How to push viewcontroller correctly - ios

This is my storyboard:
Short Description:
My App starts with the LaunchController
a modal segue shows the Reveal View Controller
this bring the Menu Controller and my Main Navigation Controller (ID
"NavController"; green Navbar) together. this will create a slide
menu. (Basic Code:
appcoda.com/ios-programming-sidebar-navigation-menu/)
my Main Navigation Controller shows a TableViewController.
this one have a menu button (3 Lines) which make the slide menu
visible
the plus icon willo push the last view Controller (ID: "VC1").
My Problem:
I would like to set quick actions for my app.
This code help works for that:
#available(iOS 9.0, *)
func handleShortcut( shortcutItem:UIApplicationShortcutItem ) -> Bool {
var succeeded = false
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let initialViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("NavController")
self.window?.rootViewController = initialViewController
let navVC = self.window?.rootViewController as! UINavigationController
switch shortcutItem.type {
default:
navVC.pushViewController(storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("VC1"), animated: false)
succeeded = true
break
}
return succeeded
}
This Code set the NavController as initial Controller und push the to VC1.
This works fine.
With the X icon in VC 1, i use the unwind function back to TableView.
The Problem: if i use the undwind function and fall back to tableview i can't open the slide menu. A Touch on the menu icon give no reaction.
The Problem can be, that i start the app with the quick action behind the Reveal View Controller.
How can I solve this problem?

Did you try to make the reveal view controller the entry point of your app and deleting the launch controller, because if you just want to go back to the main view you could just do this :
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let controller = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as UIViewController!
self.presentViewController(controller, animated: false, completion: nil)
If you cannot could you explain the purpose of the launch controller?

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I got the problem is I cannot make go back previous ViewController of different storyboard from NavigationController in TabViewController.
I've already tried with
_ = navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
unfortunately, it does not work. And I know that it can be going back with segue but it's not good practice. Please let me know how to do it. Thanks. Following is my hierarchy.
I had the same issue. In this case I am on a different Storyboard and want to return to the Main Storyboard and present the first view controller. Since this controller is embedded in a Navigation Controller that is embedded in a Tab Bar controller, you must instantiate the Tab Bar Controller. Be sure to set the indentifier on the Tab Bar Controller as "TabBarController"... or whatever you like.
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
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Hello I have tab bar controller with 5 elements. When I press the last one there are bunch of buttons which needs to show another view controller and then when I press second time to that tab bar button it needs to be revert its first condition (bunch of buttons) it is like a navigator. I tried to use following code:
let destinationVC = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "third") as? ThirdVC
self.tabBarController?.present(destinationVC!, animated: true, completion: nil)
However, view controller appears in a new screen and my tab bar controller is gone. How can I open my view controller above tab bar controller? Is it possible to do it ?
Try getting reference of the tabbar viewcontroller :
let mainStoryboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let viewController = mainStoryboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "tabBarcontroller") as! UITabBarController
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And push with the navigation controller :
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remove navigation controller from superview

So i have an app were you're supposed to chose a location from a map but the way i'm doing it is by a popup off a view controller that has a MapKit and a search bar and a button for choosing users location, the problem lies on when i'm done with the View I normally called the
self.view.removeFromSuperview()
but the thing that is being remove is the View controller itself but il leaves behind the navigation bar and it doesn't let me do nothing else (in fact when I go to another tab and return to the same one the VC returns).
the way i'm instantiating the VC is like this:
func location ()
{
let mainStoryboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let vc = mainStoryboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "mapV") as! UBICACIONViewController
let nav1 = UINavigationController()
nav1.viewControllers = [vc]
self.addChildViewController(nav1)
self.view.addSubview(nav1.view)
vc.delegate = self //this for the info that i'm getting afte(works fine)
nav1.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
}
So until here works fin but when the user pick te button that says "Use My Location" and tries to return there's the problem.
in my VC view controller this is what happens when finished:
func Remove()
{
if let del = delegate {
del.dataChanged(str: Event.sharedInstance.Location!)
}
self.view.removeFromSuperview() //Problem Here :/
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Second VC
Return to First VC
Actually you have added a child view controller nav1. And nav1 has a subview nav1.view.
while removing you are removing this view from its superview, not the child view controller added.
Any ways, From you screen short..I understand that the pop up view is off full screen then why dont you present this VC modally, or else push it to navigation stack.

Swift ios send user to a specific ViewController in tab based application

I want to send a user to a specific ViewController in my app once a notification is clicked.
I now that I can do something like this:
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let destinationViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Home") as? HomeViewController
presentedVC?.presentViewController(destinationViewController!, animated: true, completion: nil)
But my app has a tab bar and looks like this
Tab bar
tab1: navigationController -> VC1
tab2: navigationController -> VC2 -> HomeVC
tab: navigationController -> VC3
Each tab has a navigationController as a infront of it.
So how can I send the user to HomeVC? I must first select tab 2 then the navigation controller then push the user tvice:
tab2: navigationController -> VC2 -> HomeVC
And the other problem, if there any way to tell if the user is already in HomeVC? I dont want to send the user to the same VC if his already there.
You must have access to your UITabbarController in you UIApplicationDelegate or wherever you're handling the notification tap.
let tabBar:UITabBarController = self.window?.rootViewController as! UITabBarController //or whatever your way of getting reference is
So first you'll get the reference to UINavigationController in your second tab like this:
let navInTab:UINavigationController = tabBar.viewControllers?[1] as! UINavigationController
Now push your home view at second tab's navigation controller:
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let destinationViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Home") as? HomeViewController
navInTab.pushViewController(destinationViewController!, animated: true)
And finally switch your tab to second to show the just pushed home controller
tabBar.selectedIndex = 1
Keep in mind, this answer assumes that your application has already set the tab bar as the root view controller of application window prior handling the notification tap.
Try something like this:
if let tabBarController = window?.rootViewController as? UITabBarController {
tabBarController.selectedIndex = 1 // in your case the second tab
}
The idea is to switch to get the tab bar instance and switch it to your desired tab (where you have your view controller).
The above code works in AppDelegate / you can easily call it anywhere by getting the tabBarController instance.
You can check which tab is selected by user with the method var selectedIndex: Int. You can check which view controller is present like this self.navigationController?.presentingViewController?.presentedViewController. This will solve your problem.

swift ios cant remove old modal viewcontrollers from stack

In my app I am making the account page the new root VC when a user logs in.
It looks like this:
Navigation controller -> table view -> menu(modal segue) -> login screen(modal segue) -> account page
When transitioning from login to account I am using:
let storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: NSBundle.mainBundle())
let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("testVc")
let navigationController = self.view.window?.rootViewController as! UINavigationController
navigationController.setViewControllers([vc], animated: true)
This makes the account page the new root VC. But the only problem is that once is shows up both the menu and login form is still visible ontop of the screen.
So how do I clear two old VC's shown as modal?
Update got it to work using:
#IBAction func loginButtonDidTouch(sender: AnyObject) {
let storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("testVc")
let navigationController = self.view.window?.rootViewController as! UINavigationController
self.presentingViewController!.presentingViewController!.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false) { () -> Void in
navigationController.setViewControllers([vc], animated: true)
}
}
But I dont know if this is the right way to do it?
You need to get the reference of those controllers, and then dismissing them.
Try this:
let loginScreen = self.window.rootViewController.presentedViewController
loginScreen.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false) { () -> Void in
let menuScreen = self.window.rootViewController.presentedViewController
menuScreen.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion: nil)
}
When you're calling the original navigation stack and modifying it:
let navigationController = self.view.window?.rootViewController as! UINavigationController
You are setting the new view controller (#testVc) by replacing the only other view controller, "tableview", in that navigation stack.
The modally presented views are not a part of that particular navigation stack and instead are presented above the current navigation stack as new stacks (this gives you a pointer to the new Navigation Controller on top in the form of self.navigationController to push new views)
You can explicitly dismiss the two modally presented views by calling dismissViewControllerAnimated(_:completion:) on each, most likely by propagating the communication through a delegate response or through the completion handler.

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