dismissModalViewController with transition: left to right

Question

I was using a nice method to dismiss my modal view controller:

[self dismissModalViewControllerWithTransition:2];

which makes a slide transition from left to right, like a navigation controller does to pop a view.

As this method is a non-public method, apple will not accept it. How can I program this kind of animation in my code (slide from left to right, to dismiss a modal view, and slide from right to left to present a modal view) ?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I have accepted the answer from Safecase, but I would like to publish my final solution here:

1) To present a modal view controller with a from right to left transition I have written following method:

-(void) presentModalView:(UIViewController *)controller {
    CATransition *transition = [CATransition animation];
    transition.duration = 0.35;
    transition.timingFunction =
    [CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut];
    transition.type = kCATransitionMoveIn;
    transition.subtype = kCATransitionFromRight;

    // NSLog(@"%s: self.view.window=%@", _func_, self.view.window);
    UIView *containerView = self.view.window;
    [containerView.layer addAnimation:transition forKey:nil];
    [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:NO];
}

2) To dismiss a modal view with an slide transition left to right:

-(void) dismissMe {
    CATransition *transition = [CATransition animation];
    transition.duration = 0.35;
    transition.timingFunction =
    [CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut];
    transition.type = kCATransitionMoveIn;
    transition.subtype = kCATransitionFromLeft;

    // NSLog(@"%s: controller.view.window=%@", _func_, controller.view.window);
    UIView *containerView = self.view.window;
    [containerView.layer addAnimation:transition forKey:nil];

    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}

Thanks guys!

Answer 2

Try this:

I asume you are dismissing a view controller 2 from view controller 1. In view controller 2 you are using this

[self  dismissModalViewControlleAnimated: NO]];

Now In the first view controller, in viewWillAppear: method add the code

CATransition *animation = [CATransition animation];

[animation setDelegate:self];
[animation setType:kCATransitionPush];
[animation setSubtype:kCATransitionFromLeft];

[animation setDuration:0.50];
[animation setTimingFunction:
 [CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:
  kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut]];


[self.view.layer addAnimation:animation forKey:kCATransition];