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bmjohns
bmjohns

Reputation: 6470

Is it Possible to Dismiss MFMailComposeViewController Without User Interaction?

I am able to successfully dismiss my MFMailComposeViewController in the didFinishWithResult delegate method. However, I have a scenario where I would like to dismiss the composer without user interaction, like selecting cancel or sending the mail.

I have looked in apple docs and was unable to find anything entirely useful. I have tried calling dismissViewControllerAnimated but that only seems to be working when I am inside the didFinishWithResult delegate method. Is there anyway to force that delegate method or dismiss the composer alternatively?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 152

Answers (1)

Jeremy
Jeremy

Reputation: 9030

Assuming you are presenting your mail controller from a UIViewController, you may dismiss it programmatically by calling the UIViewController method:

dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion:

See this apple reference: dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion:

You did mention:

I have tried calling dismissViewControllerAnimated but that only seems to be working when I am inside the didFinishWithResult delegate method

What you are experiencing may be indicative of a different problem as I was able to successfully do this outside of the mailComposeController:didFinishWithResult:error: delegate method.

Example:

-(void)showMail
{
    MFMailComposeViewController *mailController = [[[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init] autorelease];

    //Set the message, subject, etc...

    //Display
    [someViewController presentViewController:mailController animated:YES completion:nil];

    //As a proof of concept, close programmatically after a couple of seconds...
    [self performSelector:@selector(dismissMailController) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.0];
}

-(void)dismissMailController
{
    [someViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

Upvotes: 1

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