MSNavigationPaneViewController was written by Eric Horacek for Monospace Ltd.
MSNavigationPaneViewController is a view controller that handles the presentation of two overlaid child view controllers. The "pane" view can moved with a swipe gesture to reveal the "master" view below. This interface paradigm easily enables the navigation seen in Facebook, Path, and many others.
There are a number of great reasons to use MSNavigationPaneViewController over of the many other similar overlaid view controller classes:
- This class was written with an emphasis on simplicity. Its interface is about as simple as they come, and is easy to extend.
- It features a smooth bounce animation when the navigation pane is flicked in either direction based on the velocity of the swipe gesture.
- It doesn't require for you to subclass your pane or master view controllers to add them as child view controllers.
- The swipe gesture to reveal the master view controller doesn't interfere with
UITableViewsor otherUIScrollViewsadded to the pane view controller's view. - When a new pane view controller is set using the
setPaneViewController:animated:completion:method, it is first animated off to the right, replaced, and then animated back to the left. This prevents a jarring "pop-in" effect when a new pane view controller replaces the current view.
To forward touches through views that require a swipe gesture (e.g. UISlider) so that your MSNavigationPaneViewController doesn't intercept them, simply add their Class to navigationPaneViewController.paneView.touchForwardingClasses.
An example Xcode project that uses MSNavigationPaneViewController in included in the "Example" directory.
Requires iOS 5.0, ARC, and the QuartzCore Framework.
Forks, patches and other feedback are welcome.
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