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ios8uipopovercontroller

Unwanted margin UIPopoverController

When I present my popover in a view and place it at the side of the view. There is always a small margin, causing the popover to not stick to the side.

UIViewController *vc =  [self getViewController:@"popover" fromStoryboard:@"Main"];
UIPopoverController *popover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:vc];
[popover presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(1100, 0, -65, 65)
                              inView:self.view
            permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp
                       animated:YES];
[vc setPreferredContentSize:CGSizeMake(300, 300)];

Example in simulator

How do I prevent this margin and show my popover sticking to the side of the view?

Thanks

Solution

  • I fixed this issue by adding my own UIPopoverBackgroundView implementation where I set my own contentview insets.

    + (UIEdgeInsets)contentViewInsets {
    return UIEdgeInsetsMake(-10, -10, -10, -10);
}

    and adding this backgroundview to my popovercontroller

    [self.popover setPopoverBackgroundViewClass:[MyPopoverBackgroundView class]];