how to center a popoverview in swift

Question

I have the following code to show a popoverview (dialog) without an arrow, which works fine. The only problem is, that the dialog is shown in the top left (IPad). I would like to center the view on the screen.

What to change or add in my following code ? :

func show_help(){


    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
    let controller = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Help") as! UIViewController

    controller.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.popover

    let popoverPresentationController = controller.popoverPresentationController

    // result is an optional (but should not be nil if modalPresentationStyle is popover)
    if let _popoverPresentationController = popoverPresentationController {

        // set the view from which to pop up
        _popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;
        _popoverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.allZeros;
        // present (id iPhone it is a modal automatic full screen)
        self.presentViewController(controller, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

}

Additional Infos

In my view, which is linked to my viewcontroller I set the preffered size like this:

override func viewDidLoad() {
        let dialogheigth:CGFloat = self.view.frame.height * 0.5;
        let dialogwidth:CGFloat = self.view.frame.width * 0.5;
        self.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(dialogwidth,dialogheigth);
}

Answer 1

You need to provide the source rect for the popover.

From the apple documentation: the source rect is the rectangle in the specified view in which to anchor the popover. Use this property in conjunction with the sourceView property to specify the anchor location for the popover.

In your case, under

_popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;

add:

_popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.view.bounds), CGRectGetMidY(self.view.bounds),0,0)

It will do the trick!

Answer 2

Here's an implementation using Swift 3

let popover = storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "popover") as! PopoverVC

    popover.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.popover
    popover.popoverPresentationController?.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
    popover.popoverPresentationController?.delegate = self

    popover.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view
    popover.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.midY, width: 0, height: 0)

    popover.popoverPresentationController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)

    self.present(popover, animated: true)

Based on Istvan's answer

Answer 3

In case if it helps anyone, I have created an extension on UIViewController

extension UIViewController{
    func configureAsPopoverAndPosition(withWidthRatio widthRatio:CGFloat,
                                       heightRatio:CGFloat){
        modalPresentationStyle = .popover
        let screenWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width
        let screenHeight = UIScreen.main.bounds.height
        let popover = popoverPresentationController
        popover?.sourceView = self.view

        popover?.permittedArrowDirections = [UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)]
        preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: (screenWidth * widthRatio),
                                      height: (screenHeight * heightRatio))

        popover?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: view.center.x,
                                     y: view.center.y,
                                     width: 0,
                                     height: 0)
    }
}

Usage:

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad{
                    yourViewController.configureAsPopoverAndPosition(withWidthRatio: 0.7 /*Make view controller width 70 % of screen width*/,
                                                                        heightRatio: 0.7/*Make view controller height 70 % of screen height*/)
                }

This will show the popover at center of the screen.