Can I implement an iPad drop down UITableViewController if I'm not using a UISplitView?

I am making my first iPad application, and I need to add the functionality of a drop-down menu. On the iPhone开发者_运维知识库, I would have just used a standard UIPickerView. But on the iPad, it seems as though that is no longer the UIElement of choice. Can I implement a drop-down UITableView such as ones that are common in the UISplitView without having a UISplitView?

How might I go about this?

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This is what the UIPopoverViewController is for. It is what UISplitView uses to show its drop downs.