How to change the size of a popover

Question

I'm having trouble changing the size of my popover presentation. Here is what I have so far

 override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) // func for popover
{
    if segue.identifier == "popoverView"
    {
        let vc = segue.destinationViewController

        let controller = vc.popoverPresentationController

        if controller != nil
        {
            controller?.delegate = self
            controller?.sourceView = self.view
            controller?.sourceRect = CGRect(x:CGRectGetMidX(self.view.bounds), y: CGRectGetMidY(self.view.bounds),width: 315,height: 230)
            controller?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)
        }
    }
}

So far all this does is center the popover and remove the arrow, which is good. but it doesn't resize the container. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

when I use preferredContentSize I get the error "Cannot assign to property: 'preferredContentSize' is immutable"

Answer 1

Set the preferred content size on the view controller being presented not the popoverPresentationController

override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) // func for popover
    {
        if segue.identifier == "popoverView"
        {
            let vc = segue.destinationViewController

            vc.preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: 200, height: 300)

            let controller = vc.popoverPresentationController

            controller?.delegate = self
            //you could set the following in your storyboard
            controller?.sourceView = self.view
            controller?.sourceRect = CGRect(x:CGRectGetMidX(self.view.bounds), y: CGRectGetMidY(self.view.bounds),width: 315,height: 230)
            controller?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection(rawValue: 0)

        }
    }