Using popover control in iPhone

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    pop = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:popoverView]; 
    pop.delegate = self;  //optional
    CGSize size = CGSizeMake(300, 100); // size of view in popover…V2
    pop.popoverContentSize = size;

    [pop presentPopoverFromRect:control.frame inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iykxemuxbk It works fine in simulator, but crashes when running on iPhone. I can easily get so many articles to implement on iPad, but on iPhone couldn't find a fruitful one. Plz help

Dude you really wanna read apple's HIG first:http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/UIElementGuidelines/UIElementGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH13-SW1 — Raymond Wang, Jun 15 '12 at 16:46

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '12 at 15:01

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UIPopOverController isn't available for iPhone. ONLY iPad.

answered Jun 15 '12 at 15:01

skram

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But I have implemented it and it works just fine in the simulator but crashes while running on iPhone. Why is that? – Manish Ranjan Jun 15 '12 at 15:02
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@ManishRanjan If you read the [documentation](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIPopoverController_class/Reference/Reference.html) that Apple took the time to produce, you will see "Popover controllers are for use exclusively on iPad devices. Attempting to create one on other devices results in an exception." – Nick Bull Jun 15 '12 at 15:03
Not only that, but even statically referring to the class will make your app incompatible with iPhone. Use `NSClassFromString(@"UIPopoverController")`, then `NSAllocateObject`. – Seva Alekseyev Jun 15 '12 at 15:03
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@ManishRanjan The simulator is NOT an accurate copy of the device. It is there as a development aid, but you must test for real on the actual devices. – Nick Bull Jun 15 '12 at 15:04
In case, one needs `UIPopoverController` like implementation for `iPhone`, please see my answer [Here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/14438607/301444). – Vasu Jan 21 '13 at 12:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '12 at 06:43

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UIPopOverController will not work for iPhone it will work on Ipad only

answered Jun 16 '12 at 06:43

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 16 '12 at 06:50

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If you want to simulate a popover look-alike (e.g. Facebook app), on the iPhone, you will have to code it from scratch using UIViews and custom graphics.

As others said, the popover API is iPad-only.

answered Jun 16 '12 at 06:50

Nicolas Miari

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 14 '12 at 10:25

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A popover-like open source project that works on iPhone:

here it is

answered Dec 14 '12 at 10:25

hanumanDev

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 19 '12 at 10:44

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Try using WEPopover framework. Here is the link https://github.com/werner77/WEPopover

answered Dec 19 '12 at 10:44

coder1010

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 08 '13 at 19:10

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If you really want to use popover in iphone then try this library. This is pretty cool. I integrated with my ios app.

Custom popover controller for iphone

answered Feb 08 '13 at 19:10

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Using popover control in iPhone

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