Migrating to BulletinBoard v2

BulletinBoard v2 was released on May 28 2018. This version contains lots of new feature such as extended customizability, and provides a more refined developer experience. To view all the new features, please see the release notes.

Before updating, please be aware that numerous source breaking changes have been made in this version. We wrote this document to help you with the migration task. If you encounter an issue not mentioned in this document, please open an issue on GitHub; we will be happy to help you.

Imports

For compatibility reasons, the module was renamed to BLTNBoard. You will need to update all your import declarations:

Swift

// import BulletinBoard
import BLTNBoard

Objective-C

// #import <BulletinBoard/BulletinBoard.h>
#import <BLTNBoard/BLTNBoard.h>

Renamed classes

Most types have been renamed to adopt the BLTN prefix. See the table below for a comparison of old and new names.

Changes to interface factory

The BulletinIterfaceFactory class was split into two entities: BLTNItemAppearance and BLTNInterfaceBuilder.

BLTNActionItem and its subclasses vend a BLTNItemAppearance through their appearance property. You can change the values of this object when configuring pages to change the appearance.

When the item calls makeContentViewsWithInterfaceBuilder, it creates an iterface builder for subclasses to use when creating the content. If your custom item is not based on BLTNActionItem, you can also create a custom BLTNInterfaceBuilder yourself.

Presenting bulletins

You don’t need to manually call prepare before presenting the bulletin anymore.

Replace:

bulletinManager.prepare()
bulletinManager.presentBulletin(above: self)    

By:

bulletinManager.showBulletin(above: self)

Creating custom items

The flow for creating custom items was revamped. If you create a page that contains buttons and text, you can subclass BLTNPageItem and implement one of these methods to provide the views to add:

• makeHeaderViewsWithInterfaceBuilder:
• makeViewsUnderTitleWithInterfaceBuilder:
• makeViewsUnderImageWithInterfaceBuilder:
• makeViewsUnderDescriptionWithInterfaceBuilder:
• makeFooterViewsWithInterfaceBuilder:

These allow you to create the views you need in addition to the standard controls, without having to recreate those; as it was required in the previous version.

Example

This is how you would create a page with a text field.

class TextFieldBulletinPage: FeedbackPageBLTNItem {

    var textField: UITextField!

    override func makeViewsUnderDescription(with interfaceBuilder: BLTNInterfaceBuilder) -> [UIView]? {
        textField = interfaceBuilder.makeTextField(placeholder: "First and Last Name", returnKey: .done, delegate: self)
        return [textField]
    }

}

let page = TextFieldBulletinPage(title: "Enter your Name")
page.descriptionText = "This will be displayed on your profile page."
page.actionButtonTitle = "Save"