Navigation bar not displaying popViewControllerAnimated() not working - ios

I'm pretty new to swift development but I am trying to implement a back button in my application.
I have the following layout in my Main.storyboard
As seen in the picture the navigation bars display however when i lunch my app they are not visible.
I also have tried using a button that will take me back to the previous view with
self.navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
but it has not worked
Update:
The image above doesnt show the initial controller which is my ViewController
the problem is that All Routes is actually a PageContentViewController which is called from ViewController which checks for fb login than calls:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()){
self.setViewControllers([self.getViewControllerAtIndex(0)] as [UIViewController], direction: UIPageViewControllerNavigationDirection.Forward, animated: false, completion: nil)
}
So i cannot change my initial view controller.
I dont know how I can get around this problem.
Is there a way to do it from Main.storyboard or a programistic solution ?

Embedding my initial view in a navigational controller and setting it to the initial view has worked.
Even though it doesnt look right on the preview because my initial view calls the other views programmatically it works correctly on the device

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My app starts off with a Tab Bar Controller on the first screen after logging in:
Later on the user can tap to get back to that screen, by pressing the Home button. The code for that is:
self.present(self.mealPlanViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
The issue is that when they go back to that view controller, the Tab Bar is no longer there.
How can I present the view controller with the Tab Bar again?
You said:
"Later on the user can tap to get back to that screen, by pressing the Home button. The code for that is:"
self.present(self.mealPlanViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
That is wrong. You are not "getting back" to anything. You are presenting self.mealPlanViewController modally. That means it is being drawn on top over everything else. If self.mealPlanViewController was previously on-screen, bad things may happen.
In order to help you sort it out, you need to explain your view controller hierarchy and the flow between screens. What is the name of your tab bar controller's class? Of the view controllers that are displayed as tabs? How are you getting from the tab bar controller to the screen that contains the home button?
I was able to figure it out - please see below:
I added #IBAction func unwindToContainerVC(segue: UIStoryboardSegue) {} to the view controller I wanted to go back to. This added an Action Segue.
I added the segue to the storyboard and gave it the identifier, "unwindToMealPlanViewController"
I added the following code to my Done button: self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "unwindToMealPlanViewController", sender: nil)
These were some very helpful resources in solving this:
How to perform Unwind segue programmatically?
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/uikit/how-to-perform-a-segue-programmatically-using-performsegue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULd2v4mHyQ4

Dismissing modally presented ViewController always throws me back to root

I've had this issue for months with multiple views, both Apple provided like ImagePicker and VCs from storyboard.
I believe that it has something to do with the underlying views we have both a tab bar controller and navigation controller in most views.
Strange thing is using some open source views from pods does not cause this bug.
So I'm two views deep on a navigation controller and present another view modally on top with present(vc, animated: true, completion: {})
Works like a charm, now dismissing that view with dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil) throws me back all the way to the initial view or root view of the navigation controller, had both happen before, depending on the presented view.
Update:
Build a sample project trying to reproduce the behavior but failed. Drew a reduced diagram to better explain the current bug behavior.
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self.selectedIndex = 2
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var controller:UIViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Second") as! ViewController
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Is there a way I could have a navigation bar on my second view controller without dragging one in, nor programming it in? I would like to use the one Xcode provides when you create a new connection between controllers.
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*(I apologize for the lack of pictures to help describe my problem. I don't have enough 'reputation' to do so.)
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This might solve the problem - It looks like you are presenting a modal view controller when you probably want to be pushing your view controller from your initial navigation controller with pushViewController

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I am developing an App that has the following set up:
There is a login screen; if the login is successful, then the tab bar view is opened. All views are created in main.storyboard. The opening is handled as follows:
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I recommend just looking at the documentation in XCode. All documentation is written in Swift and Objective C so it is very easy to translate between the two languages. Also read apple's swift basics to understand this code translation better: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/TheBasics.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014097-CH5-XID_467
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Which all works fine! I hit the button and the view is presented using Segue Show Eg: Push. The view pops over and I see a UINavigationBar with my title and a button to dismiss.
My question is.. I need to programatically call this view again in my code, however, when I do this the view appears without any UINavigation. I assume it does this because it's no no longer embedded inside the UINavigationController?
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