How to create navigation menu in xcode 7 - ios

Question

How can i create one navigation menu for whole project.
I created one but for specific view only using SWRevealViewController.

Answer 1

You cannot do it in two ways.
a) Create a ViewController with side menu and subclass the view controller every time you need a side menu.
class BaseViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
let menuButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(image: image, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(funcToCall))
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = menuButton
}
}
and subclass BaseViewController
class MyViewController: BaseViewController {
}
b) Another method and the better one is using extension
extension UIViewController {
func addMenu() {
let menuButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(image: image, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(SWRevealViewController.rightRevealToggle(_:)))
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = menuButton
}
}
and call addMenu() in MyViewController
class MyViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
addMenu()
}
}
One of the many ways is to create a swift file Helper.swift
then
import UIKit
extension UIViewController {
func addMenu() {
let menuButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(image: image, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(SWRevealViewController.rightRevealToggle(_:)))
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = menuButton
}
}

Answer 2

You can embed your RevealVC with navigation controller and add navigation item to RevealVC, but such a menu will be static.
I usually use TopViewController class:
class TopViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var menuButton: UIBarButtonItem!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if self.revealViewController() != nil {
revealViewController().rightViewRevealWidth = view.frame.size.width / 2
menuButton.target = revealViewController()
menuButton.action = #selector(SWRevealViewController.rightRevealToggle(_:))
view.addGestureRecognizer(revealViewController().panGestureRecognizer())
}
}
}
Each view controller will just inherit this options. In this case you should create navigationVC in storyboard for each view controller (I think it's the best solution). Do not forget to drag outlets from storyboard to TopViewController.
Creating only one NavigationVC is impossible i suppose.