Dropper

Dropper is a simple Dropdown menu for iOS. Built with customizability in mind and is flexible on how it can be used. Also, it is easy to setup and use in your projects. If you are looking for some complex dropdown menu, this is not for you. This was more built to be used as an accessory to a view. For example being able to change your currency in a shopping cart app.

Left demo of a basic Dropper menu. Right is how Dropper is used in Outflow.

Installation

Dropper is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

pod "Dropper"

Usage

Setting up is easy, after installing the library, initialize a Dropper menu in your view

let dropper = Dropper(width: 75, height: 200)

After your Dropper view is initialized, you gotta specify which items to be displayed inside the Dropper

dropper.items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4"] // Items to be displayed 
// Dropper also supports images
dropper.items = ["Item 1", "ImageOne.png", "Item 3", "ImageTwo.png"] // Images can be mixed with text items 

When you are ready to show your Dropper menu you have two options for how to display it: show() or showWithAnimation().

dropper.show(options: .Alignment.Center, button: UIButton)
// OR
dropper.showWithAnimation(0.15, options: .Alignment.Center, button: UIButton)

When you are ready to get back what Dropper item was selected, confrom your class to the DropperDelegate and implement the DropperSelectedRow method, it is also importent that you initialize the dropper.delegate property to your class before showing your view.

dropper.delegate = self // Insert this before you show your Dropper

extension ViewController: DropperDelegate {
    func DropperSelectedRow(path: NSIndexPath, contents: String) {
        /* Do something */
    }
}

Simple Example Usage

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let dropper = Dropper(width: 75, height: 200)
    @IBOutlet var dropdownButton: UIButton!

    @IBAction func DropdownAction() {
        if dropper.status == .Hidden {
            dropper.items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4"] // Item displayed
            dropper.theme = Dropper.Themes.White
            dropper.delegate = self
            dropper.cornerRadius = 3
            dropper.showWithAnimation(0.15, options: Dropper.Alignment.Center, button: dropdownButton)
        } else {
            dropper.hideWithAnimation(0.1)
        }
    }
}

Documentation

Show

Shows the Dropdown Menu

• show(options: Alignment, position: Position = .Bottom, button: UIButton)
  • options Dropper.Alignment: Vertical position of the dropdown corresponding of the button (Left, Center, Right)
  • position Dropper.Position: Horizontal alignment of the dropdown. Defaults to under the button.
  • button UIButton: Button that button will be position relative too Shows the Dropdown menu with a fade animation
• showWithAnimation(time: NSTimeInterval, options: Alignment, position: Position = .Bottom, button: UIButton)
  • time NSTimeInterval: Time taken for the fade animation
  • options Dropper.Alignment: Position of the dropdown corresponding of the button (Left, Center, Right)
  • position Dropper.Position: Horizontal alignment of the dropdown. Defaults to under the button.
  • button UIButton: Button that button will be position relative too

// Dropdown displayed on top of the button
dropper.showWithAnimation(0.15, options: Dropper.Alignment.Center, position: .Top, button: button)
// Dropdown displayed under the button
dropper.showWithAnimation(0.15, options: Dropper.Alignment.Center, button: button)

Hide

Hides the Dropdown Menu

• hide() Hides the Dropdown menu with an fade out animation
• hideWithAnimation(time: NSTimeInterval)
  • time NSTimeInterval: Time taken for the fade out animation

Properties

• trimCorners Bool: Automaticly applies border radius of 10 to Dropdown (Defaults to False)
• defaultAnimationTime NSTimeInterval: The default time for animations to take (Defaults to 0.1)
• delegate DropperDelegate: Delegate property, must be initialized for the functions to be called
  • DropperSelectedRow: Called everytime a Dropper row is selected
• status Status (Enum): The current state of the view
• spacing CGFloat: The distance from the button to the Dropper
• maxHeight CGFloat: The maximum possible height of the Dropper
• cellBackgroundColor UIColor: Sets the cell background color (Defaults to theme color if not set)
• cellColor UIColor: Sets the cell tint color and text color (Defaults to theme color if not set)
• cellTextSize CGFloat: Sets the size of the text to provided value (Defaults to UILabel Font Size)
• TableMenu UITableView: Table View that the Dropper is built on
• items [String]: The items to be dispalyed in the tableview
• height CGFloat: Height of the Dropdown
• width CGFloat: Width of the Dropdown
• cornerRadius CGFloat: Corner Radius of the Dropdown
• theme Themes (Enum): Theme of dropdown menu (Defaults to White theme)
  • .White: Black text color, White background Color and black border color
  • .Black(UIColor): White Text, Dark background color, you can also specify your own color, or use the default by passing nil to the enum case

dropper.theme = Dropper.Themes.Black(nil) // Uses default dark color
// OR
dropper.theme = Dropper.Themes.Black(UIColor.blackColor()) // Uses Black UIColor

• border (width: CGFloat, color: UIColor): Specify the border width and the color of the Dropper

dropper.border = (width: 2, color: UIColor.blueColor())

• refresh(): Refresh the Dropper. For specifically calling .reloadData() on the Table View

License

Dropper is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Built by Ozzie Kirkby, if you have any question feel free to contact. Twitter