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Reputation: 49

IOS development with and without storyboard

I have developed login, signup and a couple of other screens for my IOS app. Now I am trying to build the dashboard screen for my app (consider it similar to Facebook's news feed) but facing difficulties creating the UI in the storyboard. Also, if there is no Image in the post then I want the UITableView cell to reduce its size by setting the UIImageView's height to zero, but it's not working for me. Overall for my dashboard screen, I am thinking of building the UI from the code itself. Now I have the following question:

Is it possible to use storyboard for some of the screens and not for others? If yes, then how do I navigate to the screen without storyboard (say my Dashboard screen) from a screen with the storyboard (say my login screen).

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1115

Answers (3)

Rohit
Rohit

Reputation: 2326

Yes you can make app without using Storyboards or if you want to use you can also use. Advantages of Storyboard

1- Ease of Use

2- Visual

And Advantages of Code

1-Control

2-Reusability

3- Merge Conflict - This is main reason why some Standard Developers refused to use Storyboard. It is very difficult to resolved the merge conflict. This makes working on the same Storyboard a grueling process. It is not a simple task because our Storyboard merge conflicts consists more than just code, there are codes that renders the UI.

And Of course you can build App by using both Storyboards and Code.. it totally depends upon you. And for navigation just call simple push and segues method in your code. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

Jack
Jack

Reputation: 14329

You can mix all types in iOS,

  1. Storyboard, 2. xib, 3, Programmatically

1 . Storyboard

use 

let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "ViewController")
navigationController?.pushViewController(vc!, animated: true)

where "ViewController" is storyboard id

2.XIB

let vc1 = TransHistoryViewController(nibName: "TransHistoryViewController", bundle: nil)
navigationController?.pushViewController(vc1, animated: true)

where "TransHistoryViewController" is xib name.

3. Programmatically

you have to create UIViewController() instance & jump there respectively.

Upvotes: 1

Priyam Dutta
Priyam Dutta

Reputation: 702

With storyboard: First embed ViewController into NavigationController

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Using seque enter image description here

Code for data transfer:

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    let detailController = segue.destination as? SecondViewController
    detailController.object = self.object
}

Without seque:

If both ViewControllers are in same storyboard

func foo() {
    let secondViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("secondViewController") as? SecondViewController
    self.navigationController?.pushViewController(secondViewController!, animated: true)
}

If both SecondViewController is in different storyboard

Get the storyboard from the Bundle then Navigate to it

func foo() {
    let fooStoryboard = UIStoryboard.init(name: "Foo", bundle: Bundle.main)
    let secondViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("secondViewController") as? SecondViewController
    self.navigationController?.pushViewController(secondViewController!, animated: true)
}

Without storyboard:

Embed your LoginViewController as rootViewController so that navigation is possible.

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    let fooStoryboard = UIStoryboard.init(name: "Foo", bundle: Bundle.main)
    let loginViewController = fooStoryboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("loginViewController") as? LoginViewController
    let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: loginViewController)
    self.window?.rootViewController = navigationController
    return true
}

Now from LoginViewController you can push programmatically as suggested above.

Upvotes: 2

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