UIView is being pushed up after switching view?

Question

Hi everyone,
I have been with this problem quite some time now and I have no idea on how to proceed.
I have three UIViews on my application (iphone). But when I change view, the view gets pushed up, not complying with the layout that was explicitly (supposedly) given to it with interface builder.
You can see the complete question here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5080332/uiview-being-pushed-up-apparentlyinex plicably
If you need part of the code please let me know.

Answer 1

Note that in IB you have two distinct elements, a UIWindow and a UIView. You can change the size of the UIWindow, but you can for the UIView if no simulated items are specified.
In the view's inspector, under "Simulated User Interface Elements", you can add common GUI items (eg status bar , nav bar etc.) This is just a development aid, since it will resize your view by the right amount if you use any of these dropdowns, and grey out the W & H under view size.
If you turn off all the simulated items, the Interface builder lets you define the W & H for yourself.
The UIWindow is a fixed size, but having the status bar turned on might (not 100% sure since was a while ago) cause the views added to it be pushed down 44 pixels when loaded.
I remember having trouble doing a flip from one view to another, since the new view I loaded did not know that the first view was 44 pixels down, and appeared under the status bar.
You can get the full screen size with:
self.window.frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame];
If you have a view that is not playing nice before you add it, you can push it's y value down beforehand
self.newVC = [[NewVC alloc] initWithNibName:@"NewVC" bundle:nil];
CGRect f = self.newVC.view.frame;
f.origin.y = 44;
self.newVC.view.frame = f;
[self.wrapperVC addSubview:self.newVC.view];
Don't think I needed the above, since managed to get it right in IB.
Worth checking what the frames for the window and views are in debug, and trying the settings in Interface builder. eg
po [UIScreen mainScreen]
or
p (CGRect) [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]
Hope that helps