Unload subview/revert to previous view

[royen]

Hey!

Im trying to implement a standard hierarchical menu, and I've actually got it working to the point where it compiles and I can pick an entry and the appropriate subview loads. What I can't figure out is how to make it so I can return to the menu from the subviews.

What I've done is this:

- (IBAction)loadFoo:(id)sender {
	if (self.fooViewController == nil) {
		FooViewController *aFooViewController = [[FooViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"FooView" bundle:nil];
		self.fooViewController = aFooController;
		[aFooController release];
	}

	BarAppDelegate *appDelegate = (BarAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
	BarViewController *viewController = (BarViewController *)[appDelegate viewController];
	UIWindow *window = (UIWindow *)[appDelegate window];

	[viewController.view removeFromSuperview];
	[window addSubview:fooViewController.view];
}

Now I tried to essentially do the reverse of this and pretty soon ended up in cyclical dependencies territory with some really cryptic errors. I also tried flattening out the hierarchy so that the menu was essentially just another choice that happened to be loaded automatically, but then I ended up in the same place as before with the added problem of having to kick every decision up a level. So, am I going about this in a really boneheaded way? It *feels* like something that should be trivial enough to implement...

[royen]

Never mind, I over-complicated stuff. Works fine with just

[self.view removeFromSuperview];

[BrianSlick]

Any reason you aren't using a navigation controller?

[royen]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

Any reason you aren't using a navigation controller?

Ignorance -- dind't know they existed until you just mentioned them

Will definitely read up on them now!