Option to choose which controller to display be default

[FredzL]

I'd like to be able to choose which controller to display by default, not the first in the menu. I've got a menu where the first entry is the search page and I don't want it to be displayed by default.

[andreamazz]

You can already do this by calling one of these methods after the creation of the slideout controller:

- (void)switchToControllerTagged:(int)tag andPerformSelector:(SEL)selector withObject:(id)obj;
- (void)switchToControllerTagged:(int)tag andPerformSelector:(SEL)selector withObject:(id)obj afterDelay:(NSTimeInterval)delay;

[FredzL]

Thank you, but unfortunately I don't understand how to use this method and I didn't find examples for it. What am I supposed to put for selector and obj ? I tested with a value of 3 for the tag and nil for the selector and obj but it didn't show my third view.

[FredzL]

I did it by subclassing AMSlideOutNavigationController, here is my code:

#import "MySlideOutNavigationController.h"

@implementation MySlideOutNavigationController

+ (id)slideOutNavigation
{
    return [[MySlideOutNavigationController alloc] init];
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self switchToControllerTagged:3 andPerformSelector:nil withObject:nil];
}

@end

Works well, thanks.

[andreamazz]

The method should be called in the viewDidLoad of the first view controller presented by the slideout. You could argue that it's not a good design choice, and I would agree :D
I'll add the proper options in the next releases, same goes for the issue 31.

[FredzL]

Sounds a bit dangerous to me if the first view controller is changed afterwards. What's the problem with doing it in a subclass of the slide controller ?

[andreamazz]

There's no problem, it's just easier if I'll introduce a couple of options. I'll do it tomorrow.

[FredzL]

Ok, thanks.

[andreamazz]

Added the property strtingControllerTag in commit 8aac98a

[iesta]

Sorry to ask this but how can i change of controller from any another child controller ? I don't think i have an handle to the slideoutController in my children controllers... Or am i doing it wrong ? :-)
Thank you in advance

[andreamazz]

You could have a property of your slideoutcontroller inside your app delegate, than you can access the controller like this:

YourAppDelegate* delegate = [UIapplication sharedApplication].delegate;
[delegate.slideOutController switchToControllerTagged:2 andPerformSelector:nil withObject:nil];

[iesta]

Works great. Now i need to add an animation :-)
Thank you

[FredzL]

Thanks for adding strtingControllerTag, much cleaner this way, works well. Curious about why you named it strtingControllerTag instead of startingControllerTag, typo ?

[andreamazz]

Yep, typo, I fixed it in the last release :)