Using ENSwiftSideMenu for side menu - ios

I am using ENSwiftSideMenu for displaying side menu.
The problem is I am not using navigation bar and instead using custom view. The navigation bar is hidden.
Now there is a method in the library which makes the navigation bar on top of side menu.
Like this : view.bringSubviewToFront(navBar)
Now I am using this method for my customView like this:
view.bringSubviewToFront`(customView)
But this does not work. I have the subclassed the NavigationController as suggested by the library but I am still not able to bring my customview header on top of side menu.
I added a method in the NavigationController class:
func bringHeaderToFront(headerView:UIView) -> Void {
view.bringSubviewToFront(headerView)
}
But this does not work.
Here is the custom NavigationController code:
class CustomNavigationController: ENSideMenuNavigationController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let sideMenuController:SideMenuController = SingletonClass.sharedInstance.getViewControllerFromStoryboard("SideMenuController") as! SideMenuController
sideMenu = ENSideMenu(sourceView: self.view, menuViewController: sideMenuController, menuPosition:.Left)
//sideMenu?.delegate = self //optional
sideMenu?.menuWidth = 220.0 // optional, default is 160
sideMenu?.bouncingEnabled = false
//sideMenu?.allowPanGesture = false
// make navigation bar showing over side menu
view.bringSubviewToFront(navigationBar)
}
func bringHeaderToFront(headerView:UIView) -> Void {
view.bringSubviewToFront(headerView)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
// MARK: - ENSideMenu Delegate
func sideMenuWillOpen() {
print("sideMenuWillOpen")
}
func sideMenuWillClose() {
print("sideMenuWillClose")
}
func sideMenuDidClose() {
print("sideMenuDidClose")
}
func sideMenuDidOpen() {
print("sideMenuDidOpen")
}
/*
// MARK: - Navigation
// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
// Get the new view controller using segue.destinationViewController.
// Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/
}
Now how to bring my custom header to front / on top of side menu?

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