how to put slide menu for multi tabs screen

[gaurav6192]

My first screen is a login screen, which then leads to the screens where i want the slide menu.

a = AScreen.new(nav_bar: true) b = BScreen.new(nav_bar: true) c = CScreen.new(nav_bar: true) d = DScreen.new(nav_bar: true)

open_tab_bar a, b, c, d

how can i implement it?

[macfanatic]

I'm honestly not sure with the open_tab_bar PM method, b/c it's going to create a view controller & wire some stuff up for you.

Ultimately you're wanting to have a "left" & "right" view controller, so the right is the UITabBarController that PM will create

[gaurav6192]

Is it possible to define the slide menu for individual screens rather than in the AppDelegate itself?

That way i can use it for limited number of screens. I don't want it for the login screen as it is to be filled with user specific data.

[jamonholmgren]

@ryanlntn just dealt with this.

[gaurav6192]

@jamonholmgren how to deal with it?

[jamonholmgren]

I was hoping Ryan would answer. I'll PM him this link.

[ryanlntn]

I haven't actually dealt with open_tab_bar so I'm not sure how that would work specifically but I do have an open PR where I've implemented an easy way to do both right and left view controllers. That should make it easier to implement what @macfanatic is talking about.

[gaurav6192]

Is it possible to make it available for all screens? Then maybe disable it or something for those screens i don't want it in.

[gaurav6192]

The issue being i don't want it in my first screen (login screen) which i'm opening from delegate, but the subsequent screens after the user logins.

[ryanlntn]

Oh I see. That's exactly what I'm doing in the app I'm working on. Here's how I accomplished it:

# In app_delegate.rb
def on_load(app, options)
  set_appearance_defaults
  return open intro unless viewed_intro?
  return open LoginScreen.new unless logged_in?
  open_slide_menu StatsScreen.new(nav_bar: true), right: MenuScreen
end

# login_screen.rb
def login
  credentials = { username: @email_field.text, password: @password_field.text }
  BubbleWrap::HTTP.post("some_api_url", payload: credentials) do |response|
    json = BubbleWrap::JSON.parse(response.body.to_str)
    if response.ok?
      User.login(json)
      app_delegate.open_slide_menu StatsScreen.new(nav_bar: true), right: MenuScreen
    else
      App.alert(json[:error])
    end
  end
end

Note that this is using my fork of promotion_slide_menu so the order of arguments is different.

[jamonholmgren]

Yeah, ProMotion exposes app_delegate as a helper method in screens.

[kevinmcnamee]

I believe I found a simple work around to opening the slide menu with a TabBarController containing screens

def on_load(app, options)
  ### some stuff
  my_tabs = PM::TabBarController.new MyFirstScreen.new(nav_bar: true), MySecondScreen.new(nav_bar: true), MyThirdScreen
  open_slide_menu MenuScreen, my_tabs
end

[jamonholmgren]

Nice!

[macfanatic]

Both look like great solutions guys :)

[gaurav6192]

@kevinmcnamee Thank you. It worked out quite well for me. Thanks a lot guys.