UIViewController.init(rootViewController:) crash - ios

Question

my App does crash on every UIViewController.init(rootViewController:) call.
If I replace it with:
let nav = UINavigationController.init()
nav.addChildViewController(vc)
Then it works, but I can't change my dependencies. So I need a proper fix for this.
Example code:
func showSettingScreen() {
let vc = MAIN_STORYBOARD().instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "SettingViewController")
self.window?.rootViewController?.present(UINavigationController(rootViewController: vc), animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Crash:
2018-10-30 08:43:14.360304+0100 App[16881:5287132] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArray0 objectAtIndex:]: index 0 beyond bounds for empty NSArray'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b75129b __exceptionPreprocess + 331
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000010a55f735 objc_exception_throw + 48
2 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b62b20d -[__NSArray0 objectAtIndex:] + 93
3 libswiftCore.dylib 0x000000010be93cb2 $Ss12_ArrayBufferV19_getElementSlowPathyyXlSiF + 146
4 libswiftCore.dylib 0x000000010bead0b6 $SSa11_getElement_20wasNativeTypeChecked22matchingSubscriptCheckxSi_Sbs16_DependenceTokenVtF + 118
5 libswiftCore.dylib 0x000000010beacf92 $SSayxSicig + 130
6 App 0x00000001034a2c84 $SSo22UINavigationControllerC5AppE28setNeedsNavigationBackground33_B4C9FD2C89DE46C2041196DCEE1BF2ACLL5alphay12CoreGraphics7CGFloatV_tF + 244
7 App 0x00000001034a52b5 $SSo22UINavigationControllerC5AppE13navigationBar_10shouldPushSbSo0aE0C_So0A4ItemCtF + 229
8 App 0x00000001034a53e1 $SSo22UINavigationControllerC5AppE13navigationBar_10shouldPushSbSo0aE0C_So0A4ItemCtFTo + 81
9 UIKitCore 0x000000011353d797 -[UINavigationBar _pushNavigationItem:transitionAssistant:] + 128
10 UIKitCore 0x000000011353d0af -[UINavigationBar _pushNavigationItemUsingCurrentTransition:] + 368
11 UIKitCore 0x000000011353d214 -[UINavigationBar pushNavigationItem:animated:] + 179
12 UIKitCore 0x0000000113537a50 -[UINavigationBar _performUpdatesIgnoringLock:] + 45
13 UIKitCore 0x000000011353d30b -[UINavigationBar _pushNavigationItem:transition:] + 133
14 UIKitCore 0x000000011356de53 __71-[UINavigationController pushViewController:transition:forceImmediate:]_block_invoke + 363
15 UIKitCore 0x000000011356c040 -[UINavigationController _executeNavigationHandler:deferred:] + 290
16 UIKitCore 0x000000011356dbcf -[UINavigationController pushViewController:transition:forceImmediate:] + 2083
17 UIKitCore 0x000000011356d12e -[UINavigationController pushViewController:animated:] + 681
18 UIKitCore 0x000000011354cc9d -[UINavigationController initWithRootViewController:] + 123
19 App 0x000000010337505f $SSo22UINavigationControllerC08rootViewB0ABSo06UIViewB0C_tcfcTO + 31
20 App 0x0000000103364ff7 $SSo22UINavigationControllerC08rootViewB0ABSo06UIViewB0C_tcfC + 39
21 App 0x0000000103364f72 $S5App11AppDelegateC17showSettingScreenyyF + 434
22 App 0x00000001033e328e $S5App22SideMenuViewControllerC05tableD0_14didSelectRowAtySo07UITableD0C_10Foundation9IndexPathVtF + 2910
23 App 0x00000001033e34bb $S5App22SideMenuViewControllerC05tableD0_14didSelectRowAtySo07UITableD0C_10Foundation9IndexPathVtFTo + 107
24 UIKitCore 0x00000001137d3d29 -[UITableView _selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition:notifyDelegate:] + 1813
25 UIKitCore 0x00000001137d3f44 -[UITableView _userSelectRowAtPendingSelectionIndexPath:] + 344
26 UIKitCore 0x000000011328a97e _runAfterCACommitDeferredBlocks + 318
27 UIKitCore 0x0000000113279424 _cleanUpAfterCAFlushAndRunDeferredBlocks + 384
28 UIKitCore 0x00000001132a8870 _afterCACommitHandler + 135
29 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b6b4037 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
30 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b6ae4ce __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 430
31 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b6aeb61 __CFRunLoopRun + 1537
32 CoreFoundation 0x000000010b6ae221 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 625
33 GraphicsServices 0x000000010dad91dd GSEventRunModal + 62
34 UIKitCore 0x000000011327f115 UIApplicationMain + 140
35 App 0x0000000103374634 main + 68
36 libdyld.dylib 0x000000010cacf551 start + 1
37 ??? 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
It does happen on Simulator and real Device on iOS 12. With iOS 11.4 everything works great.

Answer 1

It appears you are getting an array out of bounds exception which means somewhere your code is accessing a nonexistent index in an array.
Add an exception breakpoint, then recreate the crash. Xcode will then show you where the exception is occurring.

Answer 2

Look at the sentence in the print log of crash:
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArray0 objectAtIndex:]: index 0 beyond bounds for empty NSArray'.`
This means that an array of your code accesses an element beyond its maximum index value.