JASidePanels

JASidePanels is a UIViewController container designed for presenting a center panel with revealable side panels - one to the left and one to the right. The main inspiration for this project is the menuing system in Path 2.0 and Facebook's iOS apps.

Demo

Example Code

#import "JAAppDelegate.h"

#import "JASidePanelController.h"
#import "JACenterViewController.h"
#import "JALeftViewController.h"
#import "JARightViewController.h"

@implementation JAAppDelegate

@synthesize window = _window;
@synthesize viewController = _viewController;

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
	
	self.viewController = [[JASidePanelController alloc] init];
	self.viewController.leftPanel = [[JALeftViewController alloc] init];
	self.viewController.centerPanel = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[JACenterViewController alloc] init]];
	self.viewController.rightPanel = [[JARightViewController alloc] init];
	
	self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}


@end

Usage

Only two files are required for using JASidePanels: JASidePanelController.h & JASidePanelController.m

The easiest way to use JASidePanels is to copy the files into your XCode Project.

Alternatively, you can setup a git submodule and reference the files in your Xcode project. I prefer this method as it enables you to receive bugfixes/updates for the project. git submodule add https://github.com/gotosleep/JASidePanels.git JASidePanels

Requirements

JASidePanels requires iOS 5.0+ The projects uses ARC, but it may be used with non-ARC projects by setting the: -fobjc-arc compiler flag on JASidePanelController.m. You can set this flag under Target -> Build Phases -> Compile Sources

Apps

JASidePanels is used in the following apps:

• Float Reader - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/float-reader/id447992005?ls=1&mt=8

Alternatives

Other projects implementing a similar UI

• DDMenuController - https://github.com/devindoty/DDMenuController
• JTRevealSidebarDemo - https://github.com/mystcolor/JTRevealSidebarDemo
• ECSlidingViewController - https://github.com/edgecase/ECSlidingViewController
• ViewDeck - https://github.com/Inferis/ViewDeck
• ZUUIRevealController - https://github.com/pkluz/ZUUIRevealController