OK, I got it figured out. since I needed the page view controller to be the root and handle everything, I subclassed UIPageViewControlleras iiFreeman suggested and conformed to the delegate and data source protocols. I then set up the controller in viewDidLoad, and implemented the delegate and data source methods. I added a property store an array of storyboard identifiers as well as one to keep track of the current index of that array. I also added a helper method to return the correct view controller given an index. I didn’t need anything in my other tableView controller subclasses since my page view controller was handling everything. One thing I did realize is since my tableViewControllers were embedded in navigation controllers, my page view controller actually needed to show the navigation controllers, not the tableView controllers. below is my implementation:
import Foundation
import UIKit
class PageViewController: UIPageViewController, UIPageViewControllerDataSource, UIPageViewControllerDelegate {
var index = 0
var identifiers: NSArray = ["FirstNavigationController", "SecondNavigationController"]
override func viewDidLoad() {
self.dataSource = self
self.delegate = self
let startingViewController = self.viewControllerAtIndex(self.index)
let viewControllers: NSArray = [startingViewController]
self.setViewControllers(viewControllers, direction: UIPageViewControllerNavigationDirection.Forward, animated: false, completion: nil)
}
func viewControllerAtIndex(index: Int) -> UINavigationController! {
//first view controller = firstViewControllers navigation controller
if index == 0 {
return self.storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("FirstNavigationController") as UINavigationController
}
//second view controller = secondViewController's navigation controller
if index == 1 {
return self.storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("SecondNavigationController") as UINavigationController
}
return nil
}
func pageViewController(pageViewController: UIPageViewController!, viewControllerAfterViewController viewController: UIViewController!) -> UIViewController! {
let identifier = viewController.restorationIdentifier
let index = self.identifiers.indexOfObject(identifier)
//if the index is the end of the array, return nil since we dont want a view controller after the last one
if index == identifiers.count - 1 {
return nil
}
//increment the index to get the viewController after the current index
self.index = self.index + 1
return self.viewControllerAtIndex(self.index)
}
func pageViewController(pageViewController: UIPageViewController!, viewControllerBeforeViewController viewController: UIViewController!) -> UIViewController! {
let identifier = viewController.restorationIdentifier
let index = self.identifiers.indexOfObject(identifier)
//if the index is 0, return nil since we dont want a view controller before the first one
if index == 0 {
return nil
}
//decrement the index to get the viewController before the current one
self.index = self.index - 1
return self.viewControllerAtIndex(self.index)
}
func presentationCountForPageViewController(pageViewController: UIPageViewController!) -> Int {
return self.identifiers.count
}
func presentationIndexForPageViewController(pageViewController: UIPageViewController!) -> Int {
return 0
}
}