Non-Modal presentation for UserVoice Interface

[pulkitsinghal]

I would like the flexibility of presenting the UserVoice screen-set in a fashion other than a modal view. For example, my current usecase requires me to present it as a tab bar item in a UITabBarController

Therefore I would like to contribute some edits where a UIViewController is returned for folks to work with, as they please. In my case I can also contribute an example to the other git project, showcasing how to utilize this easily in a tab bar controller.

Before I go & fork-off to make said changes ... I would like to hear some opinions: Is this something that the maintainers of UserVoice would be willing to accept if I were to issue a pull request, at least in principle? I can understand if my coding style raises any objections :)

[pulkitsinghal]

+ (UIViewController *) getUserVoiceInterfaceForConfig : (UVConfig *)config
{
    UIViewController *viewController;
    if ([[UVSession currentSession] clientConfig])
        viewController = [[[UVWelcomeViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
    else
        viewController = [[[UVRootViewController alloc] init] autorelease];

    [UVSession currentSession].config = config;
    [UVSession currentSession].isModal = NO;
    // Capture the launch orientation, then store it in NSDefaults for reference in all other UV view controller classes
    [UVClientConfig setOrientation];

    UINavigationController *navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] init] autorelease];
    navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UVStyleSheet navigationBarTintColor];
    navigationController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:viewController];

    return navigationController;
}

[bassrock]

I agree this should definitely be added!

[austintaylor]

I am reviewing the pull request now. It looks really good.

[austintaylor]

Not yet. Now that 2.0 is out I should have some time to test this.

[pulkitsinghal]

Here is a diff that I applied which worked very well for me after incorporating 2.0.4 into my iPhone app: https://gist.github.com/4429396

[austintaylor]

Hi @pulkitsinghal

Thanks for contributing this! I tried it out with a UITabBarController and found a few issues.

• Crashes after creating a ticket, idea, or comment
• Close button appears on initial portal screen
• Row colors on the idea list seem to be off. (Looks like this is some kind of geometry issue. Part of the cell has the right bg in landscape, but that looks even worse.)
• If you tap the tab while it's already selected, it goes back to the spinner state and loads UserVoice from scratch. (This is because of how the tab bar controller works with the nav controller. But it should really go back to the portal screen instead.)

Also, are you using this on the iPad in some way? Maybe in a master-detail view of some kind? I didn't test on the iPad, but I imagine there would be more problems because the views would likely have different dimensions than the regular form sheet.

[pulkitsinghal]

I suppose what I should have said was: "Here's a diff that at least got the nav bar rendering in my tab bar again ... once I hastily upgraded to 2.0.4 ... are there still any plans / requests-from-the-masses on taking this idea and making it into a functional enhancement?" I'm only using it on iPhone for now.

[g3ntleman]

We'd also like to use it in a NavigationController.

Any news on the topic?

[AdamBCo]

Can someone at UserVoice please address this issue? I love the product, but the inability to customize the transition style or presentation style is a major let down.