How is this settings popup created?

Question

I really like the way the settings are shown on the Books app and am trying to figure out how replicated it.

Screenshot of Books app with settings shown

Is this an .actionsheet that is somehow moved to show up under the Settings image or a container view that shows up on tap or something else? I'm still at level noob with a basic app and would like to implement this.

This looks like a custom made pop up that is a `UIStackView` — Vollan, May 06 '18 at 05:31

Amber K · Answer 1 · 2018-05-06T05:52:23.257

It is iOS default presentation style for controllers. It's called UIPopOverPresentationController. Here's a good article on presentation controllers. After that you might want to create two to three cells for your options in a UITableView and add that as controller for the popover from your storyboard. You can also change the popover arrow pointing location and direction which you might need when you want to support your app for iPad as well. :)

@IBAction func actionWasTapped(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
    let storyboard : UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
    let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "PopOverVC")
    vc.modalPresentationStyle = .popover
    let popover: UIPopoverPresentationController = vc.popoverPresentationController!
    popover.barButtonItem = sender
    present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '18 at 05:38

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This can done with a-lot of way , you can just create by UIView work as background with custom subview (PopOverMenu) done with UIBezierPath to draw this arrow with corner radius view

upon this pop over you can create MultiSection tableview or collection View or any

Background is add as SubView to UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow?.addSubview(background)
Background have tab gesture to dismiss when tab on background
some closure to bring back data that user select it

answered May 06 '18 at 05:38

Abdelahad Darwish

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None of this necessary. – rmaddy May 06 '18 at 05:48
i don't mention any necessary , just one solution from others @rmaddy – Abdelahad Darwish May 06 '18 at 05:52
But you propose an overly complex, unnecessary solution. iOS provides a simple, standard way to present a view controller as a popover. Please see the answers to the linked duplicate. – rmaddy May 06 '18 at 05:55
ok, thanks , any notes from you is appreciated – Abdelahad Darwish May 06 '18 at 05:57

How is this settings popup created?

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