UIPopoverPresentation without arrow

Question

I am trying to present a UIViewController in an UIPopoverPresentationController but I dont really like the arrow feature.

Basically what I want to do is to use an UIPopoverPresentationController without the arrow that comes with it.

I am coding in Swift.

As far as I know you cant use UIPopoverPresentationController without arrow. The only way - use/create other class. — Yury, Jul 12 '16 at 08:37
@ShadowOf You can definitely do it. I have posted the answer below for you. Be positive, there is nothing you cant do. :) — mshrestha, Jul 12 '16 at 08:56

mshrestha · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13T14:51:14.440

This is what I tackled just a few days back. What I did was basically remove the arrow and provided a source rect myself. The source, of course, had its Y position altered to give it a popover effect without the arrow. Try it, worked like a charm for me.

yourPopoverPresentationController!.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.init(rawValue: 0)
let aView = //Source View that you would provide for the source rect
yourPopoverPresentationController!.sourceView = aView
let position = CGRectMake(aView.bounds.origin.x, aView.bounds.origin.y + 125, aView.bounds.size.width, aView.bounds.size.height)
yourPopoverPresentationController!.sourceRect = position

This resulted in the following effect which was what I required.

the arrow comes on top of the view for me – Rajan M May 16 '18 at 10:25 — Rajan M, May 16 '18 at 10:25

UIPopoverPresentation without arrow

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