iOS8 UISplitViewController to always open primary controller on swipe gesture

Question

Is there a way in iOS8 to configure the UISplitViewController to always open the primary (master) controller when a swipe gesture is performed? Currently, if the detail controller is a navigation with some controllers already on stack then swiping (and also using displayModeButtonItem) will go to the previous controller on stack 'history'. I would like to leave that 'history' navigation to that button only and fix the swiping to always open the primary area (just like the drawer layout behaves in Android).

Answer 1

I know this is a bit late and perhaps not what you're exactly looking for but you can just go self.presentsWithGesture = true in your split view controller. You can then just hide the navigation bar on the storyboard. Here is a link showing you how to do that last part.