Equivalent of Fragment (Android) in iOS

Question

I want to know if there is a way to use some view controllers within a view controller which provides the same functionality as Fragments in Android? I want to use custom view controllers so I do not want to use NSTabViewController, UISplitViewController etc.

Zebulen

Answer 1

Container View Controllers allow to include child view controller inside another view controller. Take a look at the docs by clicking on the "more..." link in the class overview.

Implementing a Container View Controller
A custom UIViewController subclass can also act as a container view controller. A container view controller manages the presentation of content of other view controllers it owns, also known as its child view controllers. A child's view can be presented as-is or in conjunction with views owned by the container view controller....

Using them in storyboards is as simple as dragging the Container View to your view controller.

And Xcode will automatically add a child view controller to it

Oster

Container View is not available when using Xib's though. My approach is to add a view controller in code by calling - (void)addChildViewController:(UIViewController *)childController; -> developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiviewcontroller/… – Ceremony

This answer gives you also a hint: stackoverflow.com/a/32554359 and the Apple documentation can help you: developer.apple.com/library/archive/featuredarticles/… – Ceremony