Segue from one storyboard to a different storyboard?

Question

I have too many views on one storyboard which is causing it to run really slow. I have been told that a solution to this issue would be to split the one storyboard into multiple storyboards. Could anyone tell me how I can segue from a view on storyboard 1 to a view in storyboard 2 via a button?

Solution 1

I tried everything I had read but still had no success. I've managed to get it working using Rob Browns Storyboard Link It's easy to implement and works really fast

Solution 2

With Xcode 7 you can pick Storyboard References

and set the destination storyboard and controller

Solution 3

In Swift (iOS 8.1) this is pretty easy:

  var storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Another", bundle: nil)
  var vc = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("NextViewController") as AnotherViewController
  self.showViewController(vc, sender: self)

Update for Swift 3:

let storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Another", bundle: nil)
let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "NextViewController") as! AnotherViewController
self.show(vc, sender: self)

Solution 4

Adding a Reference to Another Storyboard - Apple developer doc

Solution 5

Another solution using segues (iOS SDK 6.0+), which keeps code separated by purpose and leaves room for customisation:

- (BOOL)shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier sender:(id)sender {
    //check/validate/abort segue
    return YES;
}//optional

- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    //sender - segue/destination related preparations/data transfer
}

#pragma mark - Table view delegate

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UIViewController *destination = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"SomeStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateInitialViewController];

    UIStoryboardSegue *segue = [UIStoryboardSegue segueWithIdentifier:@"identifier" source:self destination:destination performHandler:^(void) {
        //view transition/animation
        [self.navigationController pushViewController:destination animated:YES];
    }];

    UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [self shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:segue.identifier sender:cell];//optional
    [self prepareForSegue:segue sender:cell];

    [segue perform];
}

Note: UITableViewCell *cell is used as sender to keep default TableViewController response behaviour.

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