CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosswift
SKT
SKT

Reputation: 289

Not able to position popover without the arrow

I am displaying a popover (Present as Popover) as a dropdown when the user clicks on nav bar title (which is a label + an image). I was not able to set the nav bar title as popover's anchor view. So for anchor view, I added a clear 1x1 button that sits right below the nav bar (button.top = safe area.top)

I am able to position the popover along the y-axis by changing the y value in sourceRect. 

    popover?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: -10, width: 1, height: 1)

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It looks good, except I don't want the arrow in the popover. So I added this line of code. 

    popover?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)

Now, I am not able to position the popover correctly. It doesn't matter what y value I specify in sourceRect, the popover stays at the same place.

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What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1104

Answers (1)

matt
matt

Reputation: 536057

The problem is that that is not how to suppress the arrow. The right way is to provide a custom UIPopoverBackgroundView that doesn’t draw the arrow.

However it would be better not to do this at all. Popovers have arrows. If you don’t want the arrow, don’t use a popover. Write a custom presented view controller instead.

Upvotes: 7

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