How to Switch to Different Storyboard for iPhone 5

How to switch to different Storyboard for iPhone 5?

I was looking for the same answer couple of weeks ago here's my solution hope helps..

-(void)initializeStoryBoardBasedOnScreenSize {

    if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{    // The iOS device = iPhone or iPod Touch


    CGSize iOSDeviceScreenSize = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;

    if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 480)
    {   // iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation: 3.5 inch screen (diagonally measured)

        // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone35
        UIStoryboard *iPhone35Storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Storyboard_iPhone35" bundle:nil];

        // Instantiate the initial view controller object from the storyboard
        UIViewController *initialViewController = [iPhone35Storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];

        // Instantiate a UIWindow object and initialize it with the screen size of the iOS device
        self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

        // Set the initial view controller to be the root view controller of the window object
        self.window.rootViewController  = initialViewController;

        // Set the window object to be the key window and show it
        [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    }

    if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 568)
    {   // iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th generation: 4 inch screen (diagonally measured)

        // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone4
        UIStoryboard *iPhone4Storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Storyboard_iPhone4" bundle:nil];

        // Instantiate the initial view controller object from the storyboard
        UIViewController *initialViewController = [iPhone4Storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];

        // Instantiate a UIWindow object and initialize it with the screen size of the iOS device
        self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

        // Set the initial view controller to be the root view controller of the window object
        self.window.rootViewController  = initialViewController;

        // Set the window object to be the key window and show it
        [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    }

    } else if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)

    {   // The iOS device = iPad

    UISplitViewController *splitViewController = (UISplitViewController *)self.window.rootViewController;
    UINavigationController *navigationController = [splitViewController.viewControllers lastObject];
    splitViewController.delegate = (id)navigationController.topViewController;

    }
}

Call this method under AppDelegate ddiFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method
And also don't forget the name your storyboards properly

Hope helps...

Load different Storyboard for iPhone 5 @ app start

Here is a way I now found on a other post:

if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {    // The iOS device = iPhone or iPod Touch


        CGSize iOSDeviceScreenSize = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
        UIViewController *initialViewController = nil;
        if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 480)
        {   // iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation: 3.5 inch screen (diagonally measured)

            // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone35
            UIStoryboard *iPhone35Storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Storyboard_iPhone35" bundle:nil];

            // Instantiate the initial view controller object from the storyboard
            initialViewController = [iPhone35Storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];
        }

        if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 568)
        {   // iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th generation: 4 inch screen (diagonally measured)

            // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone4
            UIStoryboard *iPhone4Storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Storyboard_iPhone4" bundle:nil];

            // Instantiate the initial view controller object from the storyboard
            initialViewController = [iPhone4Storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];
        }

        // Instantiate a UIWindow object and initialize it with the screen size of the iOS device
        self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

        // Set the initial view controller to be the root view controller of the window object
        self.window.rootViewController  = initialViewController;

        // Set the window object to be the key window and show it
        [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    } else if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)

    {   // The iOS device = iPad

        UISplitViewController *splitViewController = (UISplitViewController *)self.window.rootViewController;
        UINavigationController *navigationController = [splitViewController.viewControllers lastObject];
        splitViewController.delegate = (id)navigationController.topViewController;

    }

iOS iPhone 5 Choose Correct Storyboard

I suggest just using 1 storyboard for handling the iPhone 5 vs iPhone 3-4S screen sizes.

When your Storyboard is open, there is a button at the bottom that toggles between the 2 sizes-- you can see in real-time how things will look.

The button is to the left of the Zoom in % Zoom out buttons in the bottom right corner, and looks like this:

To handle how your object's frame & position will be affected by the screen size change-- you need to set the autosizing properties for each object in your view. You can do this by selecting an object, and in the right Inspector panel, Select the Size inspector like so:

You see those red lines in the Autosizing box? Play around with them to see how they will effect your object. The inner ones relate to the size (if the width, or height stretches), and the outer ones relate to the position.

I'm not sure about your apps layout but from experience you will probably have to mess with the inner vertical line (how the height will change), and the bottom line (you want that to stay near the bottom).

The more you mess around with each the more you will see what each does.

Use different Storyboards for different iOS versions

Based on your error, it seems that you're targeting for a iOS version < 6. Probably you're using the Main Storyboard setting in the Target summary settings. As you can see here, he does exactly what you want to achieve.

Otherwise you can use two target for different versions.

Create separate storyboards for iphone 4 and 5

You have tried to define a method inside application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions::

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    -(void)initializeStoryBoardBasedOnScreenSize {
        // ... your code ...
    }
    return YES;
}

This is not what you want and btw. nested functions (or methods) are not supported
in Objective-C.

What you probably meant is to define a method and call it
inside application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions::

-(void)initializeStoryBoardBasedOnScreenSize {
    // ... your code ...
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    [self initializeStoryBoardBasedOnScreenSize];
    return YES;
}

How to call different Storyboards via Swift for iOS?

I guess you want to open a view? If so this code will do the job:

var mainView: UIStoryboard!
mainView = UIStoryboard(name: "vcLogin", bundle: nil)
let viewcontroller : UIViewController = mainView.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("iPhone5") as UIViewController
self.window!.rootViewController = viewcontroller

It will open the view controller with id: yourViewControllerId

You need to give your viewcontroller an identifier.
You do that by highlighting your view controller and then give it a identifier:
You then put your identifier in StoryBoard ID.

So for you it will be:

if screenHeight == 480 {
  deviceFamily = "iPhoneOriginal"
  // Load Storyboard with name: iPhone4
  var mainView: UIStoryboard!
  mainView = UIStoryboard(name: "vcLogin", bundle: nil)
  let viewcontroller : UIViewController = mainView.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("iPhone4") as UIViewController
  self.window!.rootViewController = viewcontroller
}

hooking up two different storyboard viewcontrollers to a same class

Just like you'd hook up any other IBOutlet, IBOutletCollection or IBAction.

Your UIViewController sub-class contains the bits which let you hook something in a storyboard to it.

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutletCollection(UIButton) NSArray *tabButtons;

In your storyboard, you can assign the view controller to be of a certain class, in this case it will be a your UIViewController sub-class. Now all you have to do it drag the storyboard artifacts to your existing IBOutlet stubs. It works.

You can do this for multiple storyboards using the same class (or multiple view controller in the same storyboard too). When you load it into memory, you specify the item in the storyboard, then the storyboard creates and instance of the view controller and hooks up all the references, so all is good.

MyViewController *myVC = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"foo"];

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