How to switch from one view to another in iPhone?

Question

I am a beginner in objective-c. Can anyone please tell me how can I switch from one view to another in an iPhone application.

You should be more specific about exactly what you are trying to do. Are you using a navigation controller or a tab bar controller? Have you looked at any of Apple's sample code? Have you read any documentation? — Kristopher Johnson, May 05 '11 at 12:39
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4845188/how-to-switch-from-one-view-to-another — Kristopher Johnson, May 05 '11 at 12:40

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 05 '11 at 12:41

Joe

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '11 at 12:41

There are 3 main controllers that can switch views for you:

UINavigationController
- Here you push and pop views in a chain.
- There will be a navigation bar on top which lets you navigate back to where you came from.
UITabbarController
- Here all the views will be represented by tabs at the bottom of the screen.
- You can switch back and forward between them by clicking them in the tabbar.
UIViewController
- There is a method in UIViewController wich lets you "present" other viewcontrollers. It's called presentModalViewController:animated:
- You will have to do your own navigation back to the parent by using dismissViewControllerAnimated:

You can also do your own switching with variations of addSubView: or view.hidden or similar, but I would recommend those 3 to begin with.

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