Modal viewController

My Question is what is the difference between a ViewController and a Modal ViewContro开发者_StackOverflow社区ller ?

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No difference, except for the way that they're presented. A modal view controller is any view controller that's presented modally, using -[UIViewController presentModalViewController:animated:].

A modal view controller is used (usually) to gather information from the user before resuming operation. Basically, the view shown is only dismissed when the user completes a form or something similar. While shown, the modal view does not allow in any way accessing the other views shown, until it's dismissed.

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