Setting the parentViewController property without using a navigationController.

[screwtape]

Can this be done?

I have an app with non-standard navigation, for which it would be very useful to be able to set the parentViewController. However, it is read-only and I can't see anywhere in the code that tells you how to make set a viewController's parent. It just seems to be done automatically by the navigation controller or when using the presentModal..., which I can't use as I don't want a full screen window.

Presumably there is some hidden or protected method with which the system set's the property. Is there any way of accessing it?

[bytor99999]

I am confused, are you using a NavigationController, but in a nonstandar way?

Anyway, I have a main view controller that I use, I just create it in my app delegate then add the view to the main window's subviews. I now have a reference to my top level view controller and it is displaying without a nav controller or anything else. I even pass it to my other view controllers so they can call up when needed.

Mark

[screwtape]

That's sort of what I'm doing, I just wondered if it could be done without having to implement an additional property, since there is a built in one.

It's the same for getting the view controller from the view. I've added a UIViewController member to my custom view, but it seems so unnecessary as there is a _delegate member in UIView, you just can't access it from the properties.