

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As far as I know apple does not provide standard control for Drop down menu.

There can be a workaround using UIPopoverController. You can use UIPopoverController's following initializer:

init(contentViewController viewController: UIViewController)

And pass the listViewController you want to show in the contentViewController.

Note: It will show the items as a Popover and not a DropDown. So if you want to implement a Dropdown you will have to make it on your own.

answered Jul 03 '15 at 08:33

Jaycee

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Thanks for helping. isn't this awkward that apple doesn't offer a simple dropdown box, which everyone is familiar since years ! – mcfly soft Jul 03 '15 at 08:38
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Yeah it's awkward. They should probably provide a standard control. – Jaycee Jul 03 '15 at 08:49

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