UIPopover without any arrows

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Is it possible to present a popover without any sort of arrows pointing somewhere?

Are you're suggesting that I use `-presentModalViewController:animated:`? That's extremely different from a UIPopover. It doesn't provide the same look and feel as a UIPopover, and you're limited to certain fixed dimensions. — David Liu, Aug 04 '10 at 18:42

score 111 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '10 at 00:54

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Yes it is possible just do:

 [self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:anItem   
                                permittedArrowDirections:0
                                                animated:YES];

The zero represent no direction.

answered Sep 02 '10 at 00:54

Matt

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it works for me!!! thanks.. will apple accept this? ... by the way, is it posible to present a keyboard inside a popover, the way it looks on ipad passcode? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3636560/how-to-present-keyboard-inside-popover-ipad-passcode-lock-style – Omer Sep 03 '10 at 14:10
Setting this parameter to 0 breaks the sizing of my popover. – devios1 Aug 08 '13 at 20:12
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Try creating subclass of UIPopoverBackground class and override arrowDirection getter method. In that method return 0. – NetDeveloper Aug 23 '13 at 14:58
For swift use UIPopoverArrowDirection.allZeros – Jbryson Mar 17 '15 at 19:13
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this is not working for iOS 9. there is no allZeros property. Xcode did autocorrect that to just using (). so UIPopoverArrowDirection() works on iOS 9 – ryanmmanalo Sep 30 '15 at 20:09

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '15 at 09:40

For iPhone and swift 2.0 try this one

Code to initiate popover

initiatePopover(){
    let popoverContent = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("XYZController") as! XYZController
    let nav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: popoverContent)
    nav.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
    let popover = nav.popoverPresentationController
    popoverContent.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(250 ,200)
    popover!.delegate = self
    popover!.sourceView = self.view
    popover!.sourceRect = CGRectMake(200,200,0,0)
    popover!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
    self.presentViewController(nav, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

And add this to your ViewController

func adaptivePresentationStyleForPresentationController(controller: UIPresentationController) -> UIModalPresentationStyle {
    return UIModalPresentationStyle.None
}

score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 05 '18 at 13:17

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Swift4:

popover.permittedArrowDirections = []

edited Sep 05 '18 at 13:17

bphi

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answered Sep 05 '18 at 12:33

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Akshay · Answer 4 · 2012-09-07T05:15:44.667

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Set the permittedArrowDirections to 0.

permittedArrowDirections:0

Code -

[self.popoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:anItem   
                                permittedArrowDirections:0
                                                animated:YES];

Zero tells "NoDirection".

edited Sep 07 '12 at 05:15

answered Sep 12 '11 at 09:45

Akshay

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You can also do it in the storyboard segue by deselecting all the arrow direction checkboxes. – Echelon Jan 20 '16 at 19:10

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 19 '17 at 10:31

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Swift3, this code work for me

popover.permittedArrowDirections = .init(rawValue: 0)

answered Jan 19 '17 at 10:31

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 28 '16 at 12:23

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For Swift 2.0 and iOS9 the solution is:

popoverViewController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()

edited Jan 28 '16 at 12:23

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answered Jan 28 '16 at 11:36

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Value of type 'UIPopoverController' has no member 'permittedArrowDirections' – SpyZip Apr 08 '16 at 11:24
@SpyZip This works. Maybe you forgot the question mark. – Mustafa Sabur Nov 07 '16 at 17:46

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 10:42

In swift 3, you can build a UIPopoverArrowDirection extension for this:

extension UIPopoverArrowDirection {
    public static var noArrow: UIPopoverArrowDirection {
        return UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
    }
}

and the you can do:

popoverPresentationController!.permittedArrowDirections = .noArrow

score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 01 '18 at 15:29

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In Swift, you can simply do:

popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = []

Since in another configuration you could have used:

popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = [.up, .down]

answered Apr 01 '18 at 15:29

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score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 07 '11 at 07:08

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Try this , it works for me.

[self.popoverViewController presentPopoverFromRect:rect inView:self.view  permittedArrowDirections:0 animated:YES];

answered Jul 07 '11 at 07:08

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score 3 · Answer 10 · edited Apr 14 '16 at 12:53

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In my case for swift developers

popoverController.sourceView = self.view
popoverController.sourceRect = self.view.bounds
popoverController.backgroundColor = UIColor.brownColor()

popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.init(rawValue: 0)
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(width/4, hieght/4, width/2, hieght/2);

edited Apr 14 '16 at 12:53

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answered Apr 14 '16 at 11:18

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score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 10 '13 at 09:52

This works fine for me.

[popoverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)
                                    inView:self.view 
                  permittedArrowDirections:NULL 
                                  animated:YES];

Enjoy Coding.

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 14 '14 at 16:10

Do not use Popovers if you don't want to show arrows. Present your view controller as a Modal and use a UIModalPresentationFormSheet instead.

Example:

UIStoryboard *sb = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MyStoryBoard" bundle:nil];
UIViewController* viewController = [sb instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"myViewController"];
viewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
[presenterViewController presentViewController: viewController animated:YES completion:^{

}];

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 04 '10 at 18:38

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Nope, there is no UIPopoverArrowDirectionNone option, and UIPopoverArrowDirectionUnknown throws an exception i think if you try to use that to present.

Instead of a popover controller, you can call presentModalViewController:animated: and set the controller you are presenting to have a modal presentation style of UIModalPresentationFormSheet or perhaps UIModalPresentationPageSheet. Those are more traditional popup screens than popovers are.

answered Aug 04 '10 at 18:38

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Unfortunately, presentModalViewController is limited to certain particular frame sizes, while popovers are not, unless I'm missing something. They also don't provide the same look and feel as a popover. – David Liu Aug 09 '10 at 19:55
That's correct. Unfortunately, if your requirements are strict you may have to roll your own popups to get what you want. – Kevlar Aug 09 '10 at 22:53

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 03 '12 at 11:30

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Try this one

[popOverController presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 40) inView:popOverContentView permittedArrowDirections:0 animated:NO];

answered Dec 03 '12 at 11:30

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GxocT · Answer 15 · 2017-07-28T12:26:22.187

I use popover to show menu depending on touch coordinate. In this case popover uses maximum height of self.view

CGRect popeverFrame = CGRectMake(touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y, 0, 0);
[self.popover presentPopoverFromRect:popeverFrame
                              inView:self.view
            permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny
                            animated:YES];

But when I use 0-direction. Popover rectangle doesn't set it height to maximum and can only be set by appropriate property.

CGRect popeverFrame = CGRectMake(touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y, 0, 0);
[self.popover presentPopoverFromRect:popeverFrame
                              inView:self.view
            permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny
                            animated:YES];

Hope this will help: Help with UIPopOverController size

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:33

To make a pop over direction none and make it to appear in center of the view controller :

let PopSrnVar = popoverPresentationController
let ConRctVar = view.frame
PopSrnVar!.sourceRect = CGRectMake(ConRctVar.width/4, ConRctVar.height/4, ConRctVar.width/2, ConRctVar.height/2)
// To make arrows as none
PopSrnVar!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()

score -3 · Answer 17 · answered May 27 '15 at 10:44

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A simple solution in SWIFT:

popover!.permittedArrowDirections = nil

answered May 27 '15 at 10:44

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