Trouble presenting view controller from within VC within UITabViewController - ios

My app is built around a UITabBarController and within the first View Controller I am attempting to present a "settings view" for a user but for some reason if this settings view gets presented more than once all buttons stop functioning and the app shits down completely.
Within FirstViewController.m I have:
- (IBAction)showSettings:(id)sender
{
UIViewController *settingsView = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SettingsViewController"];
UINavigationController *nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingsView];
[self.navigationController presentViewController:nav animated:YES completion:nil];
}
which is attached to a UIButton labeled "settings".
Within SettingsViewController.m I have:
- (IBAction)done
{
NSLog(#"DONE");
[self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
which is attached to a UIButton labeled "done" in the top left corner of SettingsViewController.
The first time I press "settings" then "done" it works without a problem but if I ever press the "settings" button again the "done" button loses functionality completely (completely unclickable) and the user is forced to restart the app in order to continue using it.
My console prints this when the app loads which I believe outlines the problem:
Unbalanced calls to begin/end appearance transitions for
<UITabBarController: 0x7f97f5f1e780>
But if I try to make an instance of "TabBarController" and present the view that way I just get an error that I am attempting to present a VC not within the hierarchy...
I am just not sure what the appropriate way to present/dismiss a view controller within a UITabBarController is but as of right not my app is lacking basic functionality. I don't see why FirstViewController can't just present the view normally.
Any help is greatly appreciated, this is a very annoying Bug and I wasn't able to find a workable solution anywhere else online. Let me know if I should provide more info/code
Edit: Changed typo UITabViewController to UITabBarController

I don't understand why you are instantiating a Nav controller.
Simply show modally. it should work.
Do you need a "go back" look and feel?
If you already have a nav controller in your hierarchy you can push settings.
anyway: when you do:
UINavigationController *nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:settingsView];
[self.navigationController presentViewController:nav animated:YES completion:nil];
in first line you create a LOCAL variable
in second you use self. self.navigationController
1) who holds "nav"?
2) If you already have a nav controller (as self.navigationController shows.. or is NIL?) why use "nav"?

It seems you set the dismiss to the navigation controller and not the settings view controller. Try using self.dismiss instead of self.navigationcontroller.dismiss

You to define root view controller for navigation push and pop both
#property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) UINavigationController *navController;
self.navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: objcReg];
self.navController.navigationBarHidden =YES;
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] ;
self.window.rootViewController = self.navController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
//[self.navigationController presentViewController:objectofViewCantroller animated:YES completion:NULL];
//[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

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I have simple application with only one main view, which has 'Settings' button, and settings are tree-grouped, so I wand to present them in navigation controller. And I don't want navigationController in main view, because I don't want navigation bar there.
That's why I don't instantiate navigationController in application: didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:. And when I check self.navigationController in 'Settings' button handler, it returns nil.
So I wrote this: (I use ARC)
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NSLog(#"%#", self.navigationController); // prints nothing
SettingsViewController *settingsViewController = [SettingsViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: settingsViewController];
[self presentViewController: navigationController animated:YES completion:^{}];
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1st Suggestion:
Make one mainController and add the buttons(depends on how many viewController you have), when button clicked each button will load different viewController.
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#property (strong, nonatomic) MainViewController *mainController;
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self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];
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