#import "MyViewController.h"

@interface MyViewController ()

@property (nonatomic) UIPopoverController* myPopoverController;

@end

@implementation MyViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    // setup table view
     UITableView* tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 500, 500) style:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
    [self.view addSubview:tableView];
    tableView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    tableView.dataSource = self;
    tableView.delegate = self;
    
    // setup button
    UIButton* button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
    [self.view addSubview:button];
    button.frame = CGRectMake(20, 550, 100, 20);
    [button setTitle:@"Show popover" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button addTarget:self action:@selector(showPopover:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}


- (IBAction)showPopover:(id)sender
{
    UIView* senderView = (UIView*)sender;
    
    UIViewController* contentViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
    contentViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor purpleColor];
    
#define USE_TRADITIONAL_METHOD 1

#if USE_TRADITIONAL_METHOD
    self.myPopoverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:contentViewController];
    [self.myPopoverController presentPopoverFromRect:senderView.frame inView:senderView.superview permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionLeft animated:NO];
#else
    contentViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;

    [self presentViewController:contentViewController animated:NO completion:^{
        NSLog(@"Present completion");       // As expected, this is executed once the popover is actually displayed (which can take a while)
    }];

    // do configuration *after* call to present, as explained in Apple documentation:
    UIPopoverPresentationController* popoverController = contentViewController.popoverPresentationController;
    popoverController.sourceRect = senderView.frame;
    popoverController.sourceView = senderView;
    popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionLeft;
    
#endif
    NSLog(@"Popover is visible: %d", self.myPopoverController.isPopoverVisible);    // This shows "1" (visible) for USE_TRADITIONAL_METHOD, under both iOS 7 and iOS 8
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 1;
}

-(UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UITableViewCell *cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:nil];
    cell.textLabel.text = @"Show popover";
    return cell;
}

#pragma mark - UITableViewDelegate

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [self showPopover:[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]];
}


@end

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO]; // adding this line appears to fix the problem
    [self showPopover:[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]];
}