UINavigationController size on iPad

Question

I am having problems adjusting the size of the UINavigationController on iPad (iOS 4.3.5). On the tablet's large screen it appears as a window with the background of fullscreen view dimmed, however I want to adjust the width of that window (to be the same size as iPhone Retina display).

SettingsViewController *settingsController = [[SettingsViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingsController];

[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];

SettingsViewController contains a UITableView and with the default width of the UINavigationController window it looks too wide, so I need to either make the window narrower or at least add some padding to the underlying UITableView, so that the rows are not as wide.

Any solutions/suggestions would be appreciated.

DONOT present the navigationController as a modalviewcontroller. Bad things will happen. Call [window addSubview:self.navController.view]; — CodaFi, Oct 18 '11 at 04:13
That would make the view appear fullscreen - I want it to be displayed in a window (on iPad) — Mike Gouline, Oct 18 '11 at 04:38

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Found it in another thread How to resize a UIModalPresentationFormSheet?.

I just needed to set the modalPresentationStyle on the navController to UIModalPresentationFormSheet and after presenting it, modify the superview frame size and center.

SettingsViewController *settingsController = [[SettingsViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingsController];
navController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;

[self presentModalViewController:navController animated:YES];

navController.view.superview.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 200);
navController.view.superview.center = self.view.center;

UINavigationController size on iPad

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